Willie Mosconi’s Record Falls

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Willie Mosconi ran 526 consecutive balls without a miss playing 14.1 Continuous Pool a.k.a Straight Pool 65 years ago in Springfield, OH. Today, at Easy Street Billiards in Monterey, CA John Schmidt ran 626 consecutive balls without a miss. Absolutely an unbelievable accomplishment.
 
Five rail bank shot by Willie ... but i read the record is 11. eleven .. how do you hit a cue that hard and have it stay on the table with first or second bank, and have enough momentum left to finish the job?

 
I used to play a lot when I was young and I think you have to to be consistently good. Now on the rare occasion that I rack ‘em up I would say what Dave said about his skills would be a fair assessment of my own. I used to travel a lot for work setting up auto show exhibits and we’d often times play if there was a place to do so. One guy that I used to be in the same city with once in a while was a confident gambler and really good with a pool cue was about to break and called 8 ball corner pocket while pointing to the intended corner and I’ll be damned if he didn’t do just that! We were all blown away except him....
 
I played with a guy that used to hustle pool. I never bet against him. He would always play just at your level and then win.

I never realized how good he was until one night nothing would fall for me and nothing was "falling" for him, which I wasn't buying. I told him to just put me out of my misery, he proceeded to run the table on me. Then I really knew how good he was.
 
As a competitive player myself with the ability to strings racks together, I cannot fathom running 626 consecutive balls at 14.1. The amount of mental stamina it takes to do this is incredible. He ran 44 consecutive racks and missed the 11th shot on the 45th. Incredible feat.

My pool room a.k.a. garage:
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Playing cue:
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amazinblue82 said:
Five rail bank shot by Willie ... but i read the record is 11. eleven .. how do you hit a cue that hard and have it stay on the table with first or second bank, and have enough momentum left to finish the job?

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As mentioned above - quality cushions, the right kind of rag, heavy cue, heavy cue ball, and while I couldn't see it watching from my phone, a bit of english for momentum.
 
rexus31 said:
As a competitive player myself with the ability to strings racks together, I cannot fathom running 626 consecutive balls at 14.1. The amount of mental stamina it takes to do this is incredible. He ran 44 consecutive racks and missed the 11th shot on the 45th. Incredible feat.

My pool room a.k.a. garage:
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Playing cue:
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Very nice! My great uncle was a championship snooker player back in the 1920s - he gave me his beautiful cue in a metal tube case - it's the real deal.
 
That is an insane accomplishment. I've never been a serious player but always enjoy knocking the balls around. Several years back put a 10' gold crown in the basement set up for snooker. Have some friends over a couple times a week mostly to just shoot the breeze. I'm a big Ronnie O'Sullivan fan.
 
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Fratzog said:
That is an insane accomplishment. I've never been a serious player but always enjoy knocking the balls around. Several years back put a 10' gold crown in the basement set up for snooker. Have some friends over a couple times a week mostly to just shoot the breeze. I'm a big Ronnie O'Sullivan fan.
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Nice table! I recently played on a 10’ GC Snooker table with 2 1/8” pool balls. Very fun and challenging!

Ronnie O can play!
 
Thanks - I don't use it, as the table is way too small, and as well, I don't want to damage it. I don't know how vintage cues age in terms of playability...
 
Being as it is a one piece cue with no joint to worry about, the only areas of concern are the tip and ferrule. It bring a snooker cue, it most likely has a brass ferrule (opposed to micarta, ivory, etc on pool cues) so that should be fine. Tips are wear items and therefore replaceable. It should be fine to play with and is most likely made from old growth wood which would be superior to wood used to make some modern cues. I’d join a snooker forum to see if someone can give you a value.
 
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