androd
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2nd row #2 maybe Hayden Lingo... Next to Jersey Red's right looks kinda like Joe Cosgrove. I can't see Puckett anywhere.I see Cicero Murphy !
2nd row #2 maybe Hayden Lingo... Next to Jersey Red's right looks kinda like Joe Cosgrove. I can't see Puckett anywhere.I see Cicero Murphy !
I'd say either Johnny Irish or Eddie Taylor.next question, who was the best one hole player in the pic?
Thank you, you are correct. My memory failed me there. Jr. Norris was another good player. The man in the photo is indeed Jr. Goff!I thought the guy in the back row holding his cue was a short guy named Jr. Goff and I thought the guy in the second row next to Beenie was the man himself, Hayden Lingo.
Thank you jogging my memory. I knew it was Al something.Thanks Jay.. Babyface is a great straight pool player named Alton Whitlow, I think...
You could well be right. I didn't know him and wouldn't have known him if I had seen him. That does look like him from the few pics I've seen. I did know Irish. He was also a small man but balding, so I'm probably wrong on him. I'm not sure if Lingo actually played in the event. He must have if he's in that photo. He is alleged to be the man who invented One Pocket in the 1930's in Oklahoma. I would date this photo as being from 1963 or 64, and I was there both years. Probably 1963 because Cornbread, Puckett and Ronnie were there by 1964.I thought the guy in the back row holding his cue was a short guy named Jr. Goff and I thought the guy in the second row next to Beenie was the man himself, Hayden Lingo.
Definitely Earl Shriver! I knew him well. Pucket is not in this photo.2nd row #2 maybe Hayden Lingo... Next to Jersey Red's right looks kinda like Joe Cosgrove. I can't see Puckett anywhere.
I played Irish in New York (9-Ball) in the mid 1960's (in 7/11). He was old then and no longer competitive with the top players. His heyday was 1940's and 50's. He could still beat a kid like me at $2 9-Ball! That's not him in the photo. Probably Hayden Lingo.I'd say either Johnny Irish or Eddie Taylor.
I don't see a #9 next to Spaeth? Is he missing from this photo?i will start a list
edit this list is with the help of all the respoders
first row
1)danny gartner.....2)AlCoslosky....3Alton "babyface" Whitlow......4)paulie jansco 5) george jansco 6)detroit whitey ....8)danny diliberto...... j 9) norman jockey howard
second row
1weenie beenie...2)hayden lingo...3)sonny springer...4) eddie taylor 5)tugboat whaley...6don watson ,, 7) luther wimpy lassiter...8)joey spaeth ....9?...
third row
1bunny rugoff...2)junior norris...3)cicero murphy...4)earl shriver,...5")jersey red" jack breit...6)tom cosmo.....
I played Irish in New York (9-Ball) in the mid 1960's (in 7/11). He was old then and no longer competitive with the top players. His heyday was 1940's and 50's. He could still beat a kid like me at $2 9-Ball! That's not him in the photo. Probably Hayden Lingo.
lassiternext question, who was the best one hole player in the pic?
no jayI don't see a #9 next to Spaeth? Is he missing from this photo?
its got erased by my mistakeFar left front row looks like "Cowboy Jimmy" Moore.
Yes, people were better back then. I happen to be more than a fair judge of character, if I do say so myself. Although I didn't know this gent, I can say without a doubt, that he was a fine distinguished, honorable, individual. Even his upright posture and attire as he sits for the picture, says a lot. His name, Beauchene, strikes me as hallowed and acclaimed. This is one of the group that I would put on a plane with my entire roll to go score in some other state or country. Agree?
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Better known as 'Detroit Whitey!'Sir Edward Beauchene himself would agree with you.
Your money would be safe with him.
no jay
there is no 9 in that row
Yes, people were better back then. I happen to be more than a fair judge of character, if I do say so myself. Although I didn't know this gent, I can say without a doubt, that he was a fine distinguished, honorable, individual. Even his upright posture and attire as he sits for the picture, says a lot. His name, Beauchene, strikes me as hallowed and acclaimed. This is one of the group that I would put on a plane with my entire roll to go score in some other state or country. Agree?
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Sir Edward Beauchene himself would agree with you.
Your money would be safe with him.
Better known as 'Detroit Whitey!'