![]() He was called "The Red Devil" for exhibition events. Laurent was a colorful character who sometimes played exhibitions wearing a red cape and mask. Moore first partnered with a hustler and exhibition player names Ray St. Instead, he took his game on the road to attempt to make a living gambling. During the middle of the Great Depression, however, playing pool for trophies was not a luxury Moore could afford. He successfully defended that title in the following three years. Six months after he first started playing, Moore entered and won the 1929 Michigan State billiard championship. According to Moore, his high run in the game was 236 ball in a row. One point is scored for each ball sunk in a pocket that must be called by the player. Professional competition is often played to 150 points. ![]() The object is to reach a set number of points which is agreed before the game. In the game, a shooter may attempt to pocket any ball on the table (but the cue ball). Then, it was overtaken by "faster" games such as nine-ball. Straight pool was the game of championship pocket billiards competition until approximately the 1980s. national snooker champion, and came in second at the 1961 First Annual World's One-Pocket Billiards Tournament in Johnston City, Illinois. In fact, in later years Moore become U.S. He did, however, play other billiard games. This was the main game he competed at during his career. Specifically, the game he loved was straight pool (14.1 continuous). According to Moore, he immediately fell in love with the game. Moore first picked up a cue stick at Car Barns, playing on the single 4 x 8 foot pool table the bowling alley had. For a time he achieved a 233 bowling average. In 1928 at 18 years of age, Moore took a job as a pinsetter at Car Barns, a local bowling alley, earning six cents a line. "Cowboy" Jimmy Moore, Billiards Digest (1999) I was a pretty good pitcher-I played in the minors for Belle Isle, out of Detroit-but I didn't think I could make a living at it. I thought about trying to become a pro but I figured there wasn't any money in it. I was shooting in the '70s soon after I took up golf. He once bowled a perfect game, and was a good golfer. He was a Triple-A level baseball player in the minor leagues. He was very good at gambling games and was a naturally gifted athlete. Moore ran card games and pursued other games of chance. There, he found other ways of making money. His family moved to Detroit when he was 13. He worked at many jobs including as a cotton picker earning 35 cents per 100 pound, managing a fruit stand, and delivering newspapers. He began working at a young age to supplement his family's income. He was the son of a Georgia blacksmith, sheriff and streetcar conductor. James William Moore was born on Septem on a farm in Troup County, Georgia, just outside the City of Hogansville. He was honored by election to the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame, the International Pocket Billiards Hall of Fame, and the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame. He did so for the movie My Living Doll, and the Jerry Lewis movie The Family Jewels. Moore also worked as a technical adviser for scenes in television and film that showed pool. He was also known for his unusual pool style, which included wearing cowboy clothing, and an unusual way of using his pool cue when he was hitting ball-a technique known as a "slip stroke". He was a feared road player (a player who hustled while traveling across the United States). Moore was known for playing in straight pool exhibitions. He won the United States National Pocket Billiards Championship in 1958, the National Invitation Pocket Billiards Championship in 1965, and the Legends of Pocket Billiards competition in 1984. ![]() He came in second at the World Championship five times while playing the best in the world such as Willie Mosconi, Irving Crane and Luther Lassiter. He won the Michigan State Billiard Championship four times. Moore was an excellent athlete at other sports. He is best known for his skill in the game of straight pool (14.1 continuous). He was originally from Troup County, Georgia, and lived for much of his life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cowboy Jimmy Moore (Septem– November 17, 1999), born James William Moore, was a world famous American pocket billiards (pool) player.
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