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Willie Mosconi 1st World billiards title...
Willie Mosconi 1st World billiards title...
Item # 636303
April 08, 1941
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 8, 1941
* Willie Mosconi's 1st billiards title
* World Straight Pool Championships
The sport's section (page 34) has small & somewhat discrete one column headings: "MOSCONI CLINCHES TITLE"
"Gains Pocket Billiard Crown by Victory Over Lauri" First report coverage on Willie Mosconi's very 1st World Straight Pool Championship title. Rare to find reports on billiards in newspapers, probably the reason for the small, somewhat discrete report here. Still a historic 1st report on one the most famous pool players in the history of the sport. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not. Rare as such.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 52 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton & linen content, allowing the issues to remain very white & sturdy into the present. Given the subscription cost, libraries & institutions rather than individuals were the primary subscribers of these high-quality editions. Nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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