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...Francisco, Willie Mosconi successfully defended his world pocket-billiard championship for the eleventh time in twelve years by beating Luther Lassiter, 150-33, in the title match. Mosconi's reward...
...accomplished feats which for sheer diversity have seldom been equaled by any athlete, male or female. She broke two world records at the 1932 Olympics, was twice selected All-America basketball forward, has pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (in an exhibition game), and has toured the country giving billiard exhibitions. Anything that requires muscular coordination is her meat. She has excelled at tennis, swimming, diving, bowling, shot-putting, lacrosse, fencing and polo. She can type 86 words a minute and has been heard to say of her husband, George Zaharias, a 300-lb. ex-wrestler: "Yep, I threw...
...would admire any athlete with rhythm and coordination. Several matadors did not even move their feet as the bull charged the cape; they merely pulled the cape aside, arched their bodies, and let the bull brush past. Finally, the matador lines up his sword as he would a billiard cue and goes in for the climax. According to how the crowd reacts to his performance, the matador is allowed to retain one bull's ear, both ears, or both ears and the tail. As he struts around the ring acknowledging the appreciation of the spectators, he tosses these articles...
Last week, long since a living legend, Willie racked up his tournament cue for good. His "retirement" from competition will be spent in playing exhibitions for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., the billiard and bowling equipment manufacturer that has sponsored Willie for 45 years. Although tournament players can now breathe more easily, Willie will doubtless go on dominating exhibition play. The old rocking chair that will finally get him away from the billiard table has probably not yet been built...
...which, by lines drawn 18 in. from the rails, the billiard table is marked off into nine zones. From a given zone, at least one of the two object balls must be driven by the cue ball on each shot...