I don't think Mosconi was a bad guy, nor do I think he truly came to hate the game so much as he hated the things that he felt took away prestige from the game. Amazing how his skills, even though diminished, his 14.1 game never let him down. He gave a brief explanation of the game, set up a break shot and proceeded to run the most beautiful 42 balls you ever saw leaving a perfect break shot before breaking down his cue. He seemed confused and finally said, " I think I am getting a little punchy, I am going play some 14.1 for you". His daughter said to him a few times "Dad you did that shot already" and she tried to get him back on track. During the show he repeated a shot and it was interesting, when he repeated the shot he began to do everything he had done over. He was with I believe his daughter who was helping him. He was doing his trick shots and I think he was becoming somewhat senile by then. I saw him do one of the last exhibitions he ever did not all that long before he died. When they came back that night they hated the guy, he lost every fan he had that went to see him that night. He did an exhibition not far from my pool room and people were looking forward to it for weeks. He doesn't have the luxury of being temperamental even if he has to put on an act that is your job. When he are being paid to play exhibitions to promote the game, Brunswick and the business where they send him. The problem with Mosconi was, when competing if he was a little temperamental it is understandable. Mosconi I doubt ever did a thing for another player in his life. Mosconi put the kibosh on the deal keeping Danny from getting the job. The company was headquartered in Hialeah where Danny lived. When Mosconi was working for Ebonite they wanted to give a job to Danny as their touring pro. This is not to bad mouth Mosconi but beyond his obvious talent there was not much there to admire about the man. To the best of my knowledge Baker didn't pay Mosconi he gave all the money to Taylor. Said something to the effect that Bakers room was a dump, sort of correct by the way, Mr. Mosconi was so miserable the first night yelling at the spectators, complaining about everything in the place. Baker who owned the room and was footing the bill for everything had thrown Mosconi out of the room and paid off Taylor. We got there a little late the second night and everyone was just milling around. It was a 1000 point catch up match over 4 nights all guaranteed money. Once he was playing an exhibition in Tampa against Eddie Taylor. It was obvious being in that pool room and having to be nice to the customers was the last place he wanted to be. He left without signing any autographs and as he was maybe 30 feet away shouted back, "What time do I have to be back here tonight, I want to get in a round of golf". Once after a not so great trick shot exhibition, he didn't know they would be 4 x 8's. He would give dirty looks at anyone who moved when he was shooting. WINNING POCKET BILLIARDS: For Beginners and Advanced Players With a Section on Trick Shots Willie Mosconi pdf.I must have seen him play exhibitions more the 50 times and he was always kind of a miserable guy. WINNING POCKET BILLIARDS: For Beginners and Advanced Players With a Section on Trick Shots by Willie Mosconi KINDLE PDF EBOOK EPUB. This is working: WINNING POCKET BILLIARDS: For Beginners and Advanced Players With a Section on Trick Shots by Willie Mosconi KINDLE PDF EBOOK EPUB □□□□□□□□ WINNING POCKET BILLIARDS: For Beginners and Advanced Players With a Section on Trick Shots by Willie Mosconi
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