Video: Legend Taberski Performs Trick Shots

by | Apr 7, 2019 | Billiards Video, Frank Taberski, Historic Players, Pool Videos

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, described Chinese Pool as a game “in which the cue ball is not stroked but is instead rolled down the groove formed by two cue...

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