Minnesota Fats vs Willie Mosconi - Legendary Match

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Willie Mosconi we're going to get to each of these gentlemen in just a moment because Willie was shaking his head saying no the movie wasn't made about Minnesota Fats but we'll let him explain that and In the meantime let me quickly explain what we will see during the course of this competition. Five forms of pocket billiards, nine balls, eight ball rotations, straight billiards and one pocket each, will be explained at the appropriate time. You came up, you had something to say and earlier you told me that you were going to rob Willie of what he does exactly well and what I'm going to tell you most is that Willie is there shaking his head and you got in his pocket.

Three months before the movie came out, Willie was interviewed just like he's being interviewed last night and today and last year and last week and he said they were going to expose me as a pool hustler, the best pool hustler in the world. the same words there can be read out loud to the people and they said that the real Minnesota Fats is none other than the fat man from New York, better known as the fat man from New York, has not been suspended now Willie has been telling people that I'm not the only one, well, who was going to do it if they didn't describe me in a con movie why didn't they make a movie about Willie Ida, he busts his balls so much, but that's his position, I mean, Farren open hostility, come back? here fat man let's spin the well jar II, well all I can say is a gentleman named Wallet Teves in Ohio, forgive me Howard, who wrote the book and in the book it says it's a fictional story, so now, What would you say?

Were you a consultant on the film? I was in it for four and a half months. Okay, we've established the grudge between the two men. My Gleason scene in Miami after the movie, he said: "It's a shame that they take K. I'm done." With all the money and the show, they have done all the work. I end up with all the gold. Okay, you'll get your chance. Now is the decisive

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. Fats vs. Willie Mosconi. The first nine-ball competition. The two players will go for the break. We are going to shape the nine ball rack, the best of nine in the series and they are even arguing about what to wear, that is one of the promoters trying to officiate the dispute, well, he agrees, we will not wear coats, we will return. for starters in a moment I can't believe they can do it for $19.99 your dog is going to play ping pong in a tuxedo I played nispom pool for the soap that mrs. house oh okay it's about to break remember I said we played five different forms of pool.

I start with nine balls and in fact the first to win three of the types is the victor just to clarify that the little exchange Willie Mosconi establishes the rules that said he didn't care that he had played by the rules that Fats Willie had established and now Fats is learning the rules for the first time and the key rule is that you have to call your shot now that shot was not called so that the ball comes back, you have to hit the balls in rotation, costs the first to the second and so on , but combinations are allowed, so here we go, it looks like he will try to bank both balls and we should take a look at the form. he's going to try to make that shot, the two balls, that's it, no, two balls are going to the wrong pocket, so he comes, you can't call, you won't be here all night anyway, let's cancel my reservation, that's it his confusion, as I mentioned about the rules because he didn't even want the explanation up front, well, him sitting, the two men always call him the perfect three.

Oh, ball, Willy calling the balls and the rotation, remember they have to be hit in rotation and well, he wanted the right to make your decisions as part of. the rules because he wanted to eliminate the element of luck from the game. This is a man who once ran 526 consecutive balls and watches intently as Willie clears the table one by one. 6-ball corner pocket. He now he looks how beautiful he will make it. position played preparing for the next Paul leading to the option ball one 9 ball sinking that when you win the game returns perfectly to the 8 ball 8 and let's look at the ideal position to sink the 9 ball is less on the entire table he missed the 9 ball the opponent sinks the galley 9 wins the game well a winning contest will return great shootout in the group Willie Mosconi against Minnesota Fats the nine-ball contest in progress wins the best of nine the series Musk only leads one game none Mosconi likes the totally calm facts likes to destroy the opponent with Talk, therefore, in this previous conversation, according to our rules of procedure, it will be possible for you to remain silent while Willie shoots, he, of course, has to remain silent, do not shoot anymore, let me tell you a secret.

I can play like I'm deaf and mute I can play if he had a gang war on the joint that doesn't mean anything to me anything you want to do I do it right and when I leave I leave with the money you understand I don't I don't care whatever happens. I wouldn't care if they were shooting bows and arrows, they're watching westerns and if that doesn't bother me, you understand that ninety-nine out of a hundred is pool pleasure with lots of breath. playing a world championship game and some guy in the back shot all the tables open and some asshole pulled a cigarette out of his mouth like that, I'm not even supposed to see it and he's like, oh my god, did you see it?

What's that? What did he do to me? He said I said what did he do? They're sitting right there. He is the new CJI. I'm going to let it go. He also took a cigarette. If it were me, you'd be playing in a wax museum and then if anyone. It moves and I leave the city well, well, it's ready for the break, it seems that the fat man is leaving the city, he is almost out of the arena, the referee calls the canary off the fat man's back, what happened comes. I want you to watch closely because it's an opportunity, yes, it will.

Try the combination and try to win the game right here on the first throw, as shown in the diagram. He was using a ball to hit the nine in the corner and it didn't work so well. He has an easy ball to set up. a ball corner, don't forget that you have to hit and rotate Louis' ball on the table, combinations are allowed and yet you can't hit Mosconi and open, not with his skill in straight billiards, that's his difficult game with two balls and, in fact, this turns into straight billiards. For Willie, that was a remarkable shot, folks, it took finesse, let's look at it again, you'll see what I mean, no margin for error, look how closely that ball avoids the purple four-ball, look in slow motion, that's it. the magic, ladies and gentlemen of Willie Mosconi as we look at the cue ball and then the priests finally the cue ball stopped, we'll see three shiny rockets back there,

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are starting to look a little doubtful about Mosconi's talents, doubtful in the sense of can I compete with them when you have to make your decisions but now Moscone has a problem remember that the nine ball is the object of the game and remember: Mosconi leads a game to none in the best of 9 9 ball competition four balls in the corner for other forms of billiards They are scheduled in the total competition.

Nice shot from the fans. Let's look at his position against the fireball. Difficult situation. Now let's see what you will have to try. Frank, he'll try to panic. There's a great bench player here, but I missed that. and you can't leave Moscone and open, he can kill you with five ball corner pockets. Each player has received expenses in advance. The six-ball runner in the overall

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receives $15,000 and right here you see Moscone again putting on seven-ball corner pockets. Amy has the eight but she must let herself be watched for the nine and she has made exactly that 9 ball corner pocket band mr.

Wasco, then Mosconi leads the 9-ball contest two games to none and we will return to the nine-ball contest between Willie Mosconi and Minnesota Fats, the third game has just begun Mosconi leading two games to none won the second game by running out of five At nine balls after a fan ruling, the two men differ markedly in personalities and approach. That's this conversation above Willie, it has been said that each of you has everything to lose and nothing to gain in this match. In other words, you are the world's pool artist. Everyone knows your records as well as one of the colorful and recognizable figures in gaming history.

What is your response to that? Well, yeah, that's right to a point, but I look at it from another angle, this is something I haven't done in a long time, Howard, I haven't been in competition, as you know, and I look, look apana, it's kind of fun, there's something a little different, he may think he has everything to lose I certainly don't do it well if it's kind of fun Willie doesn't show it the attitude couldn't be more serious he's working on the two balls thanks to the two ball cross corner now this It is a remarkable effort you are making.

Don't believe that shot we're going to have to take a look at the way he executed it now look closely you couldn't have more finesse in executing the shot than this required within the black or eight ball in the designated notable area and notice that he still moves inside the eight ball to sink the disturbed three, remember he said he was in the corner pocket, look at him now and he has the perfect position. Ridge row fill and chalk end. He has called for the bridge to which he is entitled. use the bridge thus keeping your feet on the ground if the boys are positioned awkwardly as is the case here a mistake is almost American masculinity does not believe now that is his decision the eight ball let's see that oh, he can't sink five but he must hit the five first and in combination I'm acting like a bench shot for

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, he also gets credit for the five, remember the balls must be hit and rotated, so it's a six, everyone is going up, that plays a beautiful position, this was the first. opening and musk only seven real balls in the corner pocket and I gave them to the fats with the error 9 ball in a pot object: game ball, nine ball game data, that's Winsett, we have a Mosconi contest , that's one of the nine. ball competition we will return the basketball scores for you on the Atlantic Coast I hate a movie in Hollywood starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason called the hustla consultant in the movie was the famous police officer Willie Mosconi in plays a character in the movie called Minnesota Fats in the real life Minnesota Fats says the character was based on him, Minnesota Fats, but Willie Mosconi says that's absolute nonsense, he says the character was based on a figure from the novel The Hustler, so the hostility between the two, the film was based on my life. story and at that time you couldn't give me a thousand dollars a minute the fool went to the movies to the television and nothing because I just never worked a day in my life and I don't care at all about being involved I understand that this guy is big and fat. and it looks a bit like a glacier no, that was my life, that was Minnesota, they never saw Minnesota and his wife before that, he was from New York City, in fact, I don't think he had enough money to go out from New York City and get the Minnesota, but two totally different men in lifestyle and personality, they even differ in the way they practice their craft, for example, with fats, he works on trick shots like this, sinking four balls at a time, this is called a railroad shot.

I want to make the yellow ball in the left corner the blue ball in the right corner the white balls that go around the table go through these tracks change tracks and come back and make the three balls doing half of the selection fat absolutely disdain masconi's specialty billiards heterosexual billiards eight what's great billiards is a cancer that they left and 35 how many years ago is that forty-odd years ago there is no human being alive who used to play for a pack of cigarettes, weren't those days at a time? pack that Lucky's castles all of them I don't even know their names because I don't smoke but there was a ten cent pack and they used to play a hundred balls four packs of cigarettes I was playing like five hundred or a thousand again this is what we call the championship game , the rest of the game bat and the rest of the guys are lucky when they call a game a dyke, you hit them as hard as you can and if you're lucky you make balls.

While you keep them in this game here you will have to call the ball, call the bounce. I have been waiting for this match for a long time and this time I will kill it. I'm involved, they have m6 coming up Willie Mosconi. has won games four and five and leads four games to one over Minnesota, affects the 19th break, so the umpire hits the nine ball, remember if Dhoni must win this game, he won the nine ball competition, it is a competition the best of 9 and the next will be the 8 ball competition, which again will be the best of 9 bullies, he has his bald heads extended just the way he wants them and his fat ones despite the smile, nose gifts on the verge of extinction in the master playing position for the 4 ball, a purple ball right in front of you Fall Ball corner pocket five balls side pocket you must sink the ball nine ball seven say ball object of the game Ross Countyrunning the table eight ball corner pocket you now have exactly the position you want you are ready to pocket the nine ball and win the 9 ball competition no one can believe what just happened well if Nicklaus can miss a four footer I guess that the best pool shooter in the world that's what he should have done right there, but look what should have been a hanger turned into a flop, well the balls of war that sounds in that position the fat sank the 9 ball and won the game that is the objective of the game sink the nine or drop the object so that it stays alive, let's go up four games to two Mosconi comes Game seven of the nine ball competition Mosconi one game four out of five the fat man stayed with life winning the sixth game so again the fat man must fight to stay in the nine-ball competition that is in break comes the ball sunk at the break reappeared, thank you, a magnificent bank shot artist, but unfortunately it is a scratch, for what Mosconi will take over, Reis will place the one and that's what Willie will have to look for after he joins the crowd.

Mosconi knows that he still has to win. the game and has a nine ball competition, it is news, they do the corners of the ball well, he scratches and leaves the two balls in a hanger position for the side pocket, for the facts, what happens with fats is that , despite all the conversations, the man is a great player and responds to challenge you never what I apparently keep from me loses his confidence with finesse no perfect position for the three this is a tinder shot we should take another look at that one because that 11 it's how much that's the path everyone had to take almost seemed like a half mistake now look at this right in and down it goes irrepressible Minnesota Fats 65 years old Willie Mosconi 64 and yet the skills seem insignificant old five ball corner pocket and that's the shot that Willie missed in the third game remember that Musk only took the bridge and Miss Q and that's what set up his victory in that game, but Fats didn't miss.

Lindo, his real name, by the way, is Rudolph. The player has received substantial upfront expenses and the winner of the overall competition gets fifty-eighteen thousand dollars. The fats are taking them out one by one, passing the tape with nine balls in a pocket, he's about to stay alive again, he wins, so we have a four games to three competition Mosconi leads in the nine ball Ciccone will be back studying the table thoughtfully he suddenly realizes that he is in a fight a nine ball contest now he is four games to three in his favor but the heat of the big shot game is on come on up let's look casual he left in contact here you go than to test the three bullets according to the way you just saw the diagrams look at ethnic going to Moscone if he wins this game, he wins the nine ball competition that the fatties must win to stay alive first between these two men they have met and many disagreements, one of which is about what really happened the last time they failed and who really wants to see all this football see that again because he called the corner, the four ball, everything perfectly now look at everything fine except the shape in which he executed the shot. but look at this table, all the caroms come out, the cue ball hits it again and it goes to the designated five ball.

Ross County sees a shot like that and wonders what's going on, but fails the bench attempt with the five ball, which in this competition has become the Bugaboo ball, and Willie proves the point again, failing what it seemed to me. easy, but the fat man is left in a terrible position and is going to try to execute five balls in the corner, a miraculous bank shot that never loses its sense of humor. Rasco, there are 16 champions during the first week, well, he prepared the paths before the game, the big guys agreed on the five balls, the object ball was behind the head point after the scratch and the rule is the ball.

Joe psyche vodka, who is dismayed by the rules, comes. Not only now to understand how Willie gets closer to victory if he goes down, this is a nine ball contest, it's games two and three and the two shake hands and you have to give Minnesota credit quickly while he was fighting for the rules. which he didn't understand, however he was a perfect gentleman and accepted the defeat and, of course, there are four more group types scheduled in the first game, so the defense and Willie Mosconi we resume the eight ball competition, now almost everyone plays to billiards everywhere.

The country knows what eight ball is, it is the game that novices like to play the most. If a contestant sinks a ring ball first, he must sink all the other ring balls and then try to sink the 8 ball because whoever sinks it wins the game. At the same time, if a contestant sinks a solid ball first, he must sink all the solid balls and then try to sink the 8 ball to win. my script goes up every time I play that's why I come alone and when I leave you understand what guys with such long teeth I'm leaving I don't want to see any heads when I hit the door I understand the pressure and I played one for half a million and cash there were guys with teeth this long in all the exits, you understand, I get the idea, you speak with complete clarity and absolutely irrelevant, yes, very good, it is 8 ball, a game of skill or a game of luck, mainly luck for coloring.

In general, it seems that there are only eight balls, a hit in the pocket, throws the black ball, well, let's see that there are no balls running very hard, did you see the nine-ball game? It's not very difficult if you're Willie Mosconi, if you're Howard Cosell, it's impossible. Well, getting ready to start the competition and they're looking for a break and Minnesota Fats is really on his game, honey, like when he wanted to miss the shot for tactical purposes. I guess in the meantime, try a set to none in the overall competition. $15,000 at stake. for the winner and Willie Mosconi won the 9 ball competition, break from five to three, okay, both balls in a city must be detected according to the rules created by Willie Mosconi and Pat has had a difficult time understanding them as the competition has progressed. along with 94 men Willie played one for a coffee cake I tell you now play some benches or some bench every two balls they have free will have fun I better get down there, fix this, start the ball, thank you, get back to the boat, now here there is one. from his compatriot that's what's wrong Oh, be a good boy, let's go really well, we're finally ready to move on after all that.

I want to re-emphasize that Willie Mosconi did the rolls where it caught my attention was the deal seven, ball side pocket, okay, Willie Mosconi. sinking the solid balls from one to seven, the object ball of the game, the eight ball man who sinks the eight ball wins now look at this, this is how the balls were supposed to go, now he had room to pass if you sink the 8 ball before than you You've sunk all your balls, you lose the game, the job is to sink one through seven for Mosconi. The ring balls must be sunk by me, fat man, and then you sink the 8 ball, you win six new Cadillacs every time a bird flies. one of my other those cats sleeping the president's limo okay, go ahead Willie, I'm done with this, he's done, I'm sorry I bothered you, there's no truce with Minnesota Fats and he knows he gets mad at Willie the more he talks.

Meanwhile, well, he's not in the best position in the world. He's going to try to play the only ball that's up there on the far left, going to the left side, it's green. A ball that, friends, is incredible. There can be no other job. what you call a disaster, say let's take another look at it now look closely, he has to make the ball curve just like you saw the dotted line there, that's what we call mass, as I say, and he does exactly that now You still have to have control of that ball, a control that comes from the way you used your cue because the white balls have to get there and collide with the ball in a remarkable sickle display.

Willie scratches himself after the big shot that will be a fool's shot. back Jen, this is game 1 of the best of 9, that is the series in eight ball, just as it was a nine ball that Moscone won five games to three. Now Moscone established the rules for each of the competitions in advance with the permission and consent of the fats. that I didn't even want to hear them at the time, so there has been a lot of discussion about the rules during the course of today's game. Meanwhile, Mosconi is working on solid colors and one of the rules he established for this eight-ball competition was that you have to make your decisions, sometimes people play 8-ball, not with that condition, but it is the condition here and He wanted it that way to bring as much skill as possible to the competition, leaving himself in the perfect position for the six ball.

As you can see, Moscone is a master of the position game, but now he has a difficult shot, he has to pocket the eight ball to win, that is the objective of the game, the cross sergeant will try to put it in the pocket on the opposite side, you must pass for the nine ball, he no Mosconi is just amazing when it comes to precision play now I want you to take another look at that shooting task make the cue ball pass the nine ball by hitting the eight ball first as needed and then pass that 8 ball the red ring ball barely has room and still doesn't, so he wins the first game of the eight ball competition, leading Phat's game without knowing how quickly he broke, as soon as the referee racked up the balls, Willie broke up and left. a fairly open fat table who suddenly no longer shuts up or talks, but is absorbed in the fact that he is in a battle, comes to work on the solid balls calling the two easy combinations and the bridge, as you know, is allowed in order. that the contestant can keep his feet on the ground, which is required by the rules when the balls are awkwardly placed, so the bridge was used effectively with facts.

The 7 ball don't think for a moment that fats aren't a master position, play it yourself, it's just that you do it casually, Mosconi ball, I wouldn't pretend to be serious, he's 65 years old, real name Rudolph Raw and our young Massac He is only 64 years old and in the total competition with five types of bulls, the winner is five all. gets $15,000 the winner of course is the man who wins first three sets have had nine balls this is eight balls the fat man is working at the table he must donate looking with increasing confusion no, he is right for the victory game the fat man runs all the solids eliminate the eight ball competition 8 one game each we will return to the city it has been said that neither you nor Willie have anything to gain by facing each other in this game because it never crossed my mind whether to win or lose something, all that I know is to win something I was never a loser in my life you understand if I can win 1100 I will try to win it you understand I don't know anything about all of them if you say how you became a legend and how you got there great you played everything you say oh that's automatic .

I emerge like any other living human being. I went through saloons and pool halls all my life. I don't drink or smoke and was a top-notch card player. and pool player when he was eight years old. I don't know about all that other work that goes along with it. You know what I mean? I don't know anything about Willie he's a good player and I know he plays with me for money. I have no chance. I know you have a better chance of swimming from here to Arabia underwater. We start with the 8 ball competition. This is the fourth game between Willie Mosconi and Minnesota Fats and Mosconi is running out of balls in the hoop and getting ready. to sink the object ball of the game the eight ball Mosconi leads two games to one in the eight ball competition his one in the nine ball competition a difficult match five games to three and now leads three games to one in the eight ball competition all the time The mood has changed, Karen, the Starlight ceiling of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in the heart of New York City.

The atmosphere had been constant jokes and disputes. The hostility between the men has now suddenly calmed down. The six ball came in at halftime. It will be discovered, but. that sets the color let's take another look at the break setting the color I mean, that means Moscone will have to do it while you watch the six balls come in go for the solid colored balls the ring balls will be fat his game I always remember when you're watching Mosconi, he's thinking two or three, four shots ahead, often across the table, but he didn't like what he just did.

The six ball was spotted on the break, that's how Moscone wants it. The rules set by him to reduce the element of luck in a ball and increase the element of skill as Mosconi again hits a shot that was harder than it looked because he didn't have much room to work towards the corner pocket, no , the six balls and the fats agreed in advance. Let Mosconi set the rules, he didn't even want to know about them, but as the course of the game developed, the rules disturbed him more and more. Willie, who began the entire competition nervously, even tentatively, has gained confidence over the course of the game. not a sound, no one sees the whiteness and bullies of the lower lip, we have talked about it before, nerves, dehydration, a four ball was detected as a resultof the scratch and now France goes to work fifteen, you know, part of the hostility between these two men stems from the movie called the hustler in that movie jackie gleason played a character named Minnesota Fats who maintains or that he was the source of the character Holly Moscone was a consultant on the film, maintains that the image derived from a book and the author stated that The characters were fictional and that the character played by Gleason bears no real or real resemblance to the man everyone is looking at.

Minnesota Fats was in the process of running towards the rainbow that led to the game target ball, the eight ball and he hit the target now beautiful shot from Fats he is back to the heart of things he has reduced Masconi's lead to three games two in the eight-ball contest Moscow knee three we'll be back there is the home of 64-year-old Willie Mosconi, 16-time world champion of pocket billiards, a quiet and calm man, absorbed in giving dignity to the profession he lives.quietly with his wife and daughter in Dowell Illinois, two hours south of st. Louis Missouri, his life, a different type of man, a man of Flash and Color, loquacious, willing to confront anyone with words and in billiards, even his badge tells you about him.

MF means this man. Minnesota Fats incredibly two years ago suffered a stroke. was declared dead, he and Moscone don't like each other and that goes back a long time, when I think it was 1949 the last time I saw him, at that time I was managing a pool hall in Philadelphia and he was one of customers at the place, he was ripping off cards and doing everything he could in the place to make a dollar, so he finally ran out of custard customers and chose me. I just ran away from me, don't bother me, you know, I'm how happy he was. he was making a dollar and painting Luna, so he finally became so obnoxious that I had to play with him now.

I played him five games of his game that I know nothing about to this day, a pocket and won him five games for $50 a person. I'm playing to see if the truth comes out. Willie Mosconi and I'm trying to expose myself, he's the best pool player in the world, which I always was and still am for money. Every time I played against someone who could play any note, he always lost. I played in Istanbul. Terrible Turkey hasn't been terrible since I played happily in Hong Kong and he hasn't been happy because you always try to keep thinking about different games that you know the other player didn't know about and he would have the knowledge. and that's how he handled the wind here and there the last time I was in New York, he got over 30,000 in cash and I put it on the table for Willie Mosconi to play, if he wanted to play to play with them, anyone else would want to play . but they're not going to put up cash, finally after 16 hours they'll get 15 backers and play one for 200.

Well he's always telling stories like that. No such thing ever happened. In fact, I challenged him. Three years ago we hosted the ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia for four days. We send you a certified letter by email telling you the dates six weeks in advance. I was there that night but he didn't show up. I get 1200 if I coughed twice. scam with a pool place $60.00 again 40 again my education wants to play something for two again two dollars a game let's play 3000 points you are the player with money I want to tell you let's go that far Willie is proving his point, ha won the nine ball he leads in the solar powered eight ball this is the seventh game and the eight ball competition the big shootout in the pool between Minnesota Fats and that man Willie Mosconi as the lip grows fighter and scoring games more wides are now four games to two in the eight-ball contest in favor of Mosconi, who said he won the fifth game, making it 3-2, but Mosconi quickly came back to win the sixth game and now, after that missed shot from Fats, you may be in desperate danger.

Mosconi is working on the balls at the rim and if Willie can. If he wins this game, he will have won the eight-ball competition and they will move on to the next best-of-nine pool form called rotation, sinking the balls in numerical order, but that's a long way off, but Willie has to win this one if he can again. we emphasize that Mosconi not only plays one shot at a time like all the great billiard players, including of course the fat one, he looks ahead, looks at the entire table layout and three, four and five shots per stroke trying to sink the hoop balls and get the game's object ball, the eight ball, and the winner of the overall competition, $15,000 in addition to the substantial spending money both men already received.

Well, he is performing his task steadily and resolutely the last time the two men played face to face. It was about thirty years ago, everyone tells a different story about what happened that day. Look, Mosconi may have left himself in a bad position. He did it. It's not an easy shot to try to close it. It's so perfectly done that Willie Mosconi won. At the end of the eight fall competitions, five games to two, he is in the visible rotation and if he wins the rotation, he will have won the best-of-five sets of different types of billiards played in the competition. .

That's a great woman, tricked game, Junie palooka. when we took her photo, she was in the women's superstars, we'll come back later to see how the rotation competition goes right now, let's go to the 90 meter ski jumping world championships and Al Michaels, there should be action in the big pool. shootout this is the rotation competition Willie leads three games to two right there while he works on a fourth game if he can win it he saved the three balls let me quickly explode the rotation you must go after the balls in ascending numerical order start a thought with one, each ball has a point value equivalent to its numbers, no one is worth one, two are worth two, three are worth 3 and so on, therefore, the total value in a game of all points, all balls is 120, so what the guy who scores 61 points first wins in rotation right now well, he's calling his shot, it was on the sixth ball and he's essentially played it safe again.

Willie Mosconi set the rules with knowledge and consent of the facts and you must define his shots with the purpose like Mosconi. sought to reduce the element of luck increase the element of skill now when you don't get a hit on the object ball the opponent has the option to tell you to shoot again and that's what Musk only did with the fats and again Mosconi tells the fats to shoot again again a little discussion about the rules that fat people accepted but didn't even want to know before the advent of competition now Mosconi is very much in the shape he wanted 30 is up to 30 moving towards 61 and once again has left an admirable position watch him send himself 38 right in front of you at the bottom of your screen 45 and he has the 9 ball, the ring ball on the left of your screen exactly where he wanted it 54 no, he just needs one ball plus the ball 10 and what could be better than this is the crowd shows its appreciation games the William are so many leads four games to two needs but one more victory for victory and the total competition will return to this is Game seven and the rotation competition Willie Mosconi against Minnesota Fats Moscone leads four games to two, but that's what's leading in this game so far, he notes: Mosconi knows it and if he can win this, he'll have won the big pool shoot because he's already won by nine balls in five games. . three in eight balls five games to two the winner receives $15,000 both players have already received substantial spending money now I see that only up to seven points you just sunk the five ball he is working on the six ball a green ball but looking forward as always the rest of the table 13 and now he is perfectly positioned for the seven and watch him set up the 820.

I am Mosconi more than a thousand times in his career he has had streaks of more than 100 balls 500 times he ran for 200 votes and once he ran 526 balls of air, he is now meticulous and disciplined, sinking one after another as he approaches the magic number of 61. What the chef achieved or surpassed will give him total victory now with 58 points. This could be Willie's way of playing the numbers to be. and it's good that Moscow won the big food shooter; In fact, this has been one of the most exciting events we've had at Wide World of Sports in a long time, now there's no need to go to Willie's specialty, snooker or fats.

It's a pocket, it's over the first thing I want to do Willie is congratulate you on the victory and you, fat man, for being a sportsman in defeat, the final scores in nine balls, five to three, Mosconi over Minnesota, Fats, eight balls, five a - Mosconi on fats and in the rotation five a - Mosconi Oba fats fats at the beginning you expressed all your confidence and victory and then, during the course of the competition, you retreated and became a total sport, never packed at all. I just like it, it is what it is. a tremendous play by Mensa, anyone who has any sense knows that this man can beat anyone alive and I could beat anyone alive.

I never lost my life, so hit me, what do you want me to do? I don't want you to do anything, just say what you just friend. Living on the land he knows how to handle the campaign now he is a sixteen time champion. I have been champion with eight deficits per ton of the century. I'll tell you this campaign, a TI, you're the best showman in the game. Thank you so much. Well, they did anything. tell me about the fats you are under a lot of stress you felt you had to prove yourself you have been out of competition for a long time it is not a competition for many years the last competitive tournament I had was in 1963 and then I had come I came out of retirement later for a tournament , but I'm glad he admits I'm the best player when we were leaving, he can do some things.

Jimmy Carroll here's the cowboy Jimmy Moore Albuquerque New Mexico this is a nine ball shot. behind the seven playing a nine in the corner look at the shot I'm going to ruin you let him look at card I'll do it in slow motion hand faster than the shot on ice this is called well you always watch your opponent when you're playing pool well I guess I don't know what happened there, Cowboy Jimmy warms up and shows you how it's done in slow motion. I can follow him Allan, you'll see why it's called the hand faster than the eye, this is what he did and this shot is guaranteed I don't know anyone, maybe play general, no fights, cowboy Jimmy Moore, he's a character in all the shooting groups, hey, here's a guy who has a million costumes, will he ever take this hat off of you?

J pocket one The time I saw him without his hat, he is something, but a chance to talk, this guy is a character, you, Jay Puckett. I first started in a gas station uniform and then I hadn't been around much, so I discovered that Texaco was all over the country. more than that, so I changed the technical station uniform and then when it got good, you finally got it, you finally got a black guy for a few years who is tasty, the tofu station man couldn't get food, yeah , many were Victor, no one rushes in a at a gas station after that it's funny a huge cube in which he spent 60 minutes that's something that the great scammer this eight ball in the final pocket traveling three rails here it's going to go around the table five rails five rails around the table between all those balls and try and make the eight, hit the ball, you'll have to hit the cue ball harder to make the eight, it's harder.

Utley and he gets angry. Utley, well, that's the end of that. Jay Puckett used to fight for a living, he said, if not. I didn't knock him out well in the first round, the second was already over. They'd knock him out more than shake him one more time in this alley. This time he won't touch the ball. I'm a little weak. Now he has the low angle. he hits it hard enough he shouldn't touch any ball he looks good Alan okay you Jake Puckett the crowd appreciates him I love his hat Willie Mosconi here's a classy guy classy he looks good you had a chance to talk to the classy guy he sounded great Alan Hi I was about six years old at the time and started playing at a dance school.

My whole family was vaudeville dancers many years ago and that's what was destined to go away, but after the dance lesson I had to wait an hour after my father chose me. In one corner, my uncle had a full table and he liked to play pool. I didn't know anything about it. Notice that he was doing a whole summer, so at the end of the summer I managed to run all the balls so as not to take anyone. I knew it, but one day my uncle felt sorry for me. I guess he was going around so much that he said, come on, boy, I'll play a game, so he broke the balls and at the fifteenth event on the offensive, he said, do it again, oh, I think I want to. run ten or eleven before I got lost, well, the next day posters were made and I was playing an exhibition at the Friars Club in New York the following week, which was the beginning of the pool race, oh, you talk about nostalgia, there a great billiards player. setting up this shot, all right, this is the shot that jacket Jackie Gleason did in the hustler movie the first time he played Paul Newman, he calledthe only ball he took out of the package and put back in this pocket, let's see if we can make this yellow ball. or one ball back to this pot this seems difficult Allen five kisses this ball gets before going to the pocket great shot what a shot it was Willie Mosconi, let's take a look at this again I'll let you describe it two balls kissing the ball ball hitting the nine against the one kissing the seven inch spring and building in the corner pocket this is a shot that Paul Newman made in that photo to the hustler Gleason broke the ball and left the cue ball trapped behind the corner pocket Paul Newman called to one ball, the yellow rod to the package on this shot, let's see if we can curve this shot, you have to know where to hit the white ball to get to the side rail, right there, he says, I'll leave it, hey, he's like So handsome as Paul could explain that bandage, he had a little surgery and that's why really yeah, it's bad, let's take another look at the shade.

The perfect angle hits a wall, kisses it on the strike ball and tucks it into the corner. Tony, you. talk about nostalgia, look at this shot, at least he comes out more, he's definitely ours, he's still very competitive, he looks very relaxed when you had the chance to talk to him well in this game to beat Allen, you can play well and lose. he plays quite well and wins to win a tournament and with a number of good players like you and the other teammates you have to play well and be lucky to get the opportunities that you can't win by simply playing well and you can't win. just being lucky is a combination of the two and I don't care what anyone tells you, you have to play well and be lucky, would you rather be lucky than be good?

I would like to have the combination he talks about if she can play. Well, get lucky with this shot, as you can see, there are four ringers on the table. 10 11 12 and 13 I'm going to play the 10 in the corner the 11.and the 12 and the other corner and the 13 on the side four balls in one shot this seems difficult, very important, they would be placed just before, it will divide the two balls in the middle and it will make the four in one shot great, what a great shot by Irving Crane from Rochester, New York, the deacon, let's take another look at the top corner, one more angle and we'll let you describe how to play the two balls perfectly , the two balls in the middle in the corner and the other on the side and in the corner.

Irving Crane from the name of him in the Rochester nanometer our colorful referee Charlie or SETI reducing the Bragg forest of a newcomer we started very young playing this game how did you get interested in billiards? Well, I'll tell you that one day I passed by a pool hall and I heard the balls. Click on this funny thing I was in high school and I heard the balls clicking and I walked in and I saw what it was and I was rolling these balls and then I stopped at a pool hall that was near my house on the way to the school and the man let me in.

I told him I was 18 and he let me in and then I never went to school again. I just leave the house in the morning to go to school and go to the pool hall and stay there. School was over and I'd come home and tell my mom I'd gone to school and then I'd go back to the pool hall again and when it was time to go home they'd think I'd gone out to play ball or something. a lot of mothers call they want those kids to be in school don't listen to the kids go to school get your education right this is a nine ball shot playing nine ball in the corner pocket nine balls in the corner pocket now It seems like a moment shot Alan is that difficult as it looks like he is definitely going three way towards the cue ball but before going three way he will hit one ball causing another ball to come down and hit the nine ball against the six ball and the nine ball makes six and it's going to hang from the corner pocket like it's going to do now and the cue ball, oh, that was an accident, the cue ball and the nine ball were supposed to meet in the corner, oh you might lose some money let's take a look especially if the cue ball comes before nine look right now oh good timing I started in Detroit I moved to a class guy in Los Angeles it really impressed me it I consider the best black player of all time, Tufts, this Alan, he will have to do it.

Move those four balls because they're in the way, so it's a combination bench with the cue ball hitting the four balls out of the way, one ball hit the 8th, knocking it off the rail and across the side, oh this piece of cake that you can show. I'm wondering how to do that when I'm sure after the show Robert Rags would once again describe it as a cross fall and from our top angle I like the same piece of cake folks yes we're having fun I hope you are . enjoy it, stay with us, we have much more to come right after this message.

Luther Lassiter Allen of tux, who has been around for half a century, has played on every type of table you can imagine, she traveled all over the country, flies billiards differently. types of tables and also with different sets of balls and in the old days the balls and there was a kiss shot that was there, but today with the new balls her shots don't have to go and she is preparing a 15 ball kiss. shot now I really liked how he was so direct with you about his opinions on how he really feels about pool, yes it is, and you have different rubbers on the tables, you have two on a bench under a bench with different speeds, your enthusiasm you can hit them with any speed just so you make it perfect and you had the ball, the kisses were the same way you could imagine the perfect wall and them underneath you try to murder them all now to make them perfect, although you like the team with the one we played today.

Yes, because it is more difficult, I will play with the ping pong ball. You know, make it just as hard for yourself. Well, would you like to play with ping pong balls? The pockets will be bigger. Combination of 15 balls. Listen to the clicks Allen. 16 kisses. I like it. that shot was in the dirt, oh I like it, those were 16 kisses from that cute Whoopie Lassiter and he made it look so easy. Jimmy cares, guy who could do some things with a pool stick. I like it when you talk to him, guys, direct, no, I started playing. a YMCA I was in a junior why and I saw a checkers board, you know, with some little checkers and they had a cue and you had one checker and you hit the other checker in a pocket, that's when I started and then they had a junior little ones youth pool tables and the whole ball goes in the pocket and I was fascinated, that's how I started, when did you get your first pool table to play on?

I know I never had a pool table at home during those years when the homeless weren't even big enough to accommodate a pool table, but my dad opened a bigger room and then in Wilmington Delaware, you know, he She used to let me in that Sunday because she wasn't allowed in unless you were 18 in those days and I practiced. and I started to get better and better my maiden had six seconds but I had to remove the pocket she should have to fast they get stuck but what you have to take into account is the error because the tip is hitting the ball 16 times, okay I started playing pool the same way, whether you did it at the YMCA, check out the pool, oh, I like this shot.

Allen, very nice shimmy. Kara made it look easy, didn't she? Hey, this next guy needs no introduction, he was born and raised in New York and started playing. swimming pool in turn of the century New York City you were born in the city of Washington Heights I play dice on the George Washington Bridge when it was built why do they call you Minnesota Fats? Call me Minnesota Fats several reasons they made the From the Movie to the Hustler didn't mean New York fats are twice as smart, triple smart fats, that was my nickname, the smart closer on Broadway called me double and triple smart after that I undid them all if we could get fat to come out of their shell says what every child I know thinks if they would like to be here to see this shot for various reasons they like the gap that they didn't all come in at the same time, you understand and everyone logs in which one went in first see if you can say three ball I'm going to argue with you I agree with you it's a good shot just take another look to see if it's a three definitely our Minnesota three ball fans will do the seven eight nine another time but I will do it a little differently I will make the seven eight and the nine will kiss the seven will combine the eight and I will kick the white ball in 3 cushions and I will make the nine speak the 3 cushion Gervais that was his best game this seems like a difficult shot Alan he has to be careful with the kiss on the cue ball on the eight ball you have to miss it you missed it and he comes oh yeah look at that oh what a shot the crowd likes Minnesota Fats is a character, let's take a closer look at this three-way shot making the H first the cue ball and then making a nine ball in the corner pocket on top of anything I want to do with all kinds in all kinds I'm the best womanizer in the world I'm almost 100 years old I make Boyd Reynolds look like Mortimer Snerd when it comes to tomatoes you should know you watch me operate Mortimer Snerd you don't know Mortimer Snerd is out you're too young I've never heard of Minnesota Fats, the guy has a WC Fields accent.

There are no more tricks to come. Do you want to stay with us? It becomes more fun. Well, those are some legends from the last half century. We have a future. legend so you can see Laura John Ogonowski in action it was made famous by machine gun Lou Butera and it's called an over and under the bridge shot and it's more of a skill shot than a trick shot because I'm going to pocket the only ball in the corner. Pocket the white ball and it will jump over the bridge, go back under the bridge and pocket the two balls in the corner.

Allan, this seems difficult, it's her, she will have to raise her cue and dig into the white ball, hitting the one that is almost on top of her. of the ball and bring the cue ball over the bridge with a lot of swish making the cue ball go back and do both and she has to do both and she also jumps in the air John's glory rises with a sensational shot oh my God, I like that, let's take another look, a lot of backspin on the cue ball here coming back and pocketing the two balls, this looks interesting, let's let Laurie John just explain this because it could be an interesting shot for me, yeah.

What will happen is that the white ball will act like the train and will pass under the bridge and the bridge will collapse will travel one two three rails will go up a railway track will change tracks and keep the eleven twelve of the thirteen in the side pocket Are you joking? Chad, how hard is it? I had never seen this one before. I don't know, the balls in the middle of the table will just fall and stay there and the cue ball will go around three rails. between the two signs there and go around the pocket and then stick the three balls in the stick up to hit around the pocket start coming down hit those three balls in the pocket oh it looks like he wasn't alone with that yeah you need him to help him John, good clarity, last year's champion Irv, good effort by Lori Jack.

I like it a lot. Railroad Chuck had to remember that, oh, he look at this, there's Gerry Cooney anyway, oh, I know that guy in that tuxedo behind this. My partner Alan Hoffman. You're not going to do this Alan, you've been out in the sun too long, this guy gets up and oh I know what you're going to do Alan, do you know how nervous he is? He wasn't locked into a nine ball right away. from his mouth in the corner pocket oh what a shot I'm glad you made it a pleasure to work with you and I'm not sure you'd still be around besides that man ah this is great Alice people gotta go out and try some of these shots, I know I'll make you, show me how to do some of these, what a day we've had, I hope you enjoyed every time I see a billionaire who wants to borrow something and has 30,000 acres.

In Fresno I only give 5 dollars to a drunk, that's a ball, he lost 1,100 and had nothing to go home with. This is incredible, he's thinking they took a hundred from him, there's a homeless guy of a different kind and he won't bother Willy now. I'll have to come three rails on this shot here and try to hit the ball off the tree. He is leaning like you said before. He left one foot on the ground. No, you're not going to throw that away your entire life, whether we're looking at the Bank. ball or not I can't tell from here we have all of them you have a bank of three balls cross corner here now I have a child on the wrong ball what are you doing Charlie gives us around them in the middle of the most powerful blonde luckily? to dress a man of your caliber I know that's three more Oh, almost half a shot, yes, it was a double shot in the corner, but I think he was trying to turn it into a side pocket, it left Willie very real o no, fortunately frozen.

In the back he plays me, they will send you guys to buy, look ahead, I have to look again with him, cut it, what if the place was in creamed corn? They have guys, they put pressure on me because I'm playing so big on it, I saved it. one in a corner I said, bench that's your size that's what I want that's the side I want Charlie because I'm going to bounce this one there that's me in silence yes I sit with two all in seven ballsII three two one no, sorry, dad has three there, Eddie understands, sorry, we didn't look at three two one, my mistake is big with the three two one ahead of Willie Mosconi, we could go to an extra inning for a straight nine ball, he won the first and seventh well, looks good, could be a good chance for Festus to come in on the eight ball, that should be an interesting match 3 games to one, a full rule, it's one of the best games with a lot of action in the seven, but it is not going to work. no ball is pocketed at half-time mr.

Marconi shoots all the jewelry senses when I tell you several $1,000 for five. I never exaggerate. I say that as if 80% seems like a great opportunity. Which side would be good to start on at the table? Okay, glide into a ball. no he's going to play a bench shot or two safeties he's probably going to play safety on a ball yeah okay he's looking good he gotta hit that one first yeah he's got a bad permit here he's going to play safe to leave the one at the side of the to allow. put the ball on the table behind the three ball, if you can get it there with a good shot, you made a great shot, put it right where I wanted it.

I shot the fat guy, yeah, I don't give him my money. I wouldn't give my money to Capone playing uno. you've never seen one like me it's not really something I'm proud of myself like he looks like that now what happened there William Fire so he's not lying in the spring hey he's looking for ten points let's not lose sight of this , he could get 10 points these young men don't know that you always did well he needs this game to win this when I'm among several John, come on, we have a good chance to win at any time two three four in a corner pawn a pawn pick up fall have A good chance to run away here is if he gets into ball five he has a good fly ball he gets into ball six he thinks he will win the game where am I?

Which side is he on? Well, Nate, that's clay. I knew it all the time I knew it all the time six in the corner chance to win now win you're not going, aren't you, Charlie, hey, Sadie, that's me here, that's your side, oh, what are you waiting for, come on up over there? wow, how did I get him to cut the seven ball too far and hit it against the side rail? Was it difficult to let the ball hit you too much? them up and no, yes, well, he has a difficult shot, he will play safety.

I'll do this there, loss of gain, ratchet on the seventh ball, lose the game, so I was inside my off East Grass for them to get the ten points and now I have to kneel back to read it three two. It could have cost you a session, you may not get another chance. You better take your chances when you get a Willie. I won't get another chance, yeah, really, because Willie's got some tough times with the greasy guys, he's been calm, he's ready to bounce there, it gives that feeling. Score of three games to two in favor of the fat break moving, there is another one, hit him, no, he has the place in his where seven balls should belong at the break playing with one who has a difficult career, he will have to deposit the Fed From everything we know, there will be about three rails coming here on the three balls, one goes, one, two, three, knee comes out. for the three balls perfect three balls in the corner three already stuck in the brakes and now look for the tree which is the red ball the plate is free and will take the ball back for the four balls or in a corner to play for the corner will lift a little bit the ball for the five good shot five in a corner looks like he hit them so hard that the cue ball barely moves after hitting the object controls that ball right where he wants so you see a rail for the six balls here, very well done, sure, six in the corner Willie, oh, come up to the table right near it, right around the side pocket of the bank, the seven balls go across the side or into the corner either way, it depends on where it hits. on the ball you can play the ball cross the corner now seven ball crossbar we have to go to the opposite side yes, don't hit it so easy there is a girl sir the hard shot left fat a cross corner Bank one of Patty's favorite shots is a pocket shot, how are you likely to make this ball, he told Rackham establishing that moment, he was not meeting his debts in Minnesota.

In fact, she came in on ball seven, four to two, Mosconi, one, ball nine, first of all, that means we're going to the time to bring in additional innings. Buddha, we're going to play eight ball two out of three when we get back and we're back in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Claridge Hotel and Casino at the

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stars of pocket billiards, we're in the eighth room between Willie Mosconi and Minnesota Fats Moscone. takes one game to none, two out of three will win this match, since they divided the previous ones. Mosconi beat the bats on the nine-volt, but the big guys came back to win the seven ball against the biggest names, not the biggest in the pocket, the best known maybe not. be a big sports fan, but you know these spin-offs, how to do it, you know what you do know, huh, you know, viewers, whether they casually follow Pocket Serious or his passionate fandom, know that these two burgers had a difficult race here, he chose the lowest. the ball is not ball two in ball seven it's going to be very difficult for me to get the break corner I'm going to play the combination here ball four in the nomination four to six you should do this well it's already been run Horace I have three to get the eight ball in he could get it out with nine he's going to be in a lot of trouble even though he shot even if he did he wouldn't have had a shot he had no pocket no pocket yeah Willie has a lot of work ahead of him for the tough misses .

It ends here Willie runs out, it would be great, the balls were all grouped in the voucher that he will have to buy. Balban will approach the rails for the 12 ball, the side pocket, I don't want a little too hard. you can shoot, live a ball and open the red ball, he will break that group sooner. They love being inside. Oh Willie Mosconi, whose reign over the sport in the '40s and '50s is truly unparalleled, at least in modern times. Toshio there is something in the green league. that his career in the early 20's it's hard to believe that Ralph Greenleaf was better than Willie Mosconi if ​​you watch Billy play this money you'll say he always had life, isn't that where we really got the first big chance at he?

He may say that he has 12 balls on the side and will play the 14th, but oh, honey, you know he did the drill right. He started throwing the worst name around when he went to an exhibition with Greenleaf and almost split his 100+ game, the young man will then have to get on that ball 15 somehow a message 1500 shoot 14 first he will come around 1500 It's 13 guys, there's a lot of work here Chrissy will make sure you're the shot at ball 15 hey sir, I missed it okay, why did you miss this shot? Well he jumped on the shot for a reason and I saw him jump on the shot and he had to get up at the 15 while he was making sure he had a shot at the 15, he tried to fool the pocket. what the shot cost sounds like he was chopping wood, let's make sure we don't miss.

I'm curious to know what he comes out of this game. He will be the favorite to win the eight ball. Well, I don't know where the two balls in the corner can go. It's hard to say those examples. I think April will block the rocket. She will ring. She will have to draw the cue ball towards the 2 on the 2 on the 8. She will shoot the 4 and to the side, she will draw the cue ball back and check that she is in the pocket. I have opted for a third or fourth option, now he is following the ball, it makes it less safe, they do not leave themselves a chance in the eight-three, so this man, well, make them feel good, closing them to the ball, we are tied, what do you know? we're going to beat Willie Mosconi and Minnesota Fats we're going to the final game of 8 ball the winner takes the game the loser will tell some stories we'll tell our story when we come back in a moment Chris Berman and Alan Hopkins Back at the Claridge Hotel and Casino Atlantic City , New Jersey, well, you tuned in late and missed a lot of good action, but it's the last two minutes of a tight NBA game, Minnesota man Fats Allen's 3/8 tiebreaker right now. and Willie Mosconi, whoever wins this game, wins the game, the team with no balls in the north wins, okay, they win the cheese, nothing equals and when both the game and the cheese get an extra point for the cheese, hey, it has a bit complicated race. here you really don't have such an easy shot he has the two balls he has the nine ball for this shot the 9 ball sir you didn't think we would get this far did you?

No, I thought it would be fast, but yeah, I thought it would be fast, I don't think about fashion and get out of here, get out of here, okay, he sits with the strikes, you get the high ball, my skinny, the low ball , nine thanks to nine dead, then you can. make the ten here and open the 14 and the 5 I hate the 10 ball on the side what a break there they could have caught a better break here you might have to roll they can break on the 14 now not the 13 for protection any fee it's a gamble she It will cost him the session breaking those walls, that's the good point, yes he is playing well, he will leave, no way, I have a problem with the 14 ball, there is nothing you can do here, they find it difficult to break this. fifteen balls where we don't win the corner Chris, but he really has nothing to do with the 14 ball unless he comes back to the table 414 yellow corn, let's see what he does Wow, he hit it too hard, you cut the 14 on the guy must hit to fall or he will lose the game set and match oh if he doesn't hit he loses the game a lot of pressure here he has himself in a real toast biography anything I will hate it, don't worry about it, it's a loss of game, the second ball boy, it's a tough road to follow and each of these guys is very good and ninety-eight, but Willie Mosconi wins the 20 points, so my story wins, but it's a little bit more difficult as we anticipate that we'll be back. with more right after this timeout, Pete and Master Willie Mosconi against Minnesota Fats.

I played against him hundreds of thousands of times and you finally win the eight ball competition when he scratches the eight ball. What has ever happened between the two of you? They know how to win, but he plays better tonight than I've ever seen him play. I'm a little lucky. A question Willie. All the times we've played together, have you ever seen Fatih play as good as the anthem? No, that's just what I said. It is the best. Have I ever seen you party with me too, yes you say everyone has a bit of luck but you have to be good to be lucky, this man certainly is and he is a good Bank player, a Bank Shot player, He knows every angle of the table, it's just that I think he.

If you had been practicing more than the bosses in recent years, you have been practicing, but so have you and we will see the two gentlemen to my left, Willie Mosconi and Alan Hopkins, when we return for more action in the next few days from Atlantic City. Chris Berman then