Ross Keith Thompson
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When I played the al around against Wimpy Lassiter and Ronnie Allen I was the man, excuse me the Boy that wasn’t supposed to be there.
I played as good as I could play. I came at both opponents as hard as I could.
I had touch with my cue ball and won most of the lags for first break.
I had power in my stroke and crashed into the nine ball racks like a naval gun going off on heavy cruiser from ww2 parking my rock near center table every game.
Even though I lost to both players at their best game my 4-2 record held up!
The al around winner came down to one match of nine ball in a race to eleven.
My head was swollen and I wanted to give the fans something special if I could. I blew Ronnie away with 5 straight racks from opening bell, parking my rock near center table after each break, he couldn’t recover even though he gave a valiant effort he was a beaten man in front of our peers.
After winning my third and last match against Lassiter we shook hands like gentleman and he told me I was the best young player he’d ever seen play, that came from from the best player I’ve ever known!
Irving Crane also told me the same after we played in the nine ball division a week earlier.
I’ve carried those words all my life from two giants of the game. It was the greatest words that was ever spoken to me by two legends!
That was the best I could do in 1970 against the largest field up to then. 118 players.
Life was good back in the day!
Thank you for reading my story!
I played as good as I could play. I came at both opponents as hard as I could.
I had touch with my cue ball and won most of the lags for first break.
I had power in my stroke and crashed into the nine ball racks like a naval gun going off on heavy cruiser from ww2 parking my rock near center table every game.
Even though I lost to both players at their best game my 4-2 record held up!
The al around winner came down to one match of nine ball in a race to eleven.
My head was swollen and I wanted to give the fans something special if I could. I blew Ronnie away with 5 straight racks from opening bell, parking my rock near center table after each break, he couldn’t recover even though he gave a valiant effort he was a beaten man in front of our peers.
After winning my third and last match against Lassiter we shook hands like gentleman and he told me I was the best young player he’d ever seen play, that came from from the best player I’ve ever known!
Irving Crane also told me the same after we played in the nine ball division a week earlier.
I’ve carried those words all my life from two giants of the game. It was the greatest words that was ever spoken to me by two legends!
That was the best I could do in 1970 against the largest field up to then. 118 players.
Life was good back in the day!
Thank you for reading my story!