by Pool History Guest Contributor | May 25, 2024 | 1930s Pool, 1970s Pool, Historic Players, World Pool
Team Europe Champion Ralph Eckert explores German pool history and some of the nation’s forgotten champions. ________________________________________________ Special for POOLHISTORY.COM By Ralph Eckert EDITOR’S NOTE: In this article — the second of a...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | Apr 2, 2024 | 1930s Pool, 1950s Pool, Eufaula Kid, Historic Players, Marshall Carpenter, Ralph Greenleaf
Womack already was a formidable One Pocket player when Greenleaf appeared in Eufaula in 1936. ________________________________________________ By Brandon Scott King Billiards Digest columnist George Fels once said that in the era of so-called “Rebel traps” tables...
by radyer | Jun 4, 2023 | 1930s Pool, 1960s Pool, Historical Notes, Hustler Stories, Jansco Brothers, One-Pocket, Tournaments, Wimpy Lassiter
George Jansco and his brother Paulie helped usher in America’s modern era of pool. The brothers were inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 2019. ________________________________________________ By R.A. Dyer Back before the newspaper men arrived, and before the...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | Dec 10, 2021 | 1920s Pool, 1930s Pool, Historic Players, World Pool
By Samantha Elley /Special Contribution for PoolHistory.Com ________________________________________________ Given his pedigree, it seemed inevitable that Walter Albert Lindrum one day would make his mark on the world of English billiards. His grandfather, Frederick...
by Pool History Guest Contributor | Oct 24, 2020 | 1930s Pool, Historic Players, Ralph Greenleaf, Tom Fox
The story of Greenleaf’s Widow, the Princess Nai Tai Tai EDITORS NOTE: My friend Karen Fox, a long-time journalist and editor, recently came across an article she wrote more than 50 years ago about Amelia Parker, a woman known to pool history fans as the famous...
by radyer | Apr 7, 2019 | 1930s Pool, Billiards Video, Frank Taberski, Historic Players
Here’s some footage of Frank Taberski performing a number of trick shots, including “Chinese Pool,” which was a popular variation of the game during the early 20th Century. Mike Shamos, in his excellent New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards,...
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