Steve Cook
Sherm Adamson
rep, Steve "Cookie Monster" Cook, former one pocket champion, passed in his
sleep last night! He will surely be missed. Rest in peace, Steve! God Bless!
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>rep, Steve "Cookie Monster" Cook, former one pocket champion, passed in his
>sleep last night! He will surely be missed. Rest in peace, Steve! God Bless!
Steve was a great all-around player. I remember when he faced off against Miz
back in '91 at one of Grady's Legends tournaments and the commentators taping
the match got flustered more than once because they couldn't just call the
incoming player "Steve".
sam
Looked fairly young to me. Man, we are losing people right and left. What
a shame. :o( Sincerely, Sam
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Shayne
he played just fine he didn't very well. He even feel asleep at
one point while I was shooting. He'll be missed.
Shayne
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sdill...@ljbinc.com (Shayne)
played just fine he didn't very well. He even feel asleep at one point
while I was shooting. He'll be missed.
Shayne
(*<~ Jesus, you killed him.
at least I always kept him AWAKE when we spent time together.....
imo
Doug
~>*(((>< Big fish eat Little fish ><)))*<~
Mike Page
sdill...@ljbinc.com (Shayne) wrote:
> Sad news indeed. I played him Monday night at airway and although
> he played just fine he didn't very well. He even feel asleep at
> one point while I was shooting. He'll be missed.
>
> Shayne
>
While visiting Dayton a few years ago, I played the Monday night Airway
tournament [great, long-running, $5 entry, race-to-3/2 weekly nineball
tournament with all levels of players]. Anyway, I was sitting at the
bar eating the good food watching the accustats 1-pocket match on the
TV. I commented on the shot selections a few times to the older
gentleman sitting next to me, and we had a nice conversation. Then at
one point while looking at the screen he said something like "Here I
should have... " I took a better look, and sure enough I was talking to
Steve the Cookee Monster Cook, who I was also watching on the TV. Very
nice man. Sad to hear the news of his death.
Shayne
Nope, he beat me, putting me out of the tournament. If I
would have sent him home it might feel a little wierd, so
I'm happy to say I wasn't the last to play him. I was kicking
myself all the way home thinking, here's my chance to get by
a true champ since he was looking way off. But no, I might
as well have said (when tapping on his shoulder) "excuse me
Mr. Cook, could you wake up now and make this zig-zag, 7 foot,
2-9 combo and send me home". :)
I've only been aquanted with Steve for a couple of years. He
was always very polite and played with a great deal of sportsmanship.
I was recently shocked to find out he was only 56, most people
would have bet good money that he was in his 70's. I know
that making a living on the pool table isn't the easiest road
to go down, but he always seemed content and happy to me. I
send out well wishes to all his close friends and family.
Shayne
lfigueroa
It was several years ago when my wife's mother was suffering through the
advanced stages of Alzheimer's and we were making frequent trips to Dayton.
I met him on one of our trips, at Airway Billiards, and he gave me his home
phone number in case I was ever in town and wanted to play.
He offered lessons at $25 an hour, but if you went for two hours, he'd go
three. In all honesty, the lessons weren't much in terms of a formal
structure. It was more of an opportunity to play the man -- a bona fide
one pocket legend -- and ask him anything I wanted. So I tried to take
advantage of the opportunity and pick his brain: why did you choose that
shot instead of that one; what would you do here; is it better to go
behind the stack, or up table in this situation; how do you hit that
shot...
In between games of one pocket and my endless stream of questions, he told
me road stories, talked about other players he'd known, and lamented that
he'd lost the knack of playing straight pool, "Can't see the patterns
anymore." I would say hello to him each year at the US Open One Pocket
Tournament, when that event was running up in Kalamazoo, MI, and one year we
warmed up, playing for small stakes. He was a soft spoken gentleman who had
moved back to Lima, OH (from FL?) to take care of his mother. He was one
of the greatest pool players of all time. And when I told my wife today
that "the Cookie Monster" had passed, she knew who I was speaking of and
said, "Oh no. How sad."
Yes, it is.
Lou Figueroa
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Ed S
company and his game. I watched him for hours. I sure hope they have pool tables
up their. Rest in peace.
EdS
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dalecue
lfigueroa wrote in message ...
>Steve Cook is the only guy I've ever paid for pool lessons.
>
>It was several years ago when my wife's mother was suffering through the
>advanced stages of Alzheimer's and we were making frequent trips to Dayton.
>I met him on one of our trips, at Airway Billiards, and he gave me his home
>phone number in case I was ever in town and wanted to play.
>
>He offered lessons at $25 an hour, but if you went for two hours, he'd go
>three. In all honesty, the lessons weren't much in terms of a formal
>structure. It was more of an opportunity to play the man -- a bona fide
>one pocket legend -- and ask him anything I wanted. So I tried to take
>advantage of the opportunity and pick his brain: why did you choose that
>shot instead of that one; what would you do here; is it better to go
>behind the stack, or up table in this situation; how do you hit that
>shot...
>
>In between games of one pocket and my endless stream of questions, he told
>me road stories, talked about other players he'd known, and lamented that
>he'd lost the knack of playing straight pool, "Can't see the patterns
>anymore."
this may not be news, but Steve was a top level straight pool player,
ran 100s at the drop of a hat, tho he started as a nine ball champ,
<according too Todd at Airway,Steve beat some guy named Lasiter back-to-back
in the finals to win the old Pik Wik tourney in Dayton>
He won the Stardust<sister event to the Johston City tourney>
all-around title circa 70 - 71 - consisting of, IIRC, nineball, one pocket,
and straight pool.
Dale