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Irving Crane
Irving Crane (November 13, 1913 – November 17, 2001), nicknamed "the Deacon",〔Pool & Billiard Magazine (1996-2003). (P&B's Daily News: ESPN Classic, TV schedule for Nov. 15, 2005 ). Retrieved November 22, 2006.〕 was an American pool player from Livonia (near Rochester), New York,〔Billiard Congress America (1995-2005). (BCA Hall of Fame Inductees: 1977 - 1984 ). Retrieved November 22, 2006.〕 and ranks among the stellar players in the history of the sport.〔OnePocket.org (2004). (Rack 'em up with Danny DiLiberto ). Retrieved November 22, 2006.〕〔Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery (1997). The Friends of Mount Hope Newsletter, Volume 17, Number 1. (Boston Shorty, a.k.a. Morton Goldberg (1916-1996): One of the Greatest Pool Players ) by Richard O. Reisem. Retrieved November 22, 2006.〕 Considered one of the all-time greats,〔"The Gentleman is a Champ", by Bruce Venzke, ''The National Billiard News'', January 1979. Retrieved June 17, 2007〕 he is most well known for his mastery in the game of straight pool (14.1 continuous) at which he won numerous championships, including six world billiards titles.〔Billiards Digest (2000). ''A Rusty Game? Are today's players out of stroke when it comes to 14.1?'' by Bob Jewett. Billiards Digest Magazine. July 2000 issue, pages 22-24.〕
==Early life==
Crane's fascination with billiards started at age 11, sparked by play on a toy pool table his brother received as a Christmas gift. Showing interest and ability, his father Scott Crane, a trial lawyer and sportsman, and his mother, a high school teacher, soon replaced their dining room table with a 4' by 8' pool table.〔 He soon ventured out of the home to practice a couple days each week at Olympic Billiards, a room that was part of a bowling alley in Scottsville, a suburb of Rochester, New York.〔"The Last of a Rare Breed", by T.S. O'Connell, page 29, ''Snap Magazine''. Retrieved August 4, 2007〕 Crane stated in 1998: "Other kids, you know they'd play for twenty minutes or half an hour and they'd say, 'let's do something else.' I could play all day and never get enough. I couldn't wait to get home from school to play."〔
Crane's status as a wunderkind was quickly evident; although he was entirely self-taught, at 14 he ran 89 balls in straight pool at a local pool room, calling each shot in advance, as is mandatory in straight pool. Following this feat, his parents replaced the smaller table with a full size tournament table. Over the next ten years some of the best players of the era, including Willie Hoppe and Andrew Ponzi, came to practice with the promising champion.〔 Despite consistent play throughout his teenage years, Crane did not enter any tournaments until he was 23 years old.〔
In February 1939, at age 26, Crane 150 balls against his opponent in an exhibition straight pool match on a difficult 5' by 10' table in Layton, Utah. While this was impressive in and of itself, at the crowd's urging, he continued his run, ultimately pocketing 309 consecutive balls thus shattering the previous world record of 244 consecutive balls.〔〔R.S.B. (rec.sport.billiard). Date of copyright unlisted. (Q and A with Michael Ian Shamos, founder and curator of the Biliard Archive ). Retrieved November 22, 2006.〕
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