Straight Pool - Crane vs. Balsis 150 and out 1966 pt 7

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Uploaded by on Mar 23, 2008

A near scratch makes him sweat a little.

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  • One of the greatest games ever played, never again anyone won the championshing like that! Crane was a master. Love the narrator, really understood the game, does anyone knows his name?

  • That's "Whispering Joe" Wilson, a popular bowling/billiards commentator during the '50s and '60s.

  • who made mr.cranes cue?

  • I'm not sure, but I'd think it a safe bet they were made by Herman Rambow.

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  • this isn't pool. this is art!

  • Mr Crane worked at a car dealership in Rochester and everyday for lunch he would go to the pool hall and run 100 balls without missing and then go back to work. He was Awesome. He makes me proud be be from Rochester.

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  • Thanks for posting. I wish we could see straight pool on tv now.  Interesting that the crowd was in suits. Those days are long gone.

  • @pokerfreak12 Unfortunately all the great ones and the not so great ones eventually die. Life is hard that way.

  • love this stuff

  • Car as

  • Crane was an artist. It's hard to believe Mosconi dominated him. If you look in the crowd it looks like Luther Lassiter is watching,

  • god I miss playing. I dont know why I stopped. Crane was one of my fav players.

  • It must be nice to be a winner, to be succesfull, to acomplish something good.

  • saw him many times at olympic bowl

  • if you watch a man shoot pool for an hour and he dose not miss then you know he just cant be beat

  • Crane was a great champion and a real gentleman.

    I have seen this whole match, the 142nd ball was a tough shot and he nearly scratched on the one before it.

    Great run. I believe Crane held the record for a while at 309 which I believe was on a 5x10 table. Wish there was some straight pool played today, only a few special events. 9 ball is such a slam bang game, it does not have the class that straight pool has.

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