Show f. f 1 I. I A 1 y Welcome Back Jack Back Jack 5 t 31 i By David Paul Barnes Tr p 1 r On M March 9 1931 in in New York York City a genius was born Taught g t at at age 8 by his uncle Bill Clearwater and nd his father professional pool p player ayer Jack White is by far the best bestin in the world He tie spent the week of January 15 11 teaching the Salt Lake Community College students how to improve their game by byr r reading ading the dots or the diamonds t on the table table Jack has been playing pool ever since he learned how His most influential player is the late Ralph Greenleaf Jack is quoted as saying He was the greatest player whoever who whoever whoever ever ever lived Jack has defeated Minnesota Fats at least four times and d has played and defeated Willie Mosconi once at the the- Rocky Marcianos Marciano's Bowling Alley in West Hollywood Florida on October 6 1962 1962 t White does doe about bout 1000 shows a c year year and has has played on aircraft carriers carriers in th the White House for several several Presidents and has even even p performed for the Queen of England His favorite shot is the Handkerchief shot which he 7 invented He places six balls around the e eight ball and pla places es a handkerchief handkerchief handkerchief chief over the top of them He then I t i il l I in I r C 1 t F i cF c 1 r I 1 a. a i T t W f. f 1 i iJ l J J. J Ie f Q asks a member of the audience to pick a pocket f for r the eight ball to drop and then shoots the eight ballin ballin ball ballin in th the chosen pocket It is more more e enjoyable to watch than anything he says In order to perfect their game his advice e to future pool players is they must have discipline concentration and it doesn't hurt to have Tina Tina was a girl who walked mb the College Center Game Room a at the time of the interview He even made a point to scream I I 1 LOVE TINA to everybody in the game room Of course Tina isn't his only Jove ove His other interest besides pool is people Hes He's quoted as assaying as assaying s' s saying I love people That's probably why my show is so successful Jack is also an authority in snooker and billiards as well as pool Says he Snooker originated in England and is played with small L. L t Y T. T f pockets fifteen red balls and six striped balls numbered from two to seven Billiards is play played d with no pockets and p pool ol is played on a 4 2 1 x 9 foot table with slightly larger pockets than snooker In addition to playing pool professionally professionally pro pro- Jack has appeared in countless numbers of movies and also has a book coming out entitled Let Us to fo Billiards Away with Jack White The next stop stop- on the tour touris is in Las Vegas Nevada evada atthe Deseret Inn He will be appearing in 44 states and seven countries which started January 1 and ends June 10 The Utah leg runs from Ogden to Murray He plans to play pool until he dies I love the game and I love the people And let mesay me mesay mesay say this year as I have in the past the students at Salt Lake Community College are outstanding ing |