John, I stopped it at Mora shot w/ the cb locked tight against the foot rail jaw. From there he can see his balls along the long rail and the 13 & 10.
I am jacking up into the 13 to put the cb over on Dan side by his hole. Very difficult shot.
Thanks for putting this up, I am going to enjoy watching the rest of the match. Dan, I know quite well and we've competed against each other a few times. A really nice guy, to say the least!
Ok, I thought we were doing a wwyd. But it does not appear Morra touched the ball. I think this happens quite a bit when tapping within the stack.
Dan did not approach to watch the hit, so no recourse.
For me, if the cb is frozen to the rail, which it appears to be so, then the way Morra tapped it if he did touch would be a wedging foul under DCC rules. Explanation; Morra stroked directly at it leaving no other possible scenario except to wedge the cb. Even if the cb was not frozen the way he stroked directly at it, it then left a high chance of wedging the cb.
Whether the 45 degree angle of an elevated bujtt would have saved Morra, I do not have a clue, I guess so as long as he does not use a push stroke. A push stroke is when you lay the cue tip against the cue ball and then stroke through. This is actually my rule that Bret Baker their TD adopted. I did a pool session with him on close proximity shots.
tTe way Dan stroked it you will see it was off to the side, no wedge foul. Better to tap on an angle, then you will not wedge, and in stack play tap when close or frozen to an ob, tap on an angle, then you are not trapping the cb within the stack with a possible illegal stroke..
The Derby City Rule;
Trapping or Wedging the Cue Ball
It is a foul if a player deliberately traps or wedges the cue ball in the jaw of a pocket. In addition to the foul penalty, the opponent receives cue ball in hand behind the head string.
It is legal for the opponent to approach the table on shots such as this when there can be a possible trap or wedge occurring. Also if the cue might be frozen to a ball or not, approach the table to see.
**** If this scenario was played out under my Express One Pocket Rules then the game would of progressed by each player giving the other player one of their scored balls. Or, Morra would of gave Dan a ball and Dan could of passed the shot back. Under these rules Morra would of probably done the kick right a way.
**** But, it saves precious tournament time, makes players think twice about tap tap. And possibly no need to go to the Grady Rule & performance time limit bench marks as we what is happen now. Plus it creates a higher standard of play for you are going to have to shoot your way out of there, and you better up your kicking game.
Larry, you put up your like before I finished my post. I know you are a traditionalist so you probably do not care for my express ideas.
Whitey
. But he took advantage of an older man with vision not great. Dan tho, is one of thee most standup quiality men on a pool table in all my years of play. Last time we locked horns was in Burlington IA along the Mississippi in the EARLY 70's, where the promoter countney/coffee didn't pay out as guaranteed. Was also the venue where a ten ball ring game lasted thru till the next day. Black Bart/Searcy/Mataya and a couple others. Mataya quit the game, got his sleep, came back and busted the ring game the next day. Black Bart/Bob Osborne hocked his new Volvo/Green Wagon to stay in the game and was able to keep it. Those weeeeeeeeeeere the dayz/nights.
