The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies The Uncrowned Champion of Pocket Billiards Describes His Game and How It's Played

by Fats, Minnesota; Fox, Tom; Dyer, R. A.

• ISBN13: 9781592287017
• ISBN10: 1592287018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Here is the autobiography of The Daddy of Them All - the greatest pool hustler the world has ever known - Minnesota Fats. The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies is a candid, anecdote-filled account of the fabulous Fat Man's life, told in his own uninhibited patois. Illustrated with photos and line drawings, The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies is a vivid portrait of a legend in his time, the incomparable Minnesota Fats, a high- spirited read, and a useful handbook.

Author Biography

Rudolph Wanderone, aka Minnesota Fats, was born in 1913, in New York's Washington Heights. Traveling throughout the country to play the game, he spent his later years in Dowell, Illinois. He died in 1996.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the 2006 Edition	v
Foreword	ix
Part One
Me and Methuselah	3	(7)
Me and Max Donovan	10	(6)
The Oversexed Goose	16	(5)
Shoot-Out in Washington Heights	21	(7)
A Sultan in Never-Never Land	28	(7)
A New Game and a New Name	35	(8)
I Could Spot Einstein the Ten Ball	43	(7)
The Night Rides to Harlem	50	(21)
I Was the Daddy of Them All	71	(9)
Fear Strikes Out	80	(9)
Love and Marriage and Fried Chicken	89	(10)
Yes, Virginia, There Was a Norfolk	99	(10)
Dogs and Cats Unlimited	109	(10)
The General of Little Egypt	119	(10)
Exposed By Hollywood	129	(11)
The Fat Man Goes to College	140	(7)
Hustling Johnny Carson	147	(8)
I'm Ready for the Rocking Chair	155	(14)
Part Two
The Blocks and Sandpile of Billiards	169	(11)
A Chalk Talk With Lipstick Jack	180	(2)
A Lecture in Proper English	182	(12)
The Object of the Game: Pocketing Balls	194	(11)
The Speed of the Stroke is Secret of Success	205	(4)
Key to Long Runs: Combinations, Kisses and Bank Shots	209	(9)
The Games	218	(8)
One Pocket	226