When I was young and he was old, I got to play Shorty in a cheap 3-cushion tournament with a handicap. He had to go 38 or 39, and I had to go to 13 (the minimum, lol). It was close, but that huge spot got me past Shorty and into the next round. Later, he overheard me gushing to a friend that I had "beat" Shorty, and he laughed. "Yeah, you 'beat' me! I had to go to 107, you had to go to TWO!!! Yeah, you beat me all right...."
Hey Cat! Boston Shorty was my Grandmothers brother! Family Fued! :) His sister was Ann Martin Johnson. Sadly she passed the year before I was born. I saw your commend and had to add!
I heard tell of him by another monster unknown player from Henderson NC also lived Louisville KY for a while he also knew Wimpy real well he died a young man I believe 42 or 45 but heard a lot of stories about Willis and Lassiter and many other players from the 60s 70s that you can read now on the internet his name was Milton Hartwell King aka bald headed man
Another great player who was known as the bald headed man Milton Hartwell King who was a protege of Willis and Lassiter didn't play tournaments and matched up real well
I saw Harold Worst play in Tampa Fl. in the early 60's. It was week or more of non stop gambling and NO ONE wanted to play him. I don't know what kind of games he had to make, but he still got the money.
Ronnie Allen said that Harold Wurst was the best player in the world at the time he was alive. Great road story from Ronnie on his website or wherever I saw it. Great stories from one of the greatest husslers of all time.
Is it just me, or did Shorty stop the cue ball with his cue on the break 0:23, and later in the game move a ball with his cue, not once, but twice 1:32?
Thank you for the video. My grandfather played 3-Cushion with Harold Worst back in the 1940's in up in Michigan. I was friends with Jersey Red and asked him about Harold Worst back in the early 90's. He said Harold was the greatest all around player ever. Nice compliment coming from one of the best One-Pocket players ever.
@@pepperwestwood yep my grandfather was an excellent 3-cushion player. His high run was 17 on a 6 x 12 from what my father told me. My grandfather owned a pool room in Holland Michigan back in the 40s. My dad and uncle both played well also.
I live in Grand Rapids where Harold worst was from I used to hear stories about him from the old timers in the pool halls especially an old pro player named George Ellis. Apparently Harold worst was the best of all time and no one could really beat him at any game he tried. He mastered every game he tried in quick order and gambled with anyone for any amount on his own dime. He would never use a backer and felt it minimized his confidence in his own game. He was always a gentleman and everyone liked him and feared playing him. He really only played as a serious professionally for a short time and died of brain cancer very young as he was hitting his prime.
WOW! It's nice to see great players of a long gone era, even though the picture is grainy and old. First time seeing Mr. Worst play as well as Mr Shorty. thanks you tube
Great music I see people talking about equipment some of the old crib it was very tough some of the old national tables and the steepletons played tough as tough as diamonds and they banked better now everybody has a predator Shaft or some other kind of crap and they control their balls 6 rails back in the day these guys draw their ball just fine with q's that our way inferior to what we have today and the quality of Q-tips now is severely better also so when people say these guys couldn't play or couldn't be anybody blah blah blah blah it just amazes me how many stupid people there are in the world
Really, only watched the suited guy with limited hair on his head play here. Stance and stroke are world class. Anyone who says this guy can't play is out of their mind.
Pretty amazing slow motion shot of Worst's final break. The nine ball sits in the middle with some massive energy and starts spinning back to the side. wow
hAROLD WORST WAS BEST OF ALL TIME HE WAS NEW TO GAMES BUT BEAT ALL THEW ORLD'S BEST ADN NEVER PLAYED THE GAMES LISTEN TO RONNIE ALLEN ROAD STORIES ON HERE
Thank you for the video enjoyed it very much. TV coverage of pool really hasn't changed much in all this time. Looks like the producer "lets switch to the person's face" so viewers can't see the table was used then like it is today.
I believe that Worst was 3 cushin champ for like 10 0r 12 years.Also when even guys like lumpy were reluctant to play him.He is one of those extraordinary guys.Afew black guys who could'nt play tournament either.You only hear about or see what tv.covers.Like they know their ass from a hole in the ground.Lassiters road partner(can't remember his name offhand) was real good.Caras,Irving,Mez,Earl, .I saw Crane go 150 and out while his opponents collected cauleses on his ass and never got a shot.Like trying to argue who was best ball player.Look up Harold Worst.
dave legget you thinking of Don Willis that was his road partner you're right he was very good and the funny thing about it is Harold worst busted him and Irving crane is one of the best 9 ball players of all time but what they say it's worst was the best.
I was about to ask if this where push-out nine ball...after he put the 9 in early and there was no ball-in-hand. This would be interesting to play today, probably too slow and tactical for modern rotation games.
I love it when the young kids who never saw Harold play say that he would not be great today. Ronnie Allen who saw them all play said unequivocally that Harold was the best that ever lived. Harold was world champion at 3 cushion and in the year he died he won one pocket, 9 ball and straight pool championships. and remember he was Willie Hoppe,s protege and never really played pocket pool.
utavatar I agree, I listened to Ronnie Allen tell the story about Harold being diagnosed with brain cancer and then winning 3 Cushion, Straight Pool, One Pocket and 9-Ball. He gets my vote for best all around.
Eddie Taylor, and Ralph greenleaf. IDK if the guys of this era were better as we have no one who has created stats to build a measure including variables. *** What I do know is that all champions past and present were exceptional at one pocket, and 3-cushion type games well before 8&9 ball in hand games. Making stats higher. They also mentored each other! I honestly wish I was never taught 8-ball and only taught rail/carom games first then 14.1. 20 years until I started to play these games and I was running back to back racks instead of sporadic racks after about a year. Using conceptually superior techniques, aiming with significantly more effective throttle and compensory accuracy. I had no better equipment or instruction and I'm over 40. If I learned this at 10 I would have been pro by 18 and that is no fantasy guessing postulate. Its related directly to how good I am now and what I have achieved numbers and trophy wise.
@@cry_now_laugh_later Correct as well as the equipment getting better and the overall standard of American pool players improving 👍🏾 Though in sports there is some one of a kind so naturally talented athletes that they would perform very highly in any era like Pele, Maradona, Jordan, Gretzky etc 👌🏾
you have no idea, if anyone could have beat Efren for the cash it (an american) would prob have been "Wimpy". and one-pocket- Ronnie Allen. straight pool how about Mike Eufemia those guys would play as good or better on today's equipment and rules.
i'm surprised you haven't got a reply along the lines of "ooh you must've never seen Farty McPoolface back in the old days. best pattern player there ever was" from the nostalgics
Did you get the "pool genes"? Or did they skip a generation??? A semi pro I play with has 2 teenage boys, they got didn't get any "pool genes" from their dad; he just shakes his head when they shoot......😅
@@briangc1972 yes and no, im better than the average player. And i beat most of my friends, But billiards is just your basic geometry. And just tons of practice. He would practice 8 hours a day. I just play when opportunity comes.
Harold Worst - one of the greatest of all time.
When I was young and he was old, I got to play Shorty in a cheap 3-cushion tournament with a handicap. He had to go 38 or 39, and I had to go to 13 (the minimum, lol). It was close, but that huge spot got me past Shorty and into the next round. Later, he overheard me gushing to a friend that I had "beat" Shorty, and he laughed. "Yeah, you 'beat' me! I had to go to 107, you had to go to TWO!!! Yeah, you beat me all right...."
now you are old and you still can't shut up
That's what happens when you talk crap on something you never really won. If you can't play straight up, you're the weaker worse handicap player
H.worst is my great uncle.! Proud to still be playin' Q..! Great game, great jazz..
He’s my great uncle too are we related? I’m a dykhouse what are you?
Hey Cat! Boston Shorty was my Grandmothers brother! Family Fued! :) His sister was Ann Martin Johnson. Sadly she passed the year before I was born. I saw your commend and had to add!
Another relative here. He’s my Grandpa!
He is my great aunt
@@danielworst8210 for reals or?
Another great player from back in the day that not to many folks are familiar with is a man by the name of Don Willis
I heard tell of him by another monster unknown player from Henderson NC also lived Louisville KY for a while he also knew Wimpy real well he died a young man I believe 42 or 45 but heard a lot of stories about Willis and Lassiter and many other players from the 60s 70s that you can read now on the internet his name was Milton Hartwell King aka bald headed man
Another great player who was known as the bald headed man Milton Hartwell King who was a protege of Willis and Lassiter didn't play tournaments and matched up real well
Cincinnati kid. Everyone who really knows American pool knows who he was.
I'd love to see some footage of Harold Worst playing from in his prime, dit doesn't even matter at which game, I heard he was great at them all.
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Harold Worst destroyed Willis, and wouldn't play Worst. Same for Wimpy, Willis road partner. All afraid of Worst and wouldn't play
Any more of Worst?
I saw Harold Worst play in Tampa Fl. in the early 60's. It was week or more of non stop gambling and NO ONE wanted to play him. I don't know what kind of games he had to make, but he still got the money.
jose gomez u see him at bakers
Jose Gomez u see him at bakers
Harold Worst, 1 of greatest of all time
Ronnie Allen said that Harold Wurst was the best player in the world at the time he was alive. Great road story from Ronnie on his website or wherever I saw it. Great stories from one of the greatest husslers of all time.
@WillieDines1
Thanks and Your welcome.
(I will try to get some more stuff on here.)
Anthony if you can....what is the name of the jazz song at the beginning? Can't find it anywhere
And Cisero Murphy was another world class player that not everyone is familiar with.
Mr Murphy picture was on the wall at jack & Jill’s in shirlington Va when I was a teenager
Grady talked about Harold Worst a lot. Said he was one of the most unknown monsters that ever played.
Is it just me, or did Shorty stop the cue ball with his cue on the break 0:23, and later in the game move a ball with his cue, not once, but twice 1:32?
That's what I saw
I noticed that.
Crazy
Thank you for the video. My grandfather played 3-Cushion with Harold Worst back in the 1940's in up in Michigan. I was friends with Jersey Red and asked him about Harold Worst back in the early 90's. He said Harold was the greatest all around player ever. Nice compliment coming from one of the best One-Pocket players ever.
Serious? I heard Ronnie Allen telling the story about him on here but wasn’t sure how much was true...
@@pepperwestwood yep my grandfather was an excellent 3-cushion player. His high run was 17 on a 6 x 12 from what my father told me. My grandfather owned a pool room in Holland Michigan back in the 40s. My dad and uncle both played well also.
Nice compliment coming from ANOTHER one of the best all around players ever, Red that is.
I live in Grand Rapids where Harold worst was from I used to hear stories about him from the old timers in the pool halls especially an old pro player named George Ellis. Apparently Harold worst was the best of all time and no one could really beat him at any game he tried. He mastered every game he tried in quick order and gambled with anyone for any amount on his own dime. He would never use a backer and felt it minimized his confidence in his own game. He was always a gentleman and everyone liked him and feared playing him. He really only played as a serious professionally for a short time and died of brain cancer very young as he was hitting his prime.
Are you from Houston by chance? I know jersey red lived in Houston
WOW! It's nice to see great players of a long gone era, even though the picture is grainy and old. First time seeing Mr. Worst play as well as Mr Shorty. thanks you tube
Great music track. Anyone recognize it?
It's great to see a 9 ball game played with the old 2 foul rules instead of Texas Express.
Two shot push out is the way I learned real pool
Great music I see people talking about equipment some of the old crib it was very tough some of the old national tables and the steepletons played tough as tough as diamonds and they banked better now everybody has a predator Shaft or some other kind of crap and they control their balls 6 rails back in the day these guys draw their ball just fine with q's that our way inferior to what we have today and the quality of Q-tips now is severely better also so when people say these guys couldn't play or couldn't be anybody blah blah blah blah it just amazes me how many stupid people there are in the world
Really, only watched the suited guy with limited hair on his head play here. Stance and stroke are world class. Anyone who says this guy can't play is out of their mind.
Periods are free.
Great accompanying music.
Pretty amazing slow motion shot of Worst's final break. The nine ball sits in the middle with some massive energy and starts spinning back to the side. wow
the video quality makes it look that way, but it is actually kicked by another ball that becomes visible after it connects. 5:52
hAROLD WORST WAS BEST OF ALL TIME
HE WAS NEW TO GAMES BUT BEAT ALL THEW ORLD'S BEST ADN NEVER PLAYED THE GAMES
LISTEN TO RONNIE ALLEN ROAD STORIES ON HERE
Boston Shorty was my friend, he could play like the devil.
Thank you for the video enjoyed it very much. TV coverage of pool really hasn't changed much in all this time. Looks like the producer "lets switch to the person's face" so viewers can't see the table was used then like it is today.
He was definitely a world champion.. Another unsung hero was from Harlem New York Mr. Evans...
Worst is best ✌️
Awesome video 🔥🔥🔥
I believe that Worst was 3 cushin champ for like 10 0r 12 years.Also when even guys like lumpy were reluctant to play him.He is one of those extraordinary guys.Afew black guys who could'nt play tournament either.You only hear about or see what tv.covers.Like they know their ass from a hole in the ground.Lassiters road partner(can't remember his name offhand) was real good.Caras,Irving,Mez,Earl, .I saw Crane go 150 and out while his opponents collected cauleses on his ass and never got a shot.Like trying to argue who was best ball player.Look up Harold Worst.
dave legget you thinking of Don Willis that was his road partner you're right he was very good and the funny thing about it is Harold worst busted him and Irving crane is one of the best 9 ball players of all time but what they say it's worst was the best.
dave legget actually worst only started playing in his early 30s and died as champion of basically everything in his late 30s
Back in the days of push-out nine ball. Too bad this is the only footage of arguably the greatest all around cue sport athlete of all time!
I was about to ask if this where push-out nine ball...after he put the 9 in early and there was no ball-in-hand. This would be interesting to play today, probably too slow and tactical for modern rotation games.
Efren isn’t in this video. You’re going to confuse people. Worst gets honorable mention tho.
These guys would SMOKE all the players of today!
That's the best music on any YT video.
Agree, it has the sound of something I'll call jazz noir.
I love it when the young kids who never saw Harold play say that he would not be great today. Ronnie Allen who saw them all play said unequivocally that Harold was the best that ever lived.
Harold was world champion at 3 cushion and in the year he died he won one pocket, 9 ball and straight pool championships. and remember he was Willie Hoppe,s protege and never really played pocket pool.
utavatar I agree, I listened to Ronnie Allen tell the story about Harold being diagnosed with brain cancer and then winning 3 Cushion, Straight Pool, One Pocket and 9-Ball. He gets my vote for best all around.
Eddie Taylor, and Ralph greenleaf. IDK if the guys of this era were better as we have no one who has created stats to build a measure including variables. *** What I do know is that all champions past and present were exceptional at one pocket, and 3-cushion type games well before 8&9 ball in hand games. Making stats higher. They also mentored each other! I honestly wish I was never taught 8-ball and only taught rail/carom games first then 14.1. 20 years until I started to play these games and I was running back to back racks instead of sporadic racks after about a year. Using conceptually superior techniques, aiming with significantly more effective throttle and compensory accuracy. I had no better equipment or instruction and I'm over 40. If I learned this at 10 I would have been pro by 18 and that is no fantasy guessing postulate. Its related directly to how good I am now and what I have achieved numbers and trophy wise.
@@cry_now_laugh_later Correct as well as the equipment getting better and the overall standard of American pool players improving 👍🏾
Though in sports there is some one of a kind so naturally talented athletes that they would perform very highly in any era like Pele, Maradona, Jordan, Gretzky etc 👌🏾
Don't forget that Harold also won a snooker title.
oh get outta here with that. duh the tables are tougher but im sure these guys would have fit right in with all the champions of today.
I think in the days like in this flim they would regularly play on ten foot tables
Sadly this video showed Worst @4:43 missing the 9 ball. lol.
+Mitt Obama Isn't the short guy who ones sees running a few balls and missing the 9 Boston Shorty?
That's Shorty not Worst
None from that era ?
Mosconi ran 150 balls in his 50's.
Jack Ridge Johnny Ervolino ran 300+ in Vegas 6 months before he died almost 80 years old
doh!! I was going to ask, is that a rather high table! until I realized it was actually Boston shooting!!!! :)
Were all Rambo cues signed?
no offense, but this looks like thomas edison filmed it.
He did!😉
Very cool .
Nice Jazz score added.
Any idea what CD this jazz score is from? I'd like to buy it.
Do not know, but it is invigorating.
@@grantching2567 Jeff Curry "Take a Penny" is the first song
@@JardoniJovonovich , thanks so much--I bought the song!
Got any Denny shearcy on video
What's the song? Nice
who very recently won the bank pool at The Derby City? Larry Price, you think he is a pushover even after heart transplant.
he snapped the 9
Onesimus 747, Larry Price is dead now, so.....
Harald I think is my great great uncle that’s what my dad just told me
you have no idea, if anyone could have beat Efren for the cash it (an american) would prob have been "Wimpy". and one-pocket- Ronnie Allen. straight pool how about Mike Eufemia those guys would play as good or better on today's equipment and rules.
Onesimus747 buddy hall beat Efren playing for the cash in Houston and Efren told him that he never meest
@@HoosierRooster - Efren was already tired when he played Hall. Besides, Efren smoked all but Buddy Hall when he was in Houston.
50 yard line on the 9
Great vid. These guys really are not that good by today's standards. Pattern play sucked back then.
i'm surprised you haven't got a reply along the lines of "ooh you must've never seen Farty McPoolface back in the old days. best pattern player there ever was" from the nostalgics
that would make some of the stories even greater, to run 150 out with out good pattern play means more hard shots made.
Harold worst is my grandfather. Honestly he really is
Did you get the "pool genes"? Or did they skip a generation???
A semi pro I play with has 2 teenage boys, they got didn't get any "pool genes" from their dad; he just shakes his head when they shoot......😅
@@briangc1972 yes and no, im better than the average player. And i beat most of my friends, But billiards is just your basic geometry. And just tons of practice. He would practice 8 hours a day. I just play when opportunity comes.
Is Daniel Worst your brother?
Those pockets are HUGE!!
I say the fix was in on that 9 ball.
These old-school pool hustlers would have a rough time playing Earl, Albin, Jason, O’Sullivan and and of course Efren etc.
annoying music
Sorry but none of them would be "great" for to day, beause pool has developed so much
bullshit
You have NO idea.
Exactly, you have no idea!!🙄