Word: cannafax
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Promoters call it pocket billiards and push it as a harmless pastime. But for those who really play the game, pool is a mankiller. Robert Cannafax used to fly into such a rage when his game went awry that he would haul out a pocketknife and stab himself repeatedly in his wooden leg. George Fox, another champion, committed suicide after he miscued what would have been his winning ball in the 1865 U.S. championship. Years later, when he lost the championship, Onofrio Lauri rushed out of a Chicago poolroom, cue in hand, and almost threw himself into Lake Michigan before...
Kisses & Gamesmanship. In the finals, Balsis' opponent was none other than Wimpy Lassiter. A master gamesman in the tradition of Robert Cannafax, who used to pull a knife and stab himself in his wooden leg while his opponent was shooting, Lassiter complained of a fever, sinusitis and ulcers. "Pool players all die of malnutrition at 50," he moaned. "I've got four years to live...
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