Eddie told me when he was around CA Billiards in the 80’s, his best game beside three cushion, was banks.
John, Eddie was around Chicago with NY Pancho in the mid-late 60's. He hung around the, 'Golden 8 Ball' on Rush st. They had Harold Worst 4'x8' tables with a, 'non-slate' material. They had no 3C table, so I went there occasionally. But, George Fels was a regular there everyday. Eddie did play well on those tables, I Never heard of him playing one person playing banks! He at a minimum of at least 25 Black players from the, Southside' to choose from. He was a typical East Coast 60's 100 ball runner in straight pool. I watched him play that and Pancho told me this was Eddie's Best game. But, in those days, everyone knew that 90% of all East Coast road players played very good straight pool, that's what they at the time, played the most. And. The 3 cushion winners of Nationals were averaging, 0.700-0.850. Eddie was National 3C champ in 72 & 79, both events held on the West coast. It was a strange era in the late 60's early 70's for 3 cushion in the US. New organizations were forming, Brunswick was pushing their, 'New Look' in pool rooms with introduction of GC tables. The GC 3C tables were Not very good at all, so, rooms/many players fell off to the wayside. Anyway, this is the info "I" know.
BTW, I mentioned before that someone close to Eddie had contacted authorities to do a, 'wellness' check on him. I just got off the phone with someone that told me the same person recently asked for another. When he contacted the agency again, they told him they "We can only give the info to a relative."