14.1 vs. Straight Pool...

[Yuppie]

I thought they were the same game, but apparently, Billiards Digest thinks otherwise.

http://www.billiardsdigest.com/news/display_article?id=339

"The versatile Kelly won titles in four different games during his career: one-pocket, 14.1, straight pool, and three-cushion."

[L.S. Dennis]

As far as I know 14.1 and straight pool are one and the same. Either there is a typo or there is something I don't know. If so someone please enlighten me!

[snook]

i would imagine their calling 'rotation' 'straight pool' ive heard it called that a time or two before, just a thought.

[Hopster]

As far as I know 14.1 and straight pool are one and the same. Either there is a typo or there is something I don't know. If so someone please enlighten me! <--L.S.

Got to be a typo. Either that or i been playing the wrong game for all these years, and with me anythings possible. /ccboard/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[pooldaddy9]

Yes, they have to be talking about rotation.

[RedHell]

Here we call straight pool a form of 14.1 where when all the balls a pocket (not leaving .1) they are spotted in one straight line (15 balls) from the spot and the inning continues instead of racking them back after 14.

Alain Martel was a marvelous straight pool player.

[Wally_in_Cincy]

<blockquote><font class="small">Quote Yuppie:</font><hr> "The versatile Kelly won titles in four different games during his career: one-pocket, 14.1, straight pool, and three-cushion." <hr /></blockquote>

According to this month's BD Eddie Kelly won both 9-ball and 1P one year at Johnston City (1969?). He came out of retirement in the mid-80's and won a 3C tournament. Then in the early 90's he won a 1P tournament, beating, among others, Cornbread Red and Keith McCready.