Word: poole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...freshman swimming and track teams lost to Exeter Saturday despite the efforts of diver Greg Stone. Since Stone and the Crimson swimmers arrived early at Exeter and found the pool locked, they decided to watch the track meet...
...blown velvet curtains shut out the flickering neon of The Loop; cigar smoke hangs like a grey curtain of decency between the elbow benders and the ripe, oil-painted nudes behind the bar. Cluttered with old-fashioned sporting prints and spittoons, Bensinger's is a comfortable clubhouse for pool sharks, poker players, three-cushion wizards, and foul-air fiends of every variety...
Last week, though, the Bensinger regulars put aside their cards and pool cues to crowd into the twin grandstands of the exhibition arena and watch dapper Willie Mosconi, 41, take on putty-nosed Joe Procita, 56, for the world's championship in pocket billiards, better known as pool...
...days, before pool had its name changed and went highbrow, competition in all forms of billiards was keener. And the best shark in the business was not too proud to indulge in a little gamesmanship. There was "Kokomo Joe" Sachs, who splashed his hands so freely with talcum powder that he managed to bathe his opponents and the table as well. "The whole joint," recalled one victim, "looked like an explosion in a flour factory." There was Robert Cannafax, who would pull a knife and stab himself in his wooden leg when his game went bad. Everyone knew...
...player since he began to hang around his father's South Philadelphia pool parlor at the age of six. Willie Mosconi is a veteran of that rowdy era, but now he needs none of its tricks. His mechanical perfection is enough, and it earns him at least $10,000 a year in exhibitions. Last week it won him another world championship by the impressive score...