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freddie can you tell us something about cannonball eddie k not familiar with that name
"Jewtown Red" is a name that has come up in a couple of my interviews with older players. Who the heck was he, Freddy?fred bentivegna said:Gene Skinner, Marcel Camp, Joe Procita, Cannonball Eddie Keinowski, Baby Face Whitlow, Bud Harris, Hollywood Jack Nicholson, Jewtown Red, Brooklyn Jimmy, Pancho, etc., etc.
the Beard
NH Steve said:"Jewtown Red" is a name that has come up in a couple of my interviews with older players. Who the heck was he, Freddy?
lll said:freddie can you tell us something about cannonball eddie k not familiar with that name
Cowboy Dennis said:At the risk of appearing like we are the All-Zaniness site I'd like to ask a question that runs through my mind every now and then.
Who made you the player that you are today? Batman had the Joker, who did you have. Who taught you to gamble. Who taught you to play one-pocket. Who taught you to observe human nature in a poolroom. Who taught you most of what you know today?
I know that I have players in mind for myself, from Old Man Tom who insisted that all of us young guys tell him the next shot that we were going to play, before we shot the current shot. I can still hear him loudly asking, "what are you going to shoot next?", and I smell the aroma from his pipe.
To "Black Dennis" who made me the gambler that I am, by teaching the value of jacking the bet, to his detriment. I was known as "White Dennis" in that poolroom.
To "California John", who taught me to play better and to gamble better.
To "Black Bill" and "Reverend Dave" and "Taxi Danny" who taught me the value of being a decent human being in a poolroom. Something I already knew but they reinforced.
To Brian Presley who gave hours and years of his time to help me become a better player. You cannot give more than your time.
To "Cornbread Red" who taught me to challenge my opponent at every opportunity. And to never let up. And to play the table at times and to play my opponent at times. Once he beat me on a snooker table when he needed 10 balls and I needed 1 ball. Nothing like playing Red for a lesson.
To all of the other lesser players and thinkers that have taught me something worth knowing, and have helped my game.
Who made you and what did they do ?
vapros said:When I began to play one-pocket, there were no good players to emulate, in Baton Rouge. But a few years later, in 1998 to be exact, big-time matches came to town and stayed for several months, as the name players assembled at Lambert's RBDs, mostly trying to match up with Flyboy in the beginning, but later it became you-name-the-game for how-much-have-you-got, night after night. Jose Parica, Shannon Daulton, Jack Cooney and Bill Incardona were among those who were in town for long periods, and many others came and went, some more than once. Amarillo Slim played a guy named Sonny White (I believe), who supposedly flew his plane down from Hot Springs for the events. Not world beaters, to be sure, but big gamblers we were told. At the height of the action, Lambert was employing as many as six armed guards in combat gear every weekend. It was great, and I spent many hours watching.....
fred bentivegna said:Sonny White: High class guy, lower level shortstop and a very high roller.
Beard
junior said:Not trying to hijack the thread, but how did Slim play?
i know id like to hear it.Skin said:Dick, you sent an email to Dennis but never told the rest of us your story about how you began in the game. Feel like telling the short version?
Skin
vapros said:It was there that I decided that one-pocket was definitely the second-best thing one could do on a pool table.
SJDinPHX said:I can try to answer that for you Junior. I knew him quite well. Slim Preston (as far as pool goes) needed weight from any good player, and even a few shortstops. He had an ego, just like we all do, but he knew where he was in the pecking order...and had probably the sharpest mind for matching up good, that I've ever seen...even if he didn't know the game that well.
He applied that skill to cards, props, and anything anyone wanted to bet on.
The only difference between Slim and Titanic, was Slim didn't book near as many losers as Ti...but Ti made it up in huge score volume..
Cowboy Dennis said:At the risk of appearing like we are the All-Zaniness site I'd like to ask a question that runs through my mind every now and then.
Who made you the player that you are today? Batman had the Joker, who did you have. Who taught you to gamble. Who taught you to play one-pocket. Who taught you to observe human nature in a poolroom. Who taught you most of what you know today?
I know that I have players in mind for myself, from Old Man Tom who insisted that all of us young guys tell him the next shot that we were going to play, before we shot the current shot. I can still hear him loudly asking, "what are you going to shoot next?", and I smell the aroma from his pipe.
To "Black Dennis" who made me the gambler that I am, by teaching the value of jacking the bet, to his detriment. I was known as "White Dennis" in that poolroom.
To "California John", who taught me to play better and to gamble better.
To "Black Bill" and "Reverend Dave" and "Taxi Danny" who taught me the value of being a decent human being in a poolroom. Something I already knew but they reinforced.
To Brian Presley who gave hours and years of his time to help me become a better player. You cannot give more than your time.
To "Cornbread Red" who taught me to challenge my opponent at every opportunity. And to never let up. And to play the table at times and to play my opponent at times. Once he beat me on a snooker table when he needed 10 balls and I needed 1 ball. Nothing like playing Red for a lesson.
To all of the other lesser players and thinkers that have taught me something worth knowing, and have helped my game.
Who made you and what did they do ?
Cowboy Dennis said:At the risk of appearing like we are the All-Zaniness site I'd like to ask a question that runs through my mind every now and then.
Who made you the player that you are today? Batman had the Joker, who did you have. Who taught you to gamble. Who taught you to play one-pocket. Who taught you to observe human nature in a poolroom. Who taught you most of what you know today?
I know that I have players in mind for myself, from Old Man Tom who insisted that all of us young guys tell him the next shot that we were going to play, before we shot the current shot. I can still hear him loudly asking, "what are you going to shoot next?", and I smell the aroma from his pipe.
To "Black Dennis" who made me the gambler that I am, by teaching the value of jacking the bet, to his detriment. I was known as "White Dennis" in that poolroom.
To "California John", who taught me to play better and to gamble better.
To "Black Bill" and "Reverend Dave" and "Taxi Danny" who taught me the value of being a decent human being in a poolroom. Something I already knew but they reinforced.
To Brian Presley who gave hours and years of his time to help me become a better player. You cannot give more than your time.
To "Cornbread Red" who taught me to challenge my opponent at every opportunity. And to never let up. And to play the table at times and to play my opponent at times. Once he beat me on a snooker table when he needed 10 balls and I needed 1 ball. Nothing like playing Red for a lesson.
To all of the other lesser players and thinkers that have taught me something worth knowing, and have helped my game.
Who made you and what did they do ?