Johnston city il hustler
Untold Stories: Johnston City Hustler Tournaments
Above: Dick Kay interviews the legendary "Minnesota Fats" (Rudolph Wanderone ) in October, during the course of the Johnston City, Illinois pool hustler's.
The legendary Johnston City Pool Hustler Tournaments were held at the Janscos ' Showbar in Johnston City, Illinois, from to After the FBI raided the.
The Hustler & The Champ
the tournament lasted from though In it was raided by the FBI. For a wealth of Pool History about George Jansco and His Johnston City Illinois.
Description:Check back regularly for the newest interview excerpts, documents and other archival material related to pocket billiards history. For more information, visit www. Wednesday, July 7, Memories of Hubert Cokes Gary Carlson, a former graduate student from Southern Illinois who wrote recently about a chance encounter he had with Minnesota Fats, also sends in this note about stumbling into a poolroom owned by George and Paulie Jansco , sometime back in the late s. Carlson appears to have stumbled into a game with Hubert "Daddy Warbucks" Cokes, although his memory is a bit fuzzy on the point. He says they appeared to be off their game and ended up spending a good part of the evening arguing about the spot.
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