Talk:Willie Mosconi

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I read somewhere that he nearly beat the world champion at the age of 8 or 9... I can't find the reference online, but if anyone can, please add to the article. --Jperlin 22:46, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Willie

I do not believe that Willie Mosconi at eight years of age nearly beat the world champion. I do believe that he played an exhibition match at eight against a reigning champion, possibly a Mr. Arthur Greenleaf, who after the match said that he had no hesitation in predicting that Willie would be world champion himself one day.

Too busy right now--this article has to be fixed to stop treating billiards as one overarching and undifferentiated game; the game is straight pool (14.1 continuous), not "billiards," that's like saying michael jordan was a "ball player" and was very good at "ball games." Fuhghettaboutit 05:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

The champion at the time was Ralph Greenleaf, not Arthur. Willie played him an exhibition game and lost. Willie was 7 at the time. Willie also played a female child prodigy around the same time, Ruth McGinnis, 10 years of age, from Honesdale, PA. Willie ran 40 balls in his first inning against Ruth and won the match easily. 18:30, 7 May 2006 (UTC)SnoWalker6@aol.com

[edit] 526 run

Regarding the 526 shot run, how is this possible if you must call the shot from the break? A little bit of clarification if anyone has it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.157.181.239 (talk) 21:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

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