Curiosities on Pool

"The public, in particular that has never participated in the pool, has no concept of the thousand and one intriguing aspects of this sport. Just as the" prima ballerina "pirouettes effortlessly, or reels virtuoso arpeggios on the piano where the fingers seem to touch the keys
own life, so the artist pool, with grace, because the balls dance harmoniously to the cloth, before our eyes, his performance becomes an artistic, naturally, is the result of years of practice and dedication. "

1. Many years ago to ease his stomach indigestion, players ate the chalk!
At that time (early 1860) was made from chalk and calcium carbonate did not contain abrasive powder chalk today.

2. When Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in 1576, his body was wrapped in the cloth of your pool table.

3. The board of Queen Victoria had pipes filled with hot water to provide the necessary heating.

4. The first electric heating was used in a tournament was in December 1927, when Jake Schaefer and Welker Cochran Jr. played the World Championship.

5. Paul Newman is the only actor who has played the same character in two films 25 years apart. "The Bold" in 1961 and "The Color of Money" in 1986.

6. Jimmy Marino, great player longhaired, during the decade of 1970 sang "no" when a ball contacted her hair while participating in a tournament.

7. The "brand" more balls pocketed tournament to break the cone 15 balls Roy Motes have it when, in 1916, scored 7bolas in the "throw out."

8. Billiards is a sport of noble tradition, some of its practitioners:

Historical Personalities:

Louis XI 1423-1483
Mary Stuart, 1542-1587
Charles IX 1550-1611
Shakespeare 1564-1616
Richelieu 1585-1642
Louis XIII 1601-1643
Louis XIV 1638-1715
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832
Louis XVI 1754-1793
Marie Antoinette 1755-1793
Mme de Stael 1766-1817
Napoleon I 1769-1821
Napoleon III 1808-1873
Queen Victoria 1819-1901
Georges Pompidou 1911-1974
King Baudouin (Belgium) 1930-1993
Mark Twain
Amadeus Mozart
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
W. C. Fields
Babe Ruth
Eddy Barclay

Personalities of the Modern World:

Salvatore Adamo
Deng Xiao-Ping
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Bardot
Pierre Bellemare
Alain Delon
Heinz Dürr
Henri Gault
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Dr. Felipe González
Ephraim Kishon
Jacques Lafitte
Omar Sharif

9. The first world champion carambola, Albert Garnier (early 1870) had trouble controlling block (it slipped) and decided to smear beeswax to the butt of it. This was the first time you used a cover on the grip area.

10. When Willie Hoppe even wore shorts, then faced the famous American player at Taylor. Before the game Taylor touched the child's head and said, if I want to buy you an ice cream .- At the end of the meeting, Taylor broke his cue over his knee, he bought ice cream and went to Willie. Never heard of it.