My friend Bill Asher

Just to go get away from hints about pool for a while,I would like to tell you about a friend of mine in Madison Wisconsin that I shot pool with more than a few times.His name was Bill Asher.In the seventies Bill was in his early sixties and was a very good pool shooter.He was known around Madison for is ability to play the game of pool.
One day he and I went to Pitchers Pub on the south side of Madison.They had several tables there and were active in the pool league's of Madison.I can't remember if we played on a bar table or a big table because its been a while.All I remember was the lesson Bill taught that day on straight pool.Most on the day I watched and would rack the balls.I believe Bill was 63 at the time and he ran 108 balls before he missed.I was amazed at how he moved the cue ball around and nudged one ball and the other to get through the rack and have position for his break shot.Bill not only was a good shooter he was kind enough to share his talent with someone who was by far not in his league in the game of pool.He never ever shot hard but he always knew where the cue ball was going.That day I was left with the secret to the game of pool and that is in my mind the control of the cue ball.We all can make a shot that is difficult once in a while,but control is major,and the art of not getting out of line is almost a gift.I know some people that read this might not know some of what I said but a pool player will.
Here's to the guys that shot great pool back then and I hope still to this day.Jim Lewis,Randy Lamarr,Kenny Cross,Jim Fitzpatrick and they all went into Jerry B's place the Cue Nique I'm not sure how that was spelled.Have a great day and shoot well.