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Jillian�s back in Stroke

The Movie is Here Poolhall Junkies

Northwest Poolplayers Rate Poolhall Junkies....7

From Canada to California, pool players acrossthe country packed their bags and met in LasVegas on October 23rd, for the first TAP NationalsTournament. 35 teams, all of them ready to win,met at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino forthe pre-game party that started the 4-day event.TAP President Lloyd Schonter expects that, withthe recent surge in the league�s growth, next

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This is a review on Poolhall Junkies that I saw inOctober 2002. -------Don �Cheese� Akerlow, Publisher �The Break�

Rickie Schroeder, Chazz Palmenteri,Christopher Walken and Mars Callahan all givestrong performances.Johnny has a game that nobody else has seen.He has the ability to be the best, but can he stepup and step out and play the kind of pool he wantsto play? He just wants to play pool. That�s whathe does.The action is at Hard Times -- table four. Will thebig time action bring the dog out in Johnny?There�s great shots, great banks, with moralvalues and character. Can he be the best?Rack�em up let�s shoot it all!As good as The Hustler and better than The Colorof Money. If you see but one movie this yearmake sure it�s Poolhall Junkies. It�s worth everypenny. It�ll make you wanna go play.

(l to r) Christopher Walken, Mars Callahan, RickieSchroeder, Chazz Palmenteri

Obsessed by the world of pool, Johnny (MarsCallahan) could be one of the best. But his mentorand �trainer� Joe (Chazz Palminteri), a shadyhustler who decides how and who Johnny

plays,is holding him back from his dream.When the day finally comes, Johnny breaks fromJoe, which leads to only one thing - violence. Joeis beaten up by some of Johnny�s buddies as asign to leave him alone, and with this final act offreedom, Johnny leaves the world of pool-sharking. After an ultimatum from his girlfriend Tara (AlisonEastwood), Johnny finally commits to a �real� jobin the construction business, but is soonmiserable there. He finds himself spending mostof his time with his younger brother Danny(Michael Rosenbaum) who it seems is followingin his footsteps on the road to a life Johnny leftwhen he broke from Joe.As for Joe, he is bent on revenge for the beating

he took, and soon he has a new protégé Brad(Rick Schroder) who is just as good if not betterthan Johnny. And he�s got his eye on Johnny�sbrother. The two play a high-stakes game of poolwhich ends in a huge debt owed to Joe and soonJohnny finds that his brother is in jail for trying tosteal the money he owes.The only way out for Johnny is to play Brad, whichresults in a �race to nine� showdown that pitstwo of the greatest players against each otherfor large sums of money, and Johnny andDanny�s lives.In theaters either January or February, 2003International Sales:Vortex PicturesGenre: DramaExecutive Producer:Norm Waitt and Paul BrooksProducers:Tucker Tooley, Vincent Newman, and KarenBeninatiDirector: Mars CallahanWriters: Mars Callahan and Chris CorsoCast: Chazz Palminteri, Rick Schroder, RodSteiger, Michael Rosenbaum, Mars Callahan,Alison Eastwood, and Christopher WalkenThis film is not yet rated.

Poolhall JunkiesCourtesy of Gold Circle Films

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Seattle, WAOn Nov 2nd and 3rd, Jillian�s had their first majortournament since the WPBA toured through themid 90�s. Jillian�s was proud to hold an open 9-ball tournament, with a successful turn out of 53

players. Top-level players from all over theNorthwest came to Seattle to join the action.Jillian�s added $1500 to the pot, creating a totalcash pot of $3,090 to pay out.On Saturday, play began at noon, on the upstairs,back ten tables. A short race to five made all the

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B time Cheeseby: Andrew Monstis, Portland, Oregon

I read the opinion in the last �On The Break� From Jeff Boucher. I had theprivilege of meeting Jeff in North Dakota acouple of years back. He�s one great player.His experience is right on. What prompted meto write on this subject was Jeff�s article butalso one night this guy curious about poolasked me where he might go to watch goodplayers in a tournament, a delight for him. Thisguy used to play and wanted to get back in toit. Pretty neat I thought until I had to send himsome place to watch. I couldn�t recommendone place. I couldn�t send him to watch a �B�tournament, which excluded any top players. That night that�s all that washappening. If I sent him to one he would have thought I sent him on a wildgoose chase or didn�t know what I was talking about. In fact I could notsend him to a weekly showcase type tournament until days later on aSaturday morning or Sunday early evening, or too another metropolitanarea 250 miles away.When I started playing the weekly tournaments it was fun to go to all ofthem that I could go to. No restricted type tournaments at all. Anyone couldplay. Playing against the top players was a treat. You could challenge yourself every night of the week without putting up $50 or $100 to gamble withthem. Getting to play top players was the only complaint 15 years agobecause you would have to gamble with them to play them. (Now peopleshy away from a $5 dollar entry to play top players) The sport was thriving.It took me awhile before I could compete with �A� players. In one prestigiousweekly tournament in the early 80�s it took me over 50 consecutive entries(every week for one year) before I broke though and won. In regionaltournaments it took me 16 tries at $35-$50 entries before I got into themoney and longer to play a championship match. Years back you did nothear complaining about the top players. I know it is tough to play �A� playersand playing better players has problems if you let it get in the way. I didn�tlet it get in the way and paid my dues and took my licks. I am better off asa pool player for it now.In twenty plus years I have seen the bar of excellence has lowered in ourarea. There sure seems to have been more great players playing regularly

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years ago. The skills of the top players all have fallen off. I have seen greatplayers lose their will to be at the peak because they have few avenues toplay. I heard a �B� player say the other day, �If I get better then I will have toquit playing.� He knew that pool playing opportunities decline once youreach an �A� status.Pool is bigger than only having restricted tournaments. Pool is in danger oflosing good players to mediocrity and surrender to something less. Whatwould people in other sports have done like Kobi Bryant, Pete Sampres,Barry Bonds, Tiger Woods if they couldn�t play??? Players don�t be afraidto play. Get pool back on a pathway where people improve, achieve andimportantly pool and billiards is honored and revered just like any othersport. OTB

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Born in Charleston, W.Va. to an immigrant father fromLebanon, Dean Shane Cassem picked up his first cue stickat age 15. His father and grandfather before him hadCassem�s restaurant in Kanawha City, a suburb ofCharleston, which is the state capitol of West Virginia. Fromage 15 to age 20, except for a short stint in Viet Namn,Shane hardly put his cue down and by age 20, had placedsecond in the annual Virginia straight pool tourney (1966).In his twenties, his game went stale from staying in the barsand out of the rooms where stiffer competition would havehoned his game. His stroke subsided completely until hismid thirties when he resurrected his game and won the Coorsstatewide Texas 8-ball Championship in Houston in 1981.Directing his energies to a new wife, his church, and an

interior wall and floor-covering business in the mid to late 80�s, his game went dormantagain until he sold his business and returned to school. At age 48, he completed hisundergraduate work in theology, and earned Master�s degrees in Marriage & FamilyCounseling and Christian Education. During that time, he developed his writing skillsand has since become the most prolific writer of pocket billiard fiction in America. Shanehas five Carter Keating novels nearly ready for publication: Breakthrough, Resurrection,Backrooms, Twist of Fate and Trade-off. Readers will see Twist of Fate in the bookstoresby November 2002. In addition, he has recently created two new characters; SkinnyMalone and Kelsey Maynard. Currently, Shane also has a Marriage and Family Counselingpractice. He and Mary, his wife of fifteen years, live in Fort Worth, the setting for hisongoing Carter Keating Series. Shane has one daughter, Vickie Linn, a son-n-law, Brian,and a precious granddaughter, Shelbie Linn. You may visit Shane�s web sites at;www.carterkeatingnovels.com or creativecounselingconcepts.com

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PART 6In Part One, New friend Dave Wakefield introduces young Carter Keatingto pocket billiards for the first time. Keating watches captively as Wakefieldand Jimmy �The Stick� Gadwell play nine ball in Willies� Pool Palace. PartOne ends as Gadwell completes a spectacular nine ball session withWakefield, smirks cockily as Wakefield stomps off, then pulls up a chairnext to young Keating for a chat. In Part Two, Wakefield and Tools Spinardchallenge Gadwell and young Keating to an eight-ball match. Keatingagrees, fails to make a shot the entire time, and faces the ridicule of Spinard,Wakefield, Gadwell and the other patrons in Willie�s Pool Palace. YoungKeating swears that he will learn to play the game, and play it well. Part IIIdescribes young Keating�s rapid development as a player and, hisintroduction to Charley Sturgis, an old and wise mentor, who guides him tomaturity, both as a pool player and as an individual. Part IV finds Keatingand Charley Sturgis in Willie�s Pool Palace dialoguing over a cup of coffee,talking about the rudiments of the game, and the qualities of real winners.Winter comes. Keating drops into Willie�s after a winning match at adowntown parlor and whips up on Dave Wakefield in a well-played nine ballmatch. Afterwards, Russell, the Thin Man, Case, offers to back him againstnone other than Jimmy the Stick Gadwell, the very person who had actuallytutored him on the tables. In Part V, the Stick Gadwell takes a quick lead.Keating begs off to the restroom, where he has a needed talk with himself,settles himself down, then returns to the ridicule of the crowd but with arenewed spirit. Gadwell makes the nine and moves to a three game lead.YO HO!� TOOLS SPINARD ROARED. �GONNA ROCK and roll thisweekend. Be taking bread home to Mama and the children. Lookin� good,Stick!� He yelled. Gadwell had moved ahead three games to none, andSpinard obviously had been betting with the Stick.On the next break, the Stick made three balls, made a straight in on thetwo and ran out the table.

Four games to none.Another monumental break later, he was left with a two-ball

combination on the nine. Showing his missing tooth, he popped in thewinner without hesitation.

Five games to none.In the next game, he hammered the break and made two balls but

got snookered snug against the one ball. With no practical way out, hedrove the cue ball through the cluster and let fly a random, low percentageslop shot. Balls flew everywhere. The nine, having a mind of its own,flipped and flopped and eventually slopped in the upper corner pocket.

Six games to none.Thin Man and Charley Sturgis watched without expression.

Gadwell put his shoulder into the break and followed through so completelyon the next break that the cue stick looked like it tailgated the cue ball halfway down the table. When the cue ball exploded into the one, it wentairborne about six inches, then came down on top of the seven ball, andskipped off recklessly.

Straight into the side pocket.Gadwell had scratched.I finally had my chance. �Remember the battle�s with yourself,

Carter,� Charley Sturgis said.Nod.

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move the three farther or closer to the foot spot. Now re-align the four tothe three. To execute the shot aim the cue ball full at the three-ball. Now hitthe cue ball one tip below center with a moderate stroke. All four ballsshould disappear from the table. Enjoy this one.

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APA CROWNS NEWU.S. AMATEUR CHAMPION

Champion and Runner-up to Competein 2003 U.S Open.From: Jason Bowman, PublicRelations Manager.LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (November21, 2002) - James Henson ofAlexandria, Va., is this year�s U.S.Amateur Champion after defeatingScott Tollefson of Arvada, Colo., 11-4in the finals Sunday, Nov 3. The 2002U.S. Amateur Championship,produced and conducted by theAmerican Poolplayers Association(APA), was held at Champion Billiardsin Laurel, Md., Nov. 1-3. Henson, whofinished as the Runner-up in 2001, willnow move on to compete in the 2003U.S. Open Pro event.

�It feels great to win such a prestigious event. I came up just short lastyear, so this year I was even more determined to win it all. Now I�ll have tostart focusing on the U.S. Open,� said Henson.Henson, who was undefeated in the 128-field, double eliminationtournament, competed with the nation�s most highly skilled amateur playerswho were all vying for the U.S. Amateur title. As Champion, Henson willreturn next year to defend his coveted title.Tollefson finished as the Runner-up and will join Henson to participate inthe U.S. Open Pro event next September. �I�m really exciting aboutcompeting in the U.S. Open, it�ll be my first pro event,� said Tollefson.Finishing in 3rd Place was Joe Cutler of Bay Shore, N.Y. In 4th Place wasFred Wenker of Baltimore. Defending Champion Robert Hall ofBirmingham, Ala., finished in a two-way tie for 5th Place with Scott Pardoof West Monroe, La.The U.S. Amateur Championship is a double elimination tournament thatoffers the nation�s top amateur players the opportunity to showcase theirskills through a combination of 8-Ball and 9-Ball matches in a race-to-7format, in the only APA event that does not use The Equalizer® handicapsystem.The APA, based in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., sanctions the world�s largestamateur pool league, known as the APA Pool League throughout the UnitedStates, and as the Canadian Pool League in Canada. More than 200,000members compete in weekly 8-Ball and 9-Ball league play.The APA National Championships are played on the Diamond Smart Table,the official table of the APA. Simonis 860 billiard cloth, the official cloth ofthe APA, and Super Aramith billiard balls, the official billiard balls of theAPA, are both used in conjunction with the Diamond Smart Table. TheSardo Tight Rack is the official rack of the APA National Championships.The Billiard Club network (BCn) is also an official sponsor of the APA, andfeatures APA League and National Championship coverage in theirprogramming.The APA is generally recognized as the Governing Body of Amateur Pool,having established the official rules, championships, formats and handicapsystems for the sport of amateur billiards. One of the keys to the successof the APA league, administered by local League Operators, is TheEqualizer*, the handicap and scoring system that makes it possible formen and women of different playing abilities-especially beginners-tocompete on an equal basis, much like they do in golf and bowling.The APA produces three major tournaments each year-the APA NationalTeam Championships, the APA National Singles Championships and theU.S. Amateur Championship-that, together, pay out more than $1 Million incash and prizes annually!For more information about the APA, it�s amateur leagues andchampionships, visit the official APA Web site at poolplayers.com or call800-3-RACK-EM.

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Concentrationby: Don �Cheese� AkerlowFocus totally on your game. Everything else shouldn�t matter. Play the table notthe player. Distractions, noises, loud music shouldn�t affect you. It�s like they arenot even there. Time will stand still while you are in total concentration. Concentratingtotally while playing pool should be second only to dead stroke, although playingwith concentration is easier to achieve. With total concentration your game can goto a new level with consistency and performance, then reaching dead stroke, it�slike a walk in the park.For those of you who have not reached dead stroke, it is playing unconsciously. Allthe knowledge that you have learned about pool, whether it is banks, English orshot making, is executed correctly. You reach a new level of performance. It�s oneof the best feelings that you can achieve while playing pool. OTB

Finally Mallott Cashes InBy: Clay Skidmore

Spokane, WashingtonOn the weekend of November 9-10 McQ�s Billiards hosted another class�B� 9-ball tournament. The event was an easy sellout and many foundthemselves on the outside looking in because they waited too long to pay.Remember these are very popular events and the best way to make sureyou play is to pay in advance. The tournament attracted 64 players and ittook a long day Saturday to dwindle the field to 16. The players loved theidea of the early pay out. All 16 players that remained for Sunday were paidlast place money Saturday night. For those players that were a little shorton cash they loved this idea. And from a business stand point it also makes�cents�.Stacy Mallott finally broke the door down and got a long awaited class �B�win. Having been the favorite in many tournaments before I was extremelyhappy to see him win. After coming close in the past people alwaysquestioned me on allowing him to play. But I never thought it would be fairto take it away from him because he got close. Good job Stacy, you workedhard and got there.Stacy opened his play with a first round win over Russ Hoyt 7-3. He thenwent on to defeat Harold Smith 7-2, Tony Etchechoury 7-4, and Yo Jones7-2. He then suffered his first and only loss over the weekend at the hands,or should I say cue, of Joe Horner 4-7. Sent to the �B� side he went on tostop Ed Hobb�s 7 match win streak 7-2. And Tim Guimerez�s 8 match winstreak 7-2. With only Harold Prine in his way he gutted out a 7-6 win to getthe rematch with Joe Horner. Once he got to the finals Stacy played greatwinning both matches 7-2 and 7-0. Thanks again to all that played and wewill see you soon.1st $700 Stacy Mallott + side pot $3202nd $525 Joe Horner3rd $375 Harold Prine4th $250 Tim Guimerez5th $180 Ed Hobbs, Brett Ecstrom7th $125 Ben Flores, Scott Chandler9th $70 Taylor Ingram, Yo Jones,

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now, it is so easy to lose sight of all those whocannot participate or can barely cover small simplethings for their children. You know � the workingpoor among us, who, try as they might, can barelymake ends meet, with nothing left over.Poolplayers are, by nature, a pretty generous &good-hearted group of people. We give time,knowledge, sometimes money, sometimes a place tostay and sometimes some of the equipment we have

tired of or moved on from. In Helena, that generosity manifestseach year in a great turnout (& it is growing!) for the MarineCorps League Toys for Tots pool tournament. The entry fees, theraffle proceeds and ½ of the 50-50 drawing all go to that cause.It is a really fun day and it makes us all happy to be able todonate to a wonderful cause and be able to play pool, too! Thisyear, the tournament is being held December 14, at the ValleyHub here in Helena, who has been a generous sponsor. One greatway to brighten someone�s Christmas!I have worked with several groups of individuals who annually�adopt a family�. Local Human Services agencies are contactedfor the ages, sizes and gender of the family members. The work-groups all pitch in to their ability and provide toys, clothing,food for the children & parents. The day of wrapping everythingup is always such a fun day! The entire process is doneanonymously. The group requesting sizes, etc, never know thenames of the families/members. Those receiving never know whowanted to share the spirit of giving with them, encompassing thetruest spirit of giving without worries about too little, too much,not just right � anything we can do will be appreciated. For atleast this one day, we can help someone shouldering a burden toobig for them. This year, our local poolplayers� generosity isenfolding 2 families with small children.Can you imagine how many families could have a Christmas if all ofus poolplayers gave just 1 gift each through this type of process?The cost of 1 night of league play. Wow.Well, I wish you the Spirit of love, and the joy of simple things.

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and last match Saturday night at about midnight only toreturn Sunday morning for a 10:00 AM match, the first ofseven on the day. In perhaps the best game of thetournament, with the score tied 7-7 against the formidableRafael Martinez, Pon faced a near impossible cut onthe 2-ball. With poise and concentration, Pon cut the 2-ball in only to face a cross corner bank on the 3-ball.The 3-ball went into the center of the pocket and Poncontinued to run the rack to end Rafael�s tournamentrun in 4th place. Pon dispatched six opponents Sundayincluding wins over Kevin Fong 8-3, Stan Tourangeau 8-6, Dave Reavis 8-4, Rick Hodge 8-6, Rafael Martinez 8-7 and Bill Rosenberry 8-6.For Rosenberry, his match with Rafael Martinez to getto the point match, was evidence of his straight shooting,

intense desire and ability to focus. Bill played perfect poolto jump out to a 5-0 lead. In the sixth rack it looked as if

he would continue the runand make it 6-0, buthooked himself on the 6-ball. Martinez would winthe rack but Bill�s hugelead would prove to be toomuch to overcome as hewon 8-6.On Saturday, it looked likeit would be all RafaelMartinez as he lost onlyone game in threematches. His wins in frontof a packed house were7-0 over Tony Newman, 7-

1 Over Bob Foutch and 7-0 over Kris Iverson. In the matchwith Kris, Rafael broke and ran the first four racks. In thefifth rack he made four balls on the break including the 1ball and 2 ball, but hung the 3 ball on a backwards cut.Kris was unable to complete the rack and Rafael finishedthe set. It took ten minutes to play the entire set.Defending champion Mike Vidas finished tied for 7/8th

place after losing to his traveling partner Woody Nielsenon Sunday 6-8. Nielsen finished tied for 5/6th.With five women in the draw, owner Bruce Birchfield madea surprise announcement Saturday afternoon that hewould add $100.00 to the top woman player. Hsin Huang,recently from Taipei, not only collected the $100.00, butalso collected $50.00 for finishing tied for 13th-16th. Afterlosing her first match to John Ward 6-7, she reeled offfour straight wins against Lee Wright, Max Sena, JustinLilje and Kris Iverson.Congratulations go to Bruce Birchfield for his attention todetail in making the Maltese an excellent place to playtournament pool. Along with the new cloth and the addedprize money, he also provided brand new balls and coffeefor the players. Glenn Atwell was one of many playerswho complimented Bruce when he said �I wish � hadequipment like this to play on!�Thanks to Bruce and his staff for hosting the tournamentsfor us. We are looking forward to the next one. Also, aspecial thanks to Mike McEwen and his helper, The A-Man.The payout on the $4300.00 purse was as follows:1st $1000 Glenn Atwell2nd $ 700 Pon Kanlaya3rd $ 500 Bill Rosenberry4th $ 350 Rafael Martinez5/6 $ 275 Rick Hodge, Woody Nielsen7/8 $ 200 Dave Reavis, Mike Vidas9/12 $ 125 Ivan Doty, Stan Tourangeau,

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We held a 9 ball race to 5 winnersand race to 3 losers tournament onSaturday, November 16. Therewere 24 entries. Ten places werepaid and a $50 prize to the topfemale.1st went to Carl Spencer $160,2nd to Greg Christensen $120,3rd to Mark Searcy $80,4th to Lonnie Jennings $40.5th thru 8th paid $35 and were:Lono Kaii, Preston Borden,Ton Jackson and Dean Jacobs.9th and 10th paid $25 and wereDawn Williams and Dave Waters.This was held at City Slicker�s andThe Boss�s Office with the finals atSlicker�s. Finals were a race to fivein both brackets.At this time we are planning to holdanother 9 ball tournament onJanuary 11th with the exact sameformat as this one. As soon as wedecide on what to name the tourneyI will let you know.

On February 15th, 2003 we will holdour 7th annual mixed scotchdoubles, nine ball SweetheartsTournament. This is a race to 5. Itis held at City Slicker�s. Sign up forthis tournament is at 10 am the dayof the tournament and starts at 12noon.Entry fee is $17.50 per stickwhich includes a $2.50 greens fee.Sponsor fee is $25.00 so the totalfor the tourney is $60 per couple.1st place receives a jacket for eachplayer, a trophy and cash. 2nd and3rd receive a trophy and cash. Youmay reserve your spot ahead oftime by calling me Glenda Kessellat 541-923-2231, Karen at 541-923-1054 or City Slicker�s 541-548-3731.We also plan to do an eight balltournament some time around themiddle of March and will let youknow about that as soon as wefinalize the plans. Let me know ifyou need any more info. Thanks

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Last month when Cheese came to visit myshop he saw us working some miracles withcue tips and his curiosity got the best of him.He made the mistake of asking me a questionand had to go through my full speal on tippinga cue stick. He asked me to tell you all aboutit.I started tipping cues for my Dad, JoeSheehan when I was ten years old, some fifty-four years ago. Dad started tipping cues atthe Brunswick Chicago office in 1918,

(hundreds of cues every day) and he hated it. It became my job. 25¢ for atip only, 50¢ for point and tip and 75¢ with a buck horn ferrell. I did about 20cues a week and in 1948 that was a lot of money for a fifth grader.Dad had shown me all he knew and I finished up with a very good-lookingtip. In those days the tips were shaped like a gum drop and you had to beatthem with a hammer to get them to the right size, glue them on, trim them,shape them and burnish the sides with a leather burnisher. The big problemwas the glue. The adhesives were not able to withstand the shock that atip gets.I started with the Hyde glue that you heated in a double boiler. If you tippedcues all day long every day it was great. But I only worked on cues on theweekend. You had to wait a long time for the glue to heat and then it wouldmildew after two weeks and you had to start over mixing and boiling.Then we started using Lepage�s Mucilage glue, easy, but one out of five felloff after one week in play. When the cues come back for retipping therewas no leather stuck to the point. Bad sign.Brunswick�s Ku glue was my next try. It was a little better, one in ten afterone week and one in five came back with some leather and one in ten witha tip worn down to the point itself. I tipped all of Willie Mosconi�s shaftswhen he came to Portland. He was very fussy about how it was done andI learned a lot from him. Jimmy Caras showed me that a few holes in thetip and point would give the glue a better chance to penetrate and built agreater surface of glue.Brunswick discontinued Ku glue and we were back to square one, Elmer�sglue, Tight bond, Contact cement, none of them worked as well. EastmanKodak came up with a glue for the military to glue circuit boards that broke,back together. A little tube cost Uncle Sam $90. It was the best thing tocome along but besides tips it stuck fingers to tips and fingers to fingers. Itwas also hard to get. Since we covered all of the pool tables on all of themilitary bases, sometimes I could talk one of the Electronic Repair peopleout of a used tube.Shortly, it came out on the market under many various names but it was aSuper Glue. Those that were available didn�t work the same. I found the fithad to be perfect and that wasn�t always the case with a cue tip. I finallyfound a glue made by a company called Satalite City.Next issue �How the Magic Works� (see Ad page 17)

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The Pool Whisperer . . . . . Lance McGillThe Three Motivations

Settle in,cause I�mgonna� getright to thet h i n g . L a s t

month�s article has gotten manykinds of responses. Most of themare from people wanting to learnmore about me and about pool. Those people and myself are gettin�it done. Others are having adifferent response, and I have aparagraph of text especially foryou. Listen......no one that ismiserable about the article hascontacted me. No one has askedme what I think in regards to whatwas said. One young man went sofar as to say to Jay, �I bet you�re sorryyou said those things about Lance,huh?� He remains anonymous inthis writing and he�s the perfectexample of what I want to illustrate. He came to my school with afriend. He left and told everyone thatI refused to teach him. He neverasked me if I would, all that he wasinterested in was having me showhim how well I play. He came herebecause two different people toldhim stories of how many racks I hadrun for them during a class. One in9-ball and the other story in 1-pocket. So now he has even moreinfo and becomes even morenegative? I don�t make sales calls

with my skill and every student Ihave I completely enjoy. I intend tomaintain that standard for myselfand the people that workout here.There is a lot of negativity aroundthis and no one is coming directlyto me. (There are even parts of thenegativity that I�m fully responsiblefor and I�d like to tell you about that -all you gotta do is come and ask.) I�m hearing second hand about howI can�t play, and action, and ...takin�me up on it, and on and on. Oneman is skilled enough and hasenough seasoning to offer a closed-door session. Now, that guy knows some stuff! Do any of you know about the oldthunderbird car with the �suicidedoors?� That�s the kind of doors Iput on the school. Suicide doors - even if that chaps your hide yougotta admit it�s funny. So for younew people that are not coming hereto learn because you�re hearing allof the nonsense. Come and askme. I�ll tell you what part is true andwhat isn�t. I don�t run the ad in ONTHE BREAK so that it�d be moredifficult to find me. What I will sayabout it herein is simply this. Noneof them said that I�m �The bestplayer that you have ever seen.� They said that �They� have everseen. Beyond this I have nointention of discussing with youwhat someone else thinks. I�m

not an angry man and you don�t haveto agree with me to be at the school. My school is an open forum forthought. Over the next few monthsI am going to tell you how I got suchan extraordinary level of skill. It isnot a pretty story and I am certainthat you would not exchange yourpresent level of skill for what I havelived.Before we get to the exciting part ofthis let me first give you thepromised high english or followinformation. For the basics you cango to any book. Follow is the easieststroke to learn because it�s what thecue ball would do naturally if leftalone. (But we don�t leave it alonedo we?) for those of you that arenew to pool all you need to get anunderstanding of is the importanceof adjusting for english in yourbridge hand instead of raising orlowering the butt end of the cuestick. Most raise the bridge so thatthe cue tip is above the center of thecue ball. (This takes the palm andmeat of their hand off of the table.)Once you�re skilled, that will workfine. While you�re new, learn to getlow or high english from you bridgehand as it rests flat on the table.For the rest of you world-beaters,here�s the high top technique for themonth. Place an object ballapproximately 1 and 1/2 ball widthsfrom the long rail and halfway

between the corner pocket and thefirst diamond. Cue ball placementis as follows: line your cue stick upwith the object ball and the firstdiamond past the opposite sidepocket-place your cue ball alongthat line a distance from the rail thatyou are comfortable using FLAT railbridge. Now use high right or leftEnglish and be generous with thespeed that you choose. Either rightaway or within a few �feel� strokesyou�ll find the cue ball taking on thesame effect that we would wantwith draw - except that we don�thave to risk the miscue that oftencomes with long draw shots! Asyou begin to master this shot beginmoving the object ball further fromthe rail. Then blend that with movingthe cue ball up and down the rail. In going up the rail you�ll find thisstroke more difficult and down therail it�ll be easier. It is possible touse this technique with the cue ballas far up the rail as you want to go.Technically we are not using follow,we�re using spin and a perfectamount of follow and speed. Theshot seems to work best at a touchabove center. And even if you uselow, you�ll need so much less low,that miscues will become nearlynonexistent on this type of shot. In

(The Pool Whisperer continued page 23)


year�s attendance will triple.Any pool player who plays leagueunderstands the excitement andtension of a national competition-it�s the golden ring, the reward atthe end of a year�s play. WashingtonState was represented by 4 teams,all of them skilled, competitiveplayers, who had already taken tophonors in their regional TitleholdersTournaments.True to form, all the playersrepresented their state withexcellence, bringing their best to thetables, and all finished in the top ten.Congratulations are in order for allthe teams- Wassup, of Jack�s

Tavern in Auburn,Goldie�s Motown ofGoldie�s Shorewood inSeattle, and theBrickyard Playersfrom Federal Way.And especially toMedieval, Jack�sTavern, who rockedLas Vegas andbrought the 1st placeNational Title home.Billy Barrows, ButchFlegal, Jim Reich,Kevin Rife, ErinJohnson, JeremyDowning, JacobCrawford and CreighDumo are a good and

well-rounded team, withenthusiasm to spare. Theymanaged to stay in the winnersbracket until Saturday morning,

when they went up a Boston areateam, Expo Bound, who movedthem into the losers bracket.

Undaunted, and with spirit, the teamcontinued winning, confident thatthey would come back. It was lateSaturday night when they met theMassachusetts team again, thistime in the fight for the first prizeposition.It was truly an East/Westshowdown, and despite the latehours, teams from California,Arizona, Oregon and Washingtonrallied around Medieval, cheeringthem on until the final match.�One of the best matches I�ve everwatched,� remarked one player. �Ahill-hill match, and both teams givingit all they had.�In the end, it was Billy Barrows ofMedieval who shot the winning eightball for the national title, $10,000.00in cash, and lifetime bragging rights.In addition, the singles tournaments

also saw Washington statevictories- Butch Flegal tookfirst, in the singlestournament for 2, 3 &4 ratedplayers, Bill Waldo tooksecond, and second placein the 5, 6, and 7s race wentto Rauol Abenojar.Thanks to all theWashington TAP playerswho have made this aleague to be proud of.You�re all winners. See you

in Vegas, 2003!

Washington State TAP Players Bring Home National Title(continued from the front page)

(l to r) Jacob Crawford, Erin Johnson, Butch Flegal, Jeremy Downing, Creigh Dumo (center) Billy Barrows,Jim Reich, Kevin Rife, Lloyd Schonter (TAP President)

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2002 NWPA Awards BanquetWith its inaugural season coming to a close, the Northwest Women�sPool Association (NWPA) along with The Breaking Point in Lynnwood, WAhosted its first annual Awards Banquet, Saturday evening, October 12.Jonathon Denning, owner of The Breaking Point, opened his expansiverestaurant and bar area to accommodate the banquet and awards

c e r e m o n yS a t u r d a ye v e n i n g .Delicious foodfor the banquetwas graciouslyprovided byNWPA BronzeLevel sponsor,Entrées Inc.,

makers of Banzai Sushi andAsian Style entrees.Vic Valdez, Chairperson of theNWPA board, opened theceremonies by thanking allplayers who participated inNWPA events this year,proving that �women�s pool isalive and well in the PacificNorthwest.� After an

introduction ofthe boardmembers, thea w a r d sc e r e m o n ycommenced.To u r n a m e n tDirector, TedWoodward, andAssistant to theTo u r n a m e n t

Director, Dan Coffman, were recognized for their hard work that has provenindispensable to NWPA events. TedWoodward consistently travels forentire weekends with the tour in orderto officiate each NWPA event.As the NWPA�s first non-industrysponsor, Henderson Mar of EntréesInc., received a plaque honoring hisgenerous contributions to theorganization. Entrées Inc. is a BronzeLevel Sponsor of the NWPA, donatingmeeting space, equipment, suppliesand banquet food to the NWPA.Because the final point standings for


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Darin Walding,Portland, OR:�Poolhall Junkies is as

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Lance McGill, Portland, OR:�Poolhall Junkies is as good as The Color ofMoney. The movie was either written by the realthing or care and time was put into research. Ienjoyed the movie and would easily recommendit.�

Jane Bartram-Plant,Belgrade, MT:�I think Poolhall Junkies

is better than The Hustler and The Color ofMoney. The parts I like most about the movie werethe hustles, the drink hustle, the boots, and thefinal game. I really liked the way they sped up theshots and showed the whole games. I think theydid a great job casting, kept it funny andinteresting. I could watch it again � right now and would recommend the

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Dan Hamper, Helena, MT:�Poolhall Junkies is better than The Color ofMoney. The movie kept you off kilter not knowingwhere it was going, then understand why. Themovie was better than I thought it would be. Goodjob. I would recommendthis movie.�

Jeff Boucher,Helena, MT:�I think Poolhall Junkiesis as good as TheHustler. It had a goodstoryline, stuck with theplot well. Walken andPalminteri play very good parts, to the hilt. I wouldrecommend the movie.�

Dan Louie, Seattle, WA:�I rated Poolhall Junkies better than The Color ofMoney. I thought the movie was great and I feelthat it will do well in the theaters.

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Ken �Sarge� Aylesworth, Renton, WA:�I thought Poolhall Junkies was as good as TheColor of Money and showed good values about life.I would recommend this movie.�

Charlie Aylesworth,Renton, WA:�I rated Poolhall Junkies asgood as The Hustler andbetter than The Color ofMoney. The action in the poolroom and the wayeveryone stuck together like family were the bestparts of the movie. I like the movie, wouldrecommend it, and will see it again.�

Linda Carter, Kent, WA:�I think Poolhall Junkies is as good as The Hustlerand better than The Color of Money. I liked thehumor and acting in the movie, especiallyChristopher Walken and Chazz Palminteri. Theend hustle was great. I loved the hustles andmusic. I think this will give pool a big �shot� in thearm and recommend it.�

Jimmy G, Oregon:� I would rate Poolhall Junkies to be as good asThe Color of Money. I liked the pool shots andthe sound the best. I recommend this movie andthink young people will love it!�

Steve Plant, Belgrade, MT:�Poolhall Junkies is better than The Hustler and The Color of Money.Someone has given some meaning to the game we love and respect! Ithought it was the best movie ever made. It made me want to go playsome pool. It was exciting! I hope this movie inspires others to take on thegame, so that they can see it�s not as easy as it looks. I recommend thismovie.�

Bob Bateen, Helena, MT:�I rate Poolhall Junkies to be as good as The Hustler. I thought the plot wasinteresting and would recommend the movie.�

Shawn Carter, Kent, WA:�I thought Poolhall Junkies was better than The Hustler. I liked the quickcomebacks and the little tricks to the bets. I would recommend the movie.�

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With ball in hand, I studied the one closely and eyed the two then strokedthe one and rolled down to an angle shot on the two. Completely focused,I made the two and came off the rail just enough to stick on the three, thenran the table. I breathed a sigh of relief. Game one was behind me.

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Cooksey nodded. The rack was ready.Aligning myself to the right of center, I flexed my knees and eyed the oneball closely. Then with a perfect bead, I drew back my cue and whippedmy left arm forward with such precision that the cue ball met the head ofthe rack as though a bazooka had shot through it. Five of the nine objectballs dropped off the table. It was a spectacular break with one exception.The cue ball, after its wild reckless ride, parked at the back end of the tableagainst the rail while the object ball sat on the spot at the other end of thetable.

I felt a lump in my throat and reminded myself to keep my attentionon my game and nothing else. Blocking out everything else from my mindI scanned the table and eyed the shot.�Gadwell�s gonna bury him after this,� someone said behind me.

Decision time.Go for it? Or should I push out and hope that Gadwell missed the

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(Colorado Springs, Colo.) The ninth running of the Mosconi Cup will takeplace December 19-22, 2002 at York Hall in Bethnal Hall, East London,England. The Mosconi Cup, sanctioned by the World Pool-BilliardAssociation(WPA), matches the best players of the U.S. against those of Europe andfeatures the six-player teams in a series of singles and doubles matchesover a four-day period.The U.S. team includes Johnny Archer, Cory Deuel, Jeremy Jones, EarlStrickland, Nick Varner and Charlie Williams. The line up is a repeat of the2001 team that dominated last year�s event. The U.S. team is selected bythe Billiard Congress of America (BCA) based on United PoolplayersAssociation (UPA) rankings (top five U.S. players) as of October 28, 2002,plus the WPA World Champion, Earl Strickland. Team members will choosethe captain by ballot.Representing Europe will be captain Oliver Ortmann (Germany), MarcusChamat (Sweden), Steve Davis (England), Mika Immonen (Finland), RalfSouquet (Germany) and Nick van den Berg (Holland).The official table of the Mosconi Cup is the Brunswick Gold Crown IV, theofficial cloth is Simonis 860, the official balls are Super Aramith Pro andthe official cue is Predator Cues.The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) is a non-profit organizationdedicated to providing its members with exceptional value by promotingand growing cue sports worldwide. The BCA supports its membershipwith educational programs, trade expos, tournaments and other programsdesigned to make pool everybody�s game. Go to the BCA website www.bca-pool.com <http://www.bca-pool.com> for additional information. OTB

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Mosconi Cup Gets Four Hour ESPN SlotFrom: Luke Riches

Matchroom Sport are proud to announce that for the first time, the MosconiCup will be broadcast on ESPN in the United States.Despite the continued success of the Americans in pool�s premier marqueeevent, no US broadcaster has yet shown what is already a highly popularproduction both in Europe and the Far East.The Mosconi Cup is the annual Ryder Cup-style challenge match betweentwo six man teams taken from the very best pool players on both sides ofthe Atlantic.Following last year�s rout by the Americans, the European side isdetermined to win the Mosconi Cup for the first time since 1995 when theevent commences on December 19th at London�s historic York Hall venue.ESPN will be airing highlights of the tournament as four one hourprogrammes to run consecutively on their ESPN2 channel on SundayDecember 29th. The first programme breaks off at 2:00pm EST, the secondat 3:00pm EST, the third at 4:00pm EST and the final cataclysmic hourgets underway at 5:00 PM EST.Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn, �This is great newsfor American pool fans who will at last get the opportunity to sample theunique atmosphere of the sport�s greatest event. The USA v Europe natureof the tournament will hopefully attract big numbers of non-pool playingviewers as it has done in Europe over the past few years. Hopefully thiswill be the start of a beautiful relationship that will see the Mosconi Cuptaking place in the United States and being broadcast live from coast-to-coast.�Doug White, ESPN�s Director of Billiards Programming and Acquisitionsfor ESPN said �ESPN is extremely excited about presenting the MosconiCup to the American audience.�We feel that the Mosconi Cup is one of the most prestigious and competitivebilliards events in the world. The four consecutive hours on ESPN2illustrates that ESPN is committed to bringing the very best in billiardsprogramming to its viewers.�

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Attention: European Players andOther Interested Parties

Please find below information on theEuropean Championship for �Artistic Pool�.If you have any questions, please emailBogdan Wolkowski at the �biuro� emailaddress below or me at:[email protected] This is the 2nd Annual �Artistic Pool� eventsanctioned by the EPBF. We welcomeyour participation in this growing discipline.There will be 9 champions � an overall�artistic pool� champion, plus 8 disciplinechampions. In addition, a SportsmanshipAward will be given per a vote of the players.This is an open and documented officialcompetition. All are welcome to be part ofthis festive and skilled competition. NOTE:

The top 2 players will represent Europe in the WPA World �Artistic Pool�Championship on June 6, 7, and 8, 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Mcgill�s, the cue ball is referred to as the stone. Techniques like this are known as romancing thestone. Have fun.The Three Motivations: Learning, Practicing, andPlaying. One of the largest reasons I have thestroke that I do is found in the title of this article. I have three distinct motivations for being at apool table. Notice that I didn�t say, threemotivations for �playing� I said I have threemotivations for being at the table.Motivation #1: LEARNING- when I arrive at thetable specifically to learn, I come to the table andlearn. Nothing takes me from that purpose. Nothing. Not who�s watching, not gambling,nothing takes me from what has motivated metoward the table at that time. Whether I�m aloneor playing someone, I continue along that path. Once that I know that I�m out, I do one oftwo things. I find out what the balls will do if I justhit�em, or I find out what it�s possible for me tomake�em do. The rest is to watch every shot. Everything that happens at the table can bereproduced. And everything that happens will beof future use to you. even jumping the cue balloff of the table and on to the floor will be of use toyou. A miscue will be of use to you. So if you�re missing shots and looking away, turn around andwatch. See what happens and think about a wayto use the very thing you saw in an 8-ball game,then a 9-ball game, and then a 1- pocket game. Watch the worst players in the room and seewhat the balls do. Log all of it and recreate whatyou can. If you�re doing this and are tempted towatch the best players you will defeat the wholepurpose. Find the worst players and sit to watch. You will come away with a world of newpossibilities. �The least creative player is theplayer most fearful of failure.�Motivation #2: PRACTICING- when I went towork I had a ratio that would be impossible foryou to live up to. For every hour that I was playingfor money, I would have in 100 hours of work. That means that I had to put in 2,000 hours beforeI went to a match. (planning for no more than 20hours of work) I played 90 hours every week. 12 hours per weekday and 15 hours Saturdayand Sunday. If you work another job or you makeyour living at pool- get a ratio for yourself. Onceyou have it keep it, it�s just one more extensionof management skills. I choose a thing topractice EVERYTIME I�M AT A POOL TABLE. On a day that I chose to work on force draw- Ishot force draw every single time that it waspossible. Not every time that it left me a shot,not every time that I would win the rack with it, Ishot what I had decided to practice. Every timethat it was possible to leave myself a force drawshot I played that position. Have a purpose andhave intent. My students often get to play withme and they can all tell within an hour or so whatI�m working on that particular day. Sometimes Iplay shooting everything with high english, othertimes I only use banks and kicks the entire day. Most of the time I play through without ever playingposition. All of this is practicing. When practiceis the motivation-I practice.The 3rd. Motivation: PLAYING: and thatmeans wanting to win. Please refer to themanagement article in ON THE BREAK Octoberissue. If you�re an instructor and play pool withyour students I suggest that you blend all threeof the motivations every time you�re on the tablewith them. You will come away with a strongerarsenal and they will see exponentially, morepossibilities.The language that I use is referred to in nearlyevery email that I get. A lot of people seem toenjoy it and see the humor around it. So I�ll getback to puttin some in each article like I said Iwould. You got romancing the stone, which isone of my favorites. Sometimes you can get a�customer� to go to others and borrow moremoney to play further. They even go to the ATM. You get to choose the time, just make sure it�sthe perfect time and yell out, �DEAD MANWALKING.� If you inflect it rightyou�ll never hear more laughter in a poolroom.Thank you for following my articles. Do the work.McGill---The Pool Whisperer

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The PoolTable Guy

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AThe subject of do it yourself tablerecovering comes up around here quiteoften. It usually makes me cringebecause there are so many things to

take into account. There are different types of tablesand different types of players. For this writing I amassuming that you are someone who actually cares agreat deal about how your table plays. I can�t reallygive you a �How To� either due to space restraints, butI can give you a run down that may help those whoalready have a way with this type of work. It is a littlelike getting a grandmothers recipe; a pinch of this, adash of that. You really have to see and do to get goodat it.Recovering a pool table is not like recovering a chair.Don�t think of your table as a piece of furniture. Howyour table is put together and maintained is like tuninga fine instrument. The better that the cloth is installed,the truer your ball will role and bounce. Sloppy clothmakes for sloppy english. At the BCA trade show Iwas witness to a trend in cloth from California; faux furrails! I was told it was all the rage. Maybe they usetheir tables for something that doesn�t include the kindof ball control most pool shooters want.First - bed covering. Clean off slate well, make surethere is no glue or any other substance on playingsurface. Cloth needs to be tight on the bed so thatatmospheric conditions and wear don�t contribute toslack. On a good three piece table with wood backingyou staple, pull, and staple the other side keeping thetightness as even as possible (already you can seehow experience comes in to play). On a single pieceslate I use a very good contact adhesive. I glue thesides of the slate only. Then, I use a short 3" or soroller to apply the glue to the edge of the cloth. I stickthe cloth to one side, pull, and stick to the other. Onboth applications you need to get the cloth squarewith the table and stretch very tightly and consistently.At the pockets, you notch the cloth, glue in place or

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The W.S.P.L. Management and committeemembers: Gary E Smith, Tim Park, George Riley,Bud Donahue, Bruce Walsh, Scott Johnson andChris Butenko would all like to extend a MERRYCHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL ofthe people in the industry!! But, we would alsolike to say a Very Special Thanks to ALL of themembers of the Washington State Pool Leagueand ALL of our sponsors. (Without the playersand the sponsors, we wouldn�t have a league.)THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORTWe�ve had 3 great years together as of 12/15/02. It has been a struggle at times, but with thehelp and guidance of the people listed above,and a great group of players, we have grown andprogressed each year.So, please give yourselves a great deal of creditfor being part of a very successful league!!!

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I am a collegestudent on a very limited budget and was wondering ifyou could help me out with a few tips on recovering atable. We have a 3 piece .75 inch 8� x 4� table and justneed to cover the flat table and not the rails. I saw in�On The Break� that you said you covered this topicbut I could not find it online. So if you could provide alink to it or just answer a few questions I would be verygrateful.1. Is the 3M spray adhesive a good adhesive to use?2. I read where you do not want to glue the felt to theslate. Does this mean that I am only supposed to gluethe felt to the underside of the slate and stretch it overthe rest of the table, or am I supposed to spray someadhesive down first?3. Any stretching techniques or tips would beappreciated. If you can answer any of these questionsI would really appreciate it.

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matches intense from the get go. The biggestchallenge was the noise from college football thatroared through the bar and dining areas.

However, the players did not let this affect theirgame and showed great sportsmanship whiledealing with the noise levels.Tournament directors Sue Carroll and TiffanyTaylor, saw to it that smooth matches, efficienttiming and good attitudes let the first day glide byand finish early, before Jillian�s night crownstumbled in.The second day began at noon as well, on thedownstairs seven tables. With the windowscovered, brighter lights and all football crowdsupstairs, it created just the environment theplayers needed. With this, some of the best poolever seen at Jillian�s was about to begin. Duringthe next few hours, everybody watched in aweas Rafael Martinez skated through the A-side.Stan Tourangeau had plowed his way throughthe B-side, now meeting with Jerry Johnson. Allfinal matches were a race to seven and Jerryhung in there, playing his best, until the very lastgame. The match ended with a 6-7 score andJerry gracefully took 3rd.As Stan and Rafael began the final match,everyone stared in amazement and held theirbreath wondering what was to come. The firstset reached 6-6 and Stan did it again, taking thelast game and winning the set. A second set wasin order. This last match was nothing to takelightly. Each shot was carefully thought out and

Jillian�s (continued from the front page)precisely hit. At first the score was 5-5 when Iwas reminded how nice and smooth the gameshad gone and how grateful I was to be a part ofit. I was quickly reminded of this when the biggestmoth I have ever seen began to fly by the lightsof the table in front of me. This moth was so big;it probably would have caused interference if itwent to the lights and table Stan and Rafael wereon. With its fury and speed it hit the lights of allthe other six tables before flopping on the floorby Stan�s feet. My heart began to beat again,thinking that the moth was down for good, andthe games would go on. Rafael jumped ahead,making the match 6-5. As he began to run thelast game, the moth flew up. All I could think washow wonderful this had all been, and now asupersizedmoth wasgoing toruin it. If wegot up to killit, it wouldbe just asdisturbingas them o t hhitting thetable. Mymouth waswide and my heart pounding, but there was noneed. Rafael didn�t even notice the moth as heran the last balls for the winning game. Rafaelproudly took 1st and Stan graciously accepted2nd.With such a good turn out and requests for moretournaments, Jillian�s will be planning anotherevent for this spring. We�d like to thank everyonewho played, all of the spectators for coming towatch and everyone else who supported us inplanning this event. We couldn�t have asked fora better group and hope that all of our events willonly get better with experience.1st $1200 Rafael Martinez2nd $640 Stan Tourangeau3rd $350 Jerry Johnson4th $250 Raul Abenojar5/6 $150 Mike Patterson, David Tice7/8 $100 Dan Louie, Chad Alderidge9/12 $50 Sandy Sullivan, James Davee,

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and smooth the cloth at the final end and staple. Otherrail styles will incorporate either glue and/or staples. Iam not able to detail every type, but look at what isalready there and use it for a visual aid. DO NOT everglue directly to the rubber. Do not use backed cloth onthe rails, even with the backing pulled off. The glueresidue will ruin the rubber.I hope this helps somewhat and if nothing else, helpsyou understand why a good service tech is worth everydime he gets.

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Thursdays Aloha Club Underground (See ad p25) (503) 649-1006 9-Ball $5 or $3 $3/player 7:30PMBeaverton Hot Shots (See ad p26) (503) 644-8869 8-Ball Open $7+$1 g.f. 50% 7:00PMPortland Cues Billiards (503) 251-8399 9 Ball B & Below $7 $2/player 7:15PMPortland Happy Fortune (See ad p11) (503) 244-8356 8-Ball Ball in hand $5 $20 8:30PMSandy No Place (See ad p6) (503) 668-6415 8 Ball $3 Matching 8:00PMTigard Classic Billiards (See ad p25) (503) 443-6166 9 Ball �C� $5+$2 g.f. 7:00PMVeneta Yukon Jack�s (541) 935-1921 8-Ball $3 50% 7:00PM

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Sundays Aloha Club Underground (See ad p25) (503) 649-1006 8-Ball $5 or $3 $3/player 7:30PMBend Westside (541) 382-4810 8-Ball $5 7:30PMEugene Overtime Tavern (541) 342-5028 8-Ball $3 50% 5:00PMGresham Pub 181 (503) 666-4457 8 Ball �B� & below - BCA $5+$1 g.f. 1:00PMJunction City Raven-a-Pub (541) 998-3738 8 Ball $2 2:00PMOregon City Midway (503) 656-9501 9 Ball - Race 4/3 $5 $75/1st w/16 7:30PMPortland NiteHawk (See ad p10) (503) 285-7177 8 Ball $3M/$2W $100 6:00PMPortland Sam�s Billiards (See ad p6) (503) 282-8266 Straight Pool (1st Sun.) $15+$2 g.f. 11:00AMSalem Jammers (See ad p13) (503) 362-7494 8 Ball - BCA Rules $3 Matching 7:00PMSpringfield Jason�s Pub (541) 741-1305 9-Ball $2 3:30PMSweethome Bohemian Club (541) 367-4309 8-Ball $5 50% 4:00PMWilsonville Paradise Grill (See ad p6) (503) 682-9131 Pool Tournament Call $$$ 7:00PM

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Cotati, CABuffalo Billiards was the gracioushost of the Pechauer Cues 9-ballWest Coast Tour on November16th and 17th. Nearly 60 playersfrom around the region showedbright and early Saturday morningready to compete. Matches ranwithout a hitch and the top 16positioned themselves for aSunday showdown. TopCalifornian players Dave Boundsand Gerardo Jamito battled for thehot seat, while Jesse Allred and Billy Palmer vied to get back to the finalsafter losses to Jamito and Bounds respectively. Jamito took the hot seat,sending Bounds back to face Palmer, who had gained quite a bit of

Palmer Does It Again

momentum coming through the 1-loss side. Bounds was unable toovercome Palmer this time, and Jamito would have less luck against himin the finals. In a one race to 13 format for the finals, Gerardo Jamito hadsimply sat waiting too long. He was unable to catch a gear and Palmerwalked through the final set with a score of 13-3.We would like to take this opportunity to thank the players for their continuedgood attitudes and support. Our continued thanks goes out to room ownerslike Lee Simon who are willing to promote their sport and ultimately theirbusiness by participating in the tour. Please patronize our sponsorswhenever possible, they are: Pechauer Custom Cues, Creative Inventions,Beads and Billiards, The Gripper Cue Caddy, Billiards Press, The ScottiScuffer, The Monk Billiard Academy, and Sir Joseph Cue Gloves. This tourwould not be possible without their valuable support. The next stop isscheduled for January 18-19 at the Cue Ball in Salem, Oregon.

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Stop #3 Results and PointsPlace Name Points Payout1st Billy Palmer 200 $12002nd Gerardo Jamito 150 $ 7003rd Dave Bounds 125 $ 5254th Jesse Allred 100 $ 3755th Lance Salazar 80 $ 250

Justin Fowler 80 $ 2507th Billy Aguerro 65 $ 175

Alberto Flores 65 $ 1759th Joe Palley 50 $ 100

Steve Lingelbach 50 $ 100Brian Law 50 $ 100Chris MacDonald 50 $ 100

13th John Sell 35 $ 50George Michaels 35 $ 50Bee Davison 35 $ 50Tinsley Johnson 35 $ 50

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