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Originally Posted by tedzan
Did you know that Cap Anson was also an accomplished billiards player....and, owned a billiards hall in Chicago.
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TED Z
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Hi Ted,
Leo "The Lip" Durocher was an extremely good billiards player, too. If I remember correctly, he broke into baseball by defeating Willie Hoppe, the World Billiard champion, for ten dollars to buy a bus ticket to Hartford for a baseball tryout.
He was sixteen at the time. It would appear that he made the right decision.
Best regards,
Eric