![]() The excitement of televised snooker championships doesn't exactly compare with personally clearing the table against a mafioso who responds by simply saying: "I won't pay". ![]() To properly enjoy pool you must have the city and the darkness and the outrageous wagers. With the impact of the film The Hustler, Brunswick sensed a windfall and shortened their tables (making play easier), brightened them (pastel baize) and put them in suburban bowling alleys. Consider champion Willie Mosconi's exhibition run of 526 balls in 1954, and compare it to what? Longer pot shots and a more frequent use of snookering? Both pool and snooker require these skills, though with different emphasis. They were apples, oranges and melons – all fruit all different. It was on Brunswick Monarch 5ft x 10ft tables at the midtown Bensinger's, which also featured the still larger billiard tables, and a seemingly giant snooker table. Gone are the days when, in 1962, I started shooting pool in Chicago. ![]() ![]() Snooker tables are much bigger than pool tables, so are snooker players much more skilful than pool players? ![]() In the 1946 film version Frank (John Garfield) has a lengthy and slightly clunky closing speech explaining the meaning of the title to his captors. ![]()
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