Evelyns words 2-28-96
Evelyns words 2-28-96
Evelyn Wanderone met fats 3-7-41, got married in DuQuoin IL exactly two mths later 5/7, they stayed together 44 years.
Fatty owned a three table pool room in Wash. DC. Evelyn told a story about Roosevelt and Fatty.
Roosevelt would ride thru DC in an Open limo and always would come past the pool room, everyone went into the street and waved. Evelyn told me what Fatty said about the president, ‘’Roosevelt has the biggest head he’d ever seen on a human’’.
Before Evelyn met Fatty she recalled that he said he had been to a 6 week tournament (Evelyn was on meds, broken hip) in Chicago, was a two or three floor room. Fats was with Earl Schriver and Eda both also from DC, and they had a boy Phil with em, and NY Jimmy the Greek (not vegas). Evelyn said fats booked 150 games and lost only two in six weeks.
They were dead tired and rolled into town with Fattys new Buick LaSalle, last one built. TBC
These are Evelyns recollections of their life....