by radyer | Feb 16, 2020 | 1960s Pool, Billiards Video, Cisero Murphy, Historic Players, Jersey Red, Jim Crow Pool, Willie Mosconi
Brooklyn’s Cisero Murphy smashed through professional pool’s color line. Cisero Murphy, shown in the video that you can find here, was the first African-American pool player to ever win a World or U.S. National billiard title. Murphy also was a...
by radyer | Apr 17, 2019 | 1950s Pool, 1960s Pool, 1970s Pool, 1980s Pool, 1990s Pool, Historic Rooms, Jersey Red, Wimpy Lassiter
Pool halls. Everyone has a favorite. I was partial myself to Houston’s Cue & Cushion and Costa Rica’s Center Pool. Both now are defunct. For this post I’ve reproduced a number of letters I’ve received over the years about our readers’...
by radyer | Mar 2, 2019 | 1960s Pool, Historic Rooms, Historical Notes, Hustler Stories, Jersey Red
A little more than 20 years ago I interviewed Ned Polsky, the late author of Hustlers, Beats and Others. We spoke about the 7-11 pool hall and Jersey Red and where pool’s been and where it was then going. Polksy himself had met Red at the 7-11 in Manhattan, and...
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