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The Legendary Cisero Murphy: Trailblazer and Champion

by radyer | Feb 16, 2020 | Billiards Video, Cisero Murphy, Historic Players, Jersey Red, Jim Crow Pool, Willie Mosconi

Favorite Pool Halls: Allinger’s, St. Elmo, Cue & Cushion

by radyer | Apr 17, 2019 | 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’ favorite rooms. Some were stately. Others decrepit. But all, in their way, important. At the end of this post I’ve also...

Sociologist Recalls Jersey Red and 1960s Hustler Culture

by radyer | Mar 2, 2019 | Historic Rooms, Historical Notes, 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 the two became fast friends. The 7-11, as you many New Yorkers may recall, was then one of the city’s premier action rooms....

The Legendary Cisero Murphy: Trailblazer and Champion

Favorite Pool Halls: Allinger’s, St. Elmo, Cue & Cushion

Sociologist Recalls Jersey Red and 1960s Hustler Culture

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