Wowser! I mean wowee! Fantastic preservation. To see those guys we thought we could only hear about from the likes of Danny DeLiberto and others! This is so cool!
It's too bad that the end of the match got cut off. Lassiter won the match shown here 150-141. Lassiter won the first final (double elimination, and he was from the losers' bracket) by a score of 150-136. This was in 1969.
This is a 4.5x9 table. The broadcaster is ABC Wide World of Sports. The color guy is Keith Jackson who did many sports events for ABC. This is the second final match, as it was a double-elimination tournament and Breit was the winner of the winners' bracket. Lassiter had to beat him twice to win the event. Lassiter won the first "final" match and ABC had to throw away the tape/film and start filming the second final, which is shown here. I was in the audience.
The raider could really play.. I used to love listening to him tell a story.. He’d always end it with... “that was back in 62... 63.. When all the ball had to do was look like it would go, and I was out!”.. Lol..
Wow, indeed. On the list of all time greats, it won't take long to get to these two. Jersey Red has been called the greatest one-ball player ever. The only criticism I have ever heard about Red's game is that he had a family and sometimes he remembered that before some big money shots. As for Wimpy, you're even higher on the list. You're in Greenleaf-Mosconi territory now.
Lived in Elizabeth City where Mr. Lassiter loved to come to City Billiards and watch how bad we were. Every once in a while someone would come from out of town and challenge him. To there demise I might add!
i knew beanie when i lived in myrtle beach--he would come into genes pool room--also saw vern elliot there--lots of great players........lots of big money gambling too.........
Straight pool. The game of champions. Even with slow felt and maybe different balls and cushions these guys could run out easily. They could easily hold their own today. Great to see.
Straight Pool, a game easier than 8-Ball. It's playing half court Basketball and laying it in every other shot. Efren never played Straight Pool, started playing it, could run 200 within a couple weeks.
Efren never won a straight pool world championship. Lassiter did. Run 100 or 200 then talk about the complexities of straight pool. This isn't a straight pool vs 8 ball video.
@@robertdenson3375 It's a fact of the matter though, most straight pool shots are only modest difficulty. Breaking the stack, i get it, it's not easy, but it's not crazy hard either.
I "met" Wimpy at St. Elmo's Billiards in downtown Norfolk, in 1969. I was a young sailor and played there on weekends. Naturally, my nickname was Sailorboy. I was hitting balls one Saturday and one of the regulars said I should challenge "that old man sitting on the rail" to some nine ball. I shook my head but he kept bugging me until I finally walked over and asked if he would play. Wimpy declined. I tried again, then gave up. The whole room started laughing as I walked back to my table. That's when I realized what had happened. I went back to Wimpy and offered my hand in apology, and he shook it with his left hand. Some of the regulars that I remember were Onionhead Red, Cab Driver, Cash McCall (ran a bartending school), Old Red, Sam Bass, and Carolina (the manager).
They didn't play professional straight pool tournaments, especially championships like the Open, on small tables, only 4.5x9's. And prior to 1954, I believe it was, they always played them on 5x10's. Maybe that's what you meant by saying this looked like a small table?
Wowser! I mean wowee! Fantastic preservation. To see those guys we thought we could only hear about from the likes of Danny DeLiberto and others! This is so cool!
It's too bad that the end of the match got cut off. Lassiter won the match shown here 150-141. Lassiter won the first final (double elimination, and he was from the losers' bracket) by a score of 150-136. This was in 1969.
This was awesome
This is a 4.5x9 table. The broadcaster is ABC Wide World of Sports. The color guy is Keith Jackson who did many sports events for ABC. This is the second final match, as it was a double-elimination tournament and Breit was the winner of the winners' bracket. Lassiter had to beat him twice to win the event. Lassiter won the first "final" match and ABC had to throw away the tape/film and start filming the second final, which is shown here. I was in the audience.
What year was this?
@@ericduncan7266 1969 in Las Vegas
@@BobJewett that’s pretty cool you was in the audience. I bet it was a hell of a match
What do you mean by color guy?
@@DFATZ1988 when there are two commentators, there is often an expert plus a guy who is an entertaining, fluent speaker. Not the expert.
The raider could really play.. I used to love listening to him tell a story.. He’d always end it with... “that was back in 62... 63.. When all the ball had to do was look like it would go, and I was out!”..
Lol..
Never seen jersey play thank you for posting
Same, and I've been watching for decades.
Rare gem.
Reminds me of the scenes Dyer described in Hustler Days.
accustats has a good one pocket match of jersey red and bob osborne from the 90's
@@mark-c802 thanks
Wow, indeed. On the list of all time greats, it won't take long to get to these two. Jersey Red has been called the greatest one-ball player ever. The only criticism I have ever heard about Red's game is that he had a family and sometimes he remembered that before some big money shots. As for Wimpy, you're even higher on the list. You're in Greenleaf-Mosconi territory now.
One pocket.. And I have Greenleaf, Mosconi, and Wimpy as my top 3 all time..
Lived in Elizabeth City where Mr. Lassiter loved to come to City Billiards and watch how bad we were. Every once in a while someone would come from out of town and challenge him. To there demise I might add!
Elizabeth City is my hometown as well, i used to shoot on Wimpys table at home with one of his family members Don Price.
Much thanks!
Thank you so much
i knew beanie when i lived in myrtle beach--he would come into genes pool room--also saw vern elliot there--lots of great players........lots of big money gambling too.........
Thanks for the post
I saw Whimpy play in New Bern NC in 1968
Straight pool. The game of champions. Even with slow felt and maybe different balls and cushions these guys could run out easily. They could easily hold their own today. Great to see.
Straight Pool, a game easier than 8-Ball. It's playing half court Basketball and laying it in every other shot. Efren never played Straight Pool, started playing it, could run 200 within a couple weeks.
Efren never won a straight pool world championship. Lassiter did. Run 100 or 200 then talk about the complexities of straight pool. This isn't a straight pool vs 8 ball video.
@@robertdenson3375 It's a fact of the matter though, most straight pool shots are only modest difficulty. Breaking the stack, i get it, it's not easy, but it's not crazy hard either.
Lassiter would rob Efren at straight pool... And 9-ball..
@@jacobjones5269 Lassiter would have some words for someone like you, because he had respect for things.
I "met" Wimpy at St. Elmo's Billiards in downtown Norfolk, in 1969. I was a young sailor and played there on weekends. Naturally, my nickname was Sailorboy. I was hitting balls one Saturday and one of the regulars said I should challenge "that old man sitting on the rail" to some nine ball. I shook my head but he kept bugging me until I finally walked over and asked if he would play. Wimpy declined. I tried again, then gave up. The whole room started laughing as I walked back to my table. That's when I realized what had happened. I went back to Wimpy and offered my hand in apology, and he shook it with his left hand. Some of the regulars that I remember were Onionhead Red, Cab Driver, Cash McCall (ran a bartending school), Old Red, Sam Bass, and Carolina (the manager).
Thanks for sharing. What year was this?
1969
Great video 😊
I'm not an expert but this looks like a 4x8 all day long!
Two large dudes.. The Raider was 6’3”.. And Wimpy was just as big if not bigger.. It’s a 9 foot gold crown..
Who won?
what size is the table, looks small
4.5x 9 ft
Willie Mosconi is commentating.
It's nice, but why are they all 4 and 12 balls?!
Jersey red
That looks like a 4x8 table. Doesn't it?
Unless these guys are both like 6' 2"
Yeah it looks small.
@@scottbranson7872 it was a 4.5x9
@@BobJewett It's funny but a guy told me today Jersey Red was 6 3 lol
The Raider towered over me, and I’m 6ft.. I would 6’3”, easy..
Looks like a small table.
They didn't play professional straight pool tournaments, especially championships like the Open, on small tables, only 4.5x9's. And prior to 1954, I believe it was, they always played them on 5x10's. Maybe that's what you meant by saying this looked like a small table?