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TOM FOLEY
"DEAN OF AMERICAN BILLIARD KEEPERS"
bob jewett posted this at azb
its not one pocket or something that should start insults...
......
but i hope you enjoy the read
.The recent thread on "all-time best" reminded me of how little most pool players know about the game's history. Did you know that the founder of the Chicago White Sox (formerly, White Stockings) was a billiard champ? I didn't until yesterday when I got a book of sports stories from 1921.
TOM FOLEY
Tom Foley, dean of billiard room keepers in this 1921 year was the first
champion of Illinois, held the title the required time and retired unbeaten.
In his seven years of professional life he was engaged to play in twelve matches.
Ten of them were played all of which he won. The other two were forfeited to
him. In 1869 with Captain Jimmy Wood, he helped to organize the Chicago
White Stocking Baseball Club and in 1870 managed the team which won the
championship for the year defeating the famous unbeaten Red Stockings of Cincinnati.
For more than fifty years Mr. Foley was promoting billiard tournaments
and matches in America. He assisted in arranging and managing the first
balk line tournament ever held. On the front page of this volume there is a
fine portrail of Mr. Foley. Above [below] is a portrait of the billiard room which Mr.
Foley owned in Chicago 50 years ago it being at that period the most magnificent
and best equipped billiard room in America.
"DEAN OF AMERICAN BILLIARD KEEPERS"
bob jewett posted this at azb
its not one pocket or something that should start insults...
......but i hope you enjoy the read
.The recent thread on "all-time best" reminded me of how little most pool players know about the game's history. Did you know that the founder of the Chicago White Sox (formerly, White Stockings) was a billiard champ? I didn't until yesterday when I got a book of sports stories from 1921.
TOM FOLEY
Tom Foley, dean of billiard room keepers in this 1921 year was the first
champion of Illinois, held the title the required time and retired unbeaten.
In his seven years of professional life he was engaged to play in twelve matches.
Ten of them were played all of which he won. The other two were forfeited to
him. In 1869 with Captain Jimmy Wood, he helped to organize the Chicago
White Stocking Baseball Club and in 1870 managed the team which won the
championship for the year defeating the famous unbeaten Red Stockings of Cincinnati.
For more than fifty years Mr. Foley was promoting billiard tournaments
and matches in America. He assisted in arranging and managing the first
balk line tournament ever held. On the front page of this volume there is a
fine portrail of Mr. Foley. Above [below] is a portrait of the billiard room which Mr.
Foley owned in Chicago 50 years ago it being at that period the most magnificent
and best equipped billiard room in America.