He used to run a small gymnasium over a poolroom on Fourteenth Street, near Luchow's, and he still owns it. |
When he wanted to go further, he charmed his way into pickup lessons from the professionals who hung out in the local poolroom. |
Jake, who's been itching to lambaste the man, says 's-far's he can see, it was the poolroom man who did all the talking. |
Plagued by dental trouble and outflanked by rapidly evolving jazz styles, he died in obscurity while working as a poolroom marker. |
I don't mean to brag, but I know the location of every poolroom in the city! |
Throughout the day, people play cards or leisurely shoot some stick in the poolroom. |