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...plaster cast for seven months. His first act after being discharged was to rush to his billiard rooms and grab a cue. He was as good as ever-but only for a few minutes at a time. He worked on fancy shots, mastered the mysteries of angles and ballspin, became the game's Fancy Dan, a combination cue-and-ivory Houdini and amiable Billy Sunday, who evangelized for the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Maestro of Mass | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

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