getting the "old" timers stories on record for posterity is awesome and a gem to get experience them vicariously through those that lived it , cheers Max

Hadn’t seen Garten’s cues before. Amazing craftsmanship! I can tell by the quality that I definitely can’t afford them! 😂

FYI, confidence man is a term used to describe a thief that gains your confidence in order to take advantage of you..

Good stuff. People taking the time to sit and listen to the elders talk like this is a dying art form.

Garten's number one favorite subject ... talking about his experiences with Donny Willis. Great to hear about Willis.

Thanks Max. I love these old school stories.

Good content, Max! I think it's great that you're traveling the country and seeing everyone!

They don't have so much confidence that you believe them.....they get you to believe them, in other words they get "your" confidence.

I could tell you some pretty crazy stories as well. I left home at 12 and went with my uncle riding freight trains and hitch hiking all over the good ole USA until my uncle met a girl got married and settled down. I kept on riding freight and hitch hiking. I met some pretty crazy people out there. I would stop for a while & work on farms or swamping. (unloading trucks) to get enough money in my pocket and move on. I traveled around with Barnum & Bailey or Smokeys for a few years on and off saved my money to move on I went wherever I felt like going and in all the years of traveling around I could tell you some pretty crazy stores that happened to me.

Max’s grandfather was a pool hustler; a great one at that!

@MaxEberle

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Allen! Yes he was, Charles Eberle. Great man :)

@user-AllenE

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxEberle Why did they call him Ken?

@williamhall7349

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxEberle hey Max ask Garten if he remembers Milton King

Story telling is a lost art! This is awesome I got a divorce and started playing again Feels like growing up again in Taylor Michigan Great video!!

Love these classic stories keep these up.

In Amarillo Slim's autobiography he moved a town milage sign to win a bet also.

Amazing story. Thanks!

Only time I met DonWillis was at 1980 world 9ball open..... he didn't play but he was there and my road partner (Howard Barrett) knew Don of course..... NickyVarner said Don hustled him when Nick was young....Don came for a while and then left before we had the big dinner with BobMeucci when he was handing out "endorsements" wanting us to play his cues (turned out to be great cues).....Rempe got us involved, he was already doing stuff with Bob but I don't know about Willis and Bob

Those sticks are a work of art

Amazing story telling !

Tool and Dieman, runnin racks, love it!

Thank you Max,,,,, God Bless

Thanks Max.

Love the stories

TY Max…we’ve lost so many of the last generation players that made cues the past few years.

what about Harold Worst..?

Great video Max and it's a shame to see that beautiful Brunswick Anniversary table sitting there loaded up with various stuff and not being played on as it made for.

Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs should interview this wonderful guy!

Amarillo Slim supposedly did the same thing using a bottle during a ping pong betting match

Don Willis used to come into the College Bowl in Canton Ohio back in the late 50's early 60's I think it was. He would often show up in the morning after an all nighter wearing a tux and carrying a little velvet lined box with his cue ball in it. He claimed it was made of ivory. He was also a free throw hustler and a pool room downtown put a hoop out back. I think it was Louie's or the Strand. Then there was the time he bet a guy he could hit a golf ball half a mile not using a hill, but he got to pick the time and place. Come winter when Meyers lake froze over and there was no snow on the ice, Don chose to do it. I wasn't there but some people said it was true.

@jimyoung5390

Жыл бұрын

That Ice trick was claimed by Amarillo Slim also the coke bottle ping-pong paddle

@libsrdum

Жыл бұрын

I was mistaken on the dates. The College Bowl was built in 1963. It was a few hundred yards from where I grew up. There were 5 tables and the going rate was a penny a minute. There were several guys who were "fixtures": Fred Martin (Luch), Meredith Cobedash (sp?) (Cobe) who were there everyday and were considered to be the best. Other notables who came in on occasion were Tommy Marino who must have been in his 60's or 70's and was a renowned three cushion billiards champion. The "Bowl" even bought a set of pocket inserts to convert the pool tables into 3 cushion tables, but I don't recall it catching on. Another was Harry the Head a very colorful character. Also John Manos would show up once in a while. Due to overcrowding in the schools I only went to High School classes from 7 to 11 am. I got a job as a pinsetter and worked there pretty much al through high school and regarded these guys and many others as family. I still keep in touch with Patty and Linda who worked at the snack bar for many years for Gene Christ. I have never been around so many colorful characters at once since those days. If I think of any others I will post them in case anyone ever wants to know. This is a great site.

@libsrdum

Жыл бұрын

@@jimyoung5390 There is no shortage of stories and confusion in these great old stories. Who knows, maybe one did it and the other used it. Information was not readily available back in those days.

@johnbutler2780

7 ай бұрын

@@libsrdum I don’t think it’s open anymore. Was popular when I was a kid. Lived in canton my whole life. Right there on market. What street did you grow up on? Martindale Is close but so are a lot others lol.

thanks for saving these old clips max.

I’m sue you’ve been asked this many times before, but is Rogan around a 7 speed?

@MaxEberle

2 ай бұрын

Yes

Do you have any stories about Donnie Anderson?

That coke bottle as a ping pong paddle is legendary

@neuvocastezero1838

Жыл бұрын

Supposedly he was a phenomenal, world class athlete in many games, football, table tennis, billiards, whatever.

@williamhall7349

Жыл бұрын

Heard about that when I was 15 from player who was on the road with willis and Lassiter

Fun stuff! Where is the part 1, though?

@MaxEberle

Жыл бұрын

Just type son Willis Garten Bierbower in the description I’ll add it later thanks!

@kilppa

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxEberle Okay, found it now. Thanks!

Do you have the pool table that you learned on as a kid; your motorcycle riding grandfather?

@MaxEberle

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s at my uncle Dave’s house. My grandpa was the coolest. Did you know him?

THAT FIRST LASSITER STORY was stolen from a Titanic Thompson story.

I bet the soap killed the English on the cue ball lol. It would get on your tip make you miss cue.😂😂😂😂

i watch him play in hou,tx game went on for 2 days,,,the kid lost,,,truck driver with no name got him,,grand central station pool 1982, cincinatte kid,

What did Don Willis think about the shape of the earth? Globe or flat?

@bob733333

Жыл бұрын

That stuff is flat.

@9Ballr

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't bet him either way.

There were so many great unknown road men, I've been trapped up by a lot of em

@williamhall7349

Жыл бұрын

Billy were are you from

@billysikes1374

Жыл бұрын

@@williamhall7349 Augusta originally, live in Savannah Ga

@williamhall7349

Жыл бұрын

@@billysikes1374 okay I thought maybe you were from up in northern Virginia area thanks for the come back

@billysikes1374

Жыл бұрын

@@williamhall7349 played some in VA 25 years ago

@williamhall7349

Жыл бұрын

@@billysikes1374 I live in Fredericksburg but as a teenager hung around jack and Jill’s in Arlington that was in the seventies

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*misses by a mile Damn that was close! Lol no

I beat Don Wallace? 😁

Sounds like some are just tall tales, The possum and the cow, who could be that stupid?

Dude drunk again

Harold Worst beat Don Willis 😁 and that's the truth. facts. everyone knows Worst was the best, staked his own money, took on all takers, big names doged him like the plague to keep there reputations. I like Don, have seen video of him and he is a great pool player for sure.

@lesterweinheimer665

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard the same thing and if he hadn't died so young of brain cancer his name would be more well known! I had older friends of mine, and I'm 72, tell me he could also play world-class snooker! Harold owned a shoe company called Worst shoes , believe it or not!

@DANTHETUBEMAN

Жыл бұрын

@@lesterweinheimer665 yes, Worst bankrolled all his own games. no sponsors. I wish there was more film on him. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the best I have seen so far.

@MaxEberle

Жыл бұрын

I'll run that by Garten! I've heard several accounts of Worst being unbeaten... No one is unbeatable. Garten embellishes Don Willis' legend for sure, I mean who can beat you from the chair? Don Willis I guess, Lol... Thanks for the story.

@DANTHETUBEMAN

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxEberle it's backed up by other players. there is a don Willis film of him exhibition shooting in the army, you will see some amazing shots in that. I wish there was more film on these guys.

@MadsNordholm

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxEberle Heard many stories about players so good they never miss. Have beaten a few of them too 😉

This guy needs to take a nap and wash his shirt.

sure would be nice to hear pretty boy floyds road stories.

Sounds like some of Titanic Thomason’s stories

Biggest bunch of bullshit ever.