Lupe Cruz Dominates in Minneapolis
Top 3: Fred Lamers (2nd), Lupe Cruz (1st), Tom (Dr. Cue) Rossman (3rd)
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By Fred Lamers
The Minneapolis Billiard Club Fall Classic Tournament lived up to its name on October1-3.
Eighteen players from 5 states came to do battle on our Verhoevens to see who would find their way to victory. In the 1st bracket Fred Lamers went 5-0 to win the top spot and Bob Jacobson from Marshalltown, IA finished with a record of 3-2 as did Tim Gardner, but Bob had beat Tim with 4 more points in his losses. The 2nd flight saw Robert Byrne go undefeated and Gary Eake making the finals with a 3-2 record just beating out Mike Leimer for the second spot in their flight.
The last flight was tough with Lupe Cruz from Des Moines, IA winning 5 staight and "Dr.Cue" Tom Rossman going 4-1 to fill out the finals bracket.
On Saturday night the Minneapolis Billiard Club served up the chow with chicken and ribs from George Bissonnettes' Choo Choo restaurant. We played the first two rounds of the finals after the meal on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning as the finals continued, Tom Rossman defeated Bob Byrne in fifteen innings for the tournaments best game of 1.667. By early afternoon the finals bracket was becoming very interesting with Lupe Cruz being 3-0, Tom Rossman also being 3-0, and Bob Byrne being 3-1. It was time for Lamers to play Rossman and Fred managed a victory of 25-12 to leave Rossman at 3-1 and Lamers with 2-2.
Next up was Lamers and Cruz, and Lamers' victory against Cruz guaranteed Lamers second place with a record of 3-2 and a record of 46 points in his two losses. That set the stage for Cruz and Rossman both being 3-1. The winner of that match would win the tournament and the loser would get third place. Lupe Cruz, being a very skilled player, won the match and the tournament with 25-14 in 25 innings.
The Minneapolis Billiard Club would like to thank the following for their contributions to make our tournament payouts well above average: Mickey Campbell, Paul Fritzam, Rene DuCret, Jim Larson, Matt Lind, Bob Jewett, David Levine, and Joe Becker with Progressive Lending. And for making the tournament run so smoothly, a big thanks to Mike Pratt, Richard Fox, Dave Coan, and George Bissonnette. Thank you to all of the players, you all make this the huge success that it is.
Finalists: Lupe Cruz, Fred Lamers, Robert Byrne, Gary Eake, Bob Jacobson, Tom Rossman
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Prelims:
Flight A
Flight B
Flight C
Finals
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4th Annual
FALL CLASSIC
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
@ Minneapolis Billiard Club
October 1st -3rd , 2010
Limited to 18 players. 20 or 25 point games in the prelims depending upon number of players. Finals will be 25 point games.
Must be USBA member to play.
$105 entry fee-100% payback-money will be added.
Advancement to finals based on W/L, total points, head to head.
Players meeting will be held on
Friday, October 1st at 10am.
Have entries in by September 22nd
Send to:
Minneapolis Billiard Club
1101 Stinson Blvd. NE
Minneapolis. MN 55413
Contact info: Fred Lamers
Fred.lamers@yahoo.com
(763)300-6370
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