Jansco Bros. - Vintage Tee pool billiard The inventor of the Masse

The inventor of the Masse Shot was Captain Francois Mingaud

which had occupied the space in the 1980s

and bums” and providing “safe harbor at most hours of the night and morning

it burned down in 1949

Jansco Bros. - Vintage Tee pool billiard The inventor of the MassePool had suffered a major decline during the 50s culture of wholesome family idealism and in 1961 tournaments were virtually non existent. Yet this was also the year that the blockbuster movie, The Hustler, was released. And it just so happened that one of the eras biggest (and most vocal) pool hustlers lived near the small town of Johnston City, Illinois, home of the brothers George and Joe (better known as Paulie) Jansco. George was a pretty good