by radyer | Apr 9, 2020 | 1950s Pool, 1960s Pool, Historic Players, Hustler Stories, Jansco Brothers, Marshall Carpenter
Legendary OnePocket player Helped Organize First Johnston City Tournament. Legendary one-pocket player Marshall Carpenter, better known to the pool world as The Tuscaloosa Squirrel, passed away April 5 in his namesake hometown. He was 92. Marshall “The...
by radyer | Feb 12, 2020 | 1950s Pool, 1960s Pool, 1970s Pool, Historic Players, Historic Rooms, Hustler Stories
Freddy “The Beard” Bentivegna “The ‘Encyclopedia’ of Pool Hustlers was the final hilarious work by pool writer Freddy ‘The Beard’ Bentivegna. He published the 325-page tome in 2013 and then passed away too soon in June of the...
by radyer | Dec 5, 2019 | 1950s Pool, Jansco Brothers, Ralph Greenleaf, Tom Fox
The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies, by Tom Fox. My long-time friend Karen Fox recently sent me this lovely photo, above, of Amelia Greenleaf, the then-widow of billiard champion Ralph Greenleaf, chatting with Karen’s late husband, Tom Fox. Greenleaf is...
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