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Life pool (also known as 3 lives Snooker) was a form of pocket billiards (pool) mainly played in the 19th century. Its rules were first recorded in 1819 simply as pool, which remained its most common name among the British for about a century. In the United States, it was also simply called pool in the mid-19th century. [1]
Billy Incardona (born December 2, 1943) is an American professional pool player. "Pittsburgh Billy" was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in 2007 for his outstanding contribution to the legacy of the game of one pocket. [1] In addition to playing pool, Incardona is a professional broadcaster for pocket billiards competitions around the ...
Pool, also called "pocket billiards", is a form of billiards usually equipped with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls), played on a pool table with six pockets built into the rails, splitting the cushions. The pockets (one at each corner, and one in the center of each long rail) provide targets (or in some cases, hazards) for ...
At the 1979 PPPA World Open 14.1 Pocket Billiard Championship in New York City, New York, Hopkins posted the largest victory margin in the event, defeating Richie Florence, 150-1. [ 2 ] Allen Hopkins has earned titles in such varied events as the 1977 World Straight Pool Championship , the 1978 and 1981 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships , [ 3 ...
English billiards, [1] called simply billiards in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two cue balls (one white and one yellow) and a red object ball are used. Each player or team uses a different cue ball.
The Omaha Club was established in 1883 by business and professional men as a private male-only social club. [1] After several temporary locations, the first permanent building, an Italian Renaissance design by architect Thomas Rogers Kimball was opened on New Year's Day 1895 at the northwest corner of 20th and Douglas Streets. [ 2 ]
Eugene C. Eppley (April 8, 1884 – October 14, 1958) also known as Gene, was a hotel magnate in Omaha, Nebraska. [1] Eppley is credited with single-handedly building one of the most successful hotel empires, [2] by the 1950s the largest privately owned hotel chain in the United States.
Expert One Pocket billiards player Hayden W. Lingo (1907-1973), often cited as "the man who invented the billiards game of One Pocket ", [ 1 ] was a prominent early proponent of the game, and a top player in the United States in the 1940s through the 1960s.