Mosconi & Caras 14.1 Straight Pool Dinner Part 1

[katasinEX]

1st Gen Mosconi 2nd Gen Reyes... 3rd?

[nimajnebrm]

These guys are truly an inspiration. I believe Caras is 82 here and Mosconi 78

[dv713]

These guys were in their 80s when this was made.

Anyone who is stupid enough to think they were not good and could not have played with the current best in their day is a fool. Mosconi once was challenged by a 9 ball player back in the 40s when he was at his peak. The fool thought he could only play straight pool. At $50 a game in 1940s money he ran 13 straight games before the 9 ball players backer threw in the towel. He disliked 9 ball because it is a luck game, I guess Willie was lucky.

[samuelkeshon]

@dv713 (:

[itsyaboyitsyaboy]

@dv713 willie is a true blue billiards player, the fucking best

[mackadousha]

giet...

wycleff jean is the ref...

hahaha

[camarorider67]

mosconi set his 526 record at the east high billiard club in sprinfield ohio, its where i live and heard stories about the game

[harrymodo2]

@camarorider67 yes, nice, please tell me something about it!

[kamikazeVX]

Hope I can still stretch like they do when I'm in they're age..Haha

[kolaas2006]

2:57 only went because of throw damn!!

[stevehauk]

What was Caras's high run?

[LouisvilleGeorge]

Jimmy Caras gave an exhibition for Brunswick in Louisville back in the mid 1960's. He was fantastic. At one point, he rolled a ball next to the right rail and then cut it into left pocket. Just imagine watching and thinking the shot is headed for the right pocket and all of a sudden Caras makes razor thin cut on a moving ball and sends it to the left pocket. He smiled a little when he did this. I think he knew that everyone knew that they had just seen the impossible.

[NAMTRIP]

Every clip on here shows willie losing,im beginning to think he was good,but not as great as they say he was?

[850kell531]

he was probably the best pool player ever. maybe Ralph Greenleaf was better, but mosconi was the best. ironically, he hated the game.

[pilamcnu]

Caras was seven years older than Mosconi and around his 81st birthday at the time of this video

[wurstklumpen]

Thanx for adding that one! Its great to see a legend like Mosconi at work! I hope I'll still be able to pot some balls when I'm that old ;-)

[vafangulu3x]

old school shooters were so fluent. its great to watch. nive vid. find mosconi vs. fats. icant find it

[aol909]

willies cueing action was fucked up

[WillieDines1]

It wasn't that fucked up, when he won the world title 15 times and had a high run of 526 :) lol