Ross Keith Thompson
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Before I turned 18 sometimes I would B.S. with Jersey Red at the end of the bar in LaCue Club in downtown Houston.
It was a classy poolroom and chock full of good players.
Red schooled me on the pecking order of the top one holers of the day.
He schooled me on the Johnston City tourney and what it was like.
He told me I played good and would probably win it and gave me his red raider chuckle, bahahaha.
I'm sure he was B.S.ing but he really did say that, no s--t!
But at J.C. I learned how to be a pro, a big time pro, I learned what it took to play at a top tier level. If you didn't learn from Johnston City you just couldn't learn I guess, lol.
the top one holers in 1970 were Ronnie Allen first, he gave the closes to him 9-8, Gave Ed Kelly 8-7, Lassiter 8-7, Weenie Beanie Staton I don't know, probably 9-8.
By 1971 Johnston City you could throw me in the top 2 to 5 in the pecking order, I had matured in my one hole game and could dance with anybody and believe me people I enjoyed dancing, bahahahah.
It was a classy poolroom and chock full of good players.
Red schooled me on the pecking order of the top one holers of the day.
He schooled me on the Johnston City tourney and what it was like.
He told me I played good and would probably win it and gave me his red raider chuckle, bahahaha.
I'm sure he was B.S.ing but he really did say that, no s--t!
But at J.C. I learned how to be a pro, a big time pro, I learned what it took to play at a top tier level. If you didn't learn from Johnston City you just couldn't learn I guess, lol.
the top one holers in 1970 were Ronnie Allen first, he gave the closes to him 9-8, Gave Ed Kelly 8-7, Lassiter 8-7, Weenie Beanie Staton I don't know, probably 9-8.
By 1971 Johnston City you could throw me in the top 2 to 5 in the pecking order, I had matured in my one hole game and could dance with anybody and believe me people I enjoyed dancing, bahahahah.