Car Lot Jim
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It was Derby week back in 86. Place, Parkmoor Bowling Alley, Louisville, Ky. This old guy (58) saunters up to me and says i hear you like to play bank pool.
I said i do, he said won't to play some for 30.00 a game? I said sure. Danny wins the first game, and says Jim, lets raise the bet to 50.00. I might add here that Danny had been rubbing me the wrong way, i had 2800.00 in my left pocket to gamble on, i said Danny, screw the 50.00 pool, lets play for 300.00 a game and you or me will make some money. He replied, Jim, i cannot afford to bet that much, i replied what kind of pool hustler are you? You come in here from Baton Rouge, and you ain't got no money, won't put up no money and won't bet no money. I usually don't behave like that but he had me pissed trying to hustle me. He breaks the balls. I step to the table and bank 6 in, he misses, and i bank in 2 more. Score 8-0 first game. After that i would go 1/2 an hour with nothing to shoot at, zilch. If i got a shot, it put a lot of pressure to pocket the ball, as i knew it would be another 1/2 hour before i got another shot. We played 6 hours, broke dead even. My bud, said Jim you should have ran thru that old guy. I replied, if that guy ain't a world champion, there aint any! I did'nt know who Danny Jones was at that time.
When i got home, i got out the pool & billiard magazine and read about Danny Jones being best all around in Johnson City tournament in 67 & 69. Luther Lassiter won it in 68, i had played him in Louisville in 73.
Car lot Jim
I said i do, he said won't to play some for 30.00 a game? I said sure. Danny wins the first game, and says Jim, lets raise the bet to 50.00. I might add here that Danny had been rubbing me the wrong way, i had 2800.00 in my left pocket to gamble on, i said Danny, screw the 50.00 pool, lets play for 300.00 a game and you or me will make some money. He replied, Jim, i cannot afford to bet that much, i replied what kind of pool hustler are you? You come in here from Baton Rouge, and you ain't got no money, won't put up no money and won't bet no money. I usually don't behave like that but he had me pissed trying to hustle me. He breaks the balls. I step to the table and bank 6 in, he misses, and i bank in 2 more. Score 8-0 first game. After that i would go 1/2 an hour with nothing to shoot at, zilch. If i got a shot, it put a lot of pressure to pocket the ball, as i knew it would be another 1/2 hour before i got another shot. We played 6 hours, broke dead even. My bud, said Jim you should have ran thru that old guy. I replied, if that guy ain't a world champion, there aint any! I did'nt know who Danny Jones was at that time.
When i got home, i got out the pool & billiard magazine and read about Danny Jones being best all around in Johnson City tournament in 67 & 69. Luther Lassiter won it in 68, i had played him in Louisville in 73.
Car lot Jim