jrhendy
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I think Charlie deserves his own thread.
In the early 60's, when Charlie wasn't playing the horses, he was at the billiard room at San Gabriel Lanes playing three cushion. What little I know about three cushion I learned from Charlie and Howard Cronenwirth (sp). We played partners to 15 for $5/10 a man, 1st and 3rd Billiards were partners. Amazing the easy shots they would miss on the 3rd billiard when I made the first one.
Charlie was considered the best player around there and also the best for the $$. He was a better player than Lefty Gold (Allen Gilbert) at that time.
The great japanese female billiard player from San Francisco came to do an exhibition with Charlie. He said he would just oil her up and that would be that. She outplayed him in every aspect of the game and drilled him.
Charlie was a bookie and I asked him what kind of $$ he made. He said around a thousand a week. I said that is great but he said yes, but I lose about $1,200 a week betting the horses. He was quite a character. I believe he was originally from Tennessee.
My own three cushion career got derailed when I found out there were two wealthy businessman in there who played golf for fairly big stakes at the time.
In the early 60's, when Charlie wasn't playing the horses, he was at the billiard room at San Gabriel Lanes playing three cushion. What little I know about three cushion I learned from Charlie and Howard Cronenwirth (sp). We played partners to 15 for $5/10 a man, 1st and 3rd Billiards were partners. Amazing the easy shots they would miss on the 3rd billiard when I made the first one.
Charlie was considered the best player around there and also the best for the $$. He was a better player than Lefty Gold (Allen Gilbert) at that time.
The great japanese female billiard player from San Francisco came to do an exhibition with Charlie. He said he would just oil her up and that would be that. She outplayed him in every aspect of the game and drilled him.
Charlie was a bookie and I asked him what kind of $$ he made. He said around a thousand a week. I said that is great but he said yes, but I lose about $1,200 a week betting the horses. He was quite a character. I believe he was originally from Tennessee.
My own three cushion career got derailed when I found out there were two wealthy businessman in there who played golf for fairly big stakes at the time.