Texas Pioneer Billiards: Antique Pool Table identification help needed

[Steve]

Hello,

I have an old pool table circa 1900-1920. It looks exactly like a Brunswick
Balke Collender, model 'The Wellington". However, the manufactures
nameplate states:

WILLIE HOPPE CUSHION
ED FRIEDRICH
manufactures of
TEXAS PIONEER BILLIARD TABLES
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

All of this is printed on a silver lable that looks just like the old
brunswick nameplates. I thought that a service company or a dealer just put
his own nameplate on the brunswick table. Now however, I have limited
information that Ed Friedrich actually manufactured their own pool tables.
Anyone know anything about this old company?

--
Steve Gubser
sgu...@houston.rr.com
281-376-2682
Houston, Texas

.....I LET THE DOGS OUT!!.....

[dalecue]

both could be correct

I was told by the owner of a table manufacturing co
that they regularly replaced Brunswick nameplates with their own,
and, Brunswick did the same

so this could be an old Brunswick that was redone by
a service co that also built tables

email me if you want more details

Dale

Steve wrote in message ...

[JR.]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 03:08:53 GMT, "dalecue"
<pdgill...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I would look at the rubber and see if it say Brunswick Blake Collander
on it if not it isn't a BBC table. / JR.

[Steve]

The cusions were probably not origional as it had some Superspeeds and some
k66 on it when I got it.

[JR.]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 19:03:45 GMT, "Steve" <sgu...@houston.rr.com>
wrote:
What did the slate say there ink on all slate what did it say ? /JR.

[Steve]

I did not see any ink on any slate, but I wasnt looking for it either. if
it was there, it was not very noticable, as I did a fair amount of work on
the slate near the pockets.