Greenleaf, Ralph
American billiards player
born Nov. 3, 1899, Monmouth, Ill., U.S.
died March 15, 1950, Philadelphia, Pa.
world champion American pocket-billiards (pool (pocket billiards)) player from 1919 through 1924 and intermittently from 1926 to 1937. His great skill and colourful personality made him a leading American sports figure of the 1920s.As a boy Greenleaf attained prominence by defeating Bennie Allen, at that time (1913–15) the world pocket billiards champion, in an exhibition match at Monmouth. In Detroit, Mich., in 1929 he made a run of 126 (a record for championship play on a table measuring 5 by 10 ft 【152 by 305 cm】), to regain the world title from Frank Taberski in only two innings. In an exhibition he achieved a record run of 269.
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