
Hal is a straight pool enthusiast who has made trips to Chicago before most notably, whenever Danny Diliberto was in town to give lessons. The rest of our 15 man field was rounded out by local guys from the Greater Chicago area.Įd Latimer, who has been a straight pool fixture in Chicago forever started out with a match against one of the Ohio fellows, Hal Johns.

We had Hal Johns and Peter Hull coming in from Ohio this year and we had Jim Colling making the trip from Texas as well as Ron Dobosenski and Robert Crawford coming down from Madison Wisconsin all for the second straight year. Most of the usual suspects were there, but a few out of towners showed up to take a shot at the biggest straight pool event in the world. Official media partners are, Pool & Billiard Magazine, & tech support by Gotham City Technologies. Bottom left is Bob Cozzolino The World Tournament will be live streamed on AZBTV.

Top left is owner John Lavin, to his right the undefeated champ Ron Dobosenski. Charles Eames of Charles Eames Photography, Frank Scharbach of Frank’s Billard Cafe, and the National Amateur Pool League. The World Tournament Official Equipment include Viking Cue with all matches played on Andy Cloth. As usual, a star studded field is expected this year at Steinway Billiards Cafe, who is once more hosting this world class event. Dragon Promotions is pleased to keep the oldest billiard event in the world alive with the 75th production on July 13th-19th, 2015. The main event will take place once more in New York City. Players all over the United States will be able to take their chance to win a spot into the grand slam of straight pool! Each qualifier winner will be guaranteed a minimal of 6 round robin matches in the finale main event.

For the 10th year in a row, qualifiers will be held nationwide for the 75th edition of The World Tournament of 14.1. Longtime 14.1 specialists Ron Dobosenski of Wisconsin and Chicago’s Bob Cozzolino took the top honors. New Post on Chicago Winners: Dobosenski & Cozzolino Head to the Andy Cloth World Tournament of 14.1 New York City, NY – The first qualifier for the 2015 Andy Cloth World Tournament of 14.1 took place Saturday, Jat Red Shoes Billiards in Alsip, Illinois for the 7th straight year.
