Entertaining and factual 4-page article about pre-1960s pool hustlers; also four articles about Mosconi; and a revealing one about Irving Crane.

[ernie]

This hustler one includes the time that 9-ball hustler Joe Sebastian
tried to hustle Mosconi with some 9-ball and Willie ran 11 straight
racks on him to take the cash:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072373/index.htm

Here are the 4 about Willie himself covering about 30 years:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138584/index.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067387/index.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078494/index.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1129513/index.htm

and lastly,the Irving Crane article:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082924/index.htm

Most of the above are multi-page articles well worth reading in their
entirety if pool history and nostalgia interests you. They're replete
with fascinating characters.

Ernie

[Ron Shepard]

There was a Playboy article sometime in the late 60's or early 70's
about the Johnston City tournament. I have done google searches and
I haven't found the article online. Anyone know where a copy might
live?

$.02 -Ron Shepard

[ernie]

I'll have cyber look around. An online version would be quite
preferable -- then at least none of the pages would be stuck
together. :)

Ernie

[ernie]

On Jan 6, 11:26 pm, Ron Shepard <ron-shep...@NOSPAM.comcast.net>
wrote:

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Ron,

“Shoot-out in Johnston City” is the name of the article (by Craig
Vetter) in the November, 1970 Playboy.

I'm certain you want the article in an online format -- unfortunately
nothing doing there. However, if on Google you enter the terms (with
quotation marks): "johnston city""craig vetter" you'll see FWIW that
there are about 70 copies of that Playboy issue available at various
prices under ten dollars from a variety of vendors.

Here's one example -- a used copy of that issue available for $9.15
plus shipping:

http://usedmagazines.com/titles/Playboy/1970/

Ernie

[DDawgster]

there was also a story in Playboy about Mizerak named 'the natural".. i
mentioned the article to Babe Cranfield 30 years ago and he became
incensed. he said NO ONE worked harder at his game than the Miz

i also lived in marion illinois and played a lot of poker with the Janscos
. at the golf course right across the street from the bar and pool venue

> Apparently I see no reason for Perry to have lied well over a year ago..

Another gem from Alim Nassor

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