Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today. Mosconi set the world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition in Springfield, Ohio on March 19–20, 1954. To this day the record has not been toppled and many speculate it may never be bested. A handwritten and notarized affidavit with the signatures of more than 35 eyewitnesses exists as proof of this feat.
The record was set on a 4 × 8 foot Brunswick table with 5 1/4 inch corner pockets at the East High Billiard Club. Today's standard for tables may be considered more difficult to play on than this exhibition table in the sense that longer shots are required (today's standard tables are 9 x 4 1/2 ft) with 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 inch pockets, but today's tables may be considered easier to play on in the sense that there is more room for the balls to spread, creating unfettered shots. Mosconi competed successfully on 4 1/2 × 9 and 5 x 10 ft tables. The 526-ball record just happened to be on a 4 × 8 ft table, a size seldom used in professional play, but used for the billiard club exhibition that day. In fact, the room owner expected the exhibition to take place on the room's 9 foot table. That table was not a Brunswick, so Willie was required to play on one of the Brunswick 8 foot tables.
Monday, March 19, 2012
A Little Springfield History
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Springfield, OH City Commission - 60th Anniversary of the (still-unbroken) 526 High Run World-Record set by Willie Mosconi at the East High Billiards Club
ReplyDeleteMarch 18, 2014 pdf - 4 pages - Resolution 5828 p.3 Willie Mosconi 60th Anniv 526 High Run Record
http://www.ci.springfield.oh.us/Gov/jrn/jm_14_03-18.pdf
Excerpted Minutes:
A regular meeting of the City Commission of The City of Springfield, Ohio, was held on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in the Forum of City Hall.
Roll call was answered by Mmes. Chilton, Duncan, Messrs. Martin, O’Neill, and President Copeland.
-------------------------------------------[AGENDA ITEMS] --------------------------------------EMERGENCY RESOLUTION
The following emergency legislation was presented for the first time:
77-14 Emergency Resolution No. 5828 titled, “Recognizing March 19, 2014, as the sixtieth anniversary of Willie Mosconi completing a world-record high run of 526 consecutive balls on a 4 by 8 Brunswick pocket billiard table in the East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, and declaring an emergency.”
On motion of Mrs. Duncan, seconded by Mr. Martin, the resolution was adopted.
Yeas, Mmes. Chilton, Duncan, Messrs. Martin, O’Neill, and Copeland. Yeas 5, Nays 0.
--------------------------------------- [COMMUNICATIONS / COMMENTS] --------------There being no further business, on motion of Mr. Martin, seconded by Mrs. Chilton, the meeting was adjourned.
Yeas, Mmes. Chilton, Duncan, Messrs. Martin, O'Neill, and Copeland. Yeas 5, Nays 0.
It should be noted that the honorable resolution above was presented in a very timely fashion to the City Commission by the City Manager, Mr. James Bodenmiller, Office of the City Manager, 76 East High Street, Springfield, OH - about one block WNW (on the opposite side of the street) from the site of the former East High Billiard Club above RECO Sporting Goods*, now occupied by Clark County Community College's Brinkman Education Center**, often a venue for business, private, & community events.
ReplyDelete* http://www.springfieldohiohistory.net/apps/photos/photo?photoid=47974678
** http://www.clarkstate.edu/media/1130/downtownmap.pdf
To download map of downtown campus - Brinkman Ctr. is bldg. A, SE corner of E High St & So Limestone St