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1982 World 3 Cushion Championship

Guayaquil, Ecuador. May 21-30, 1982

From the notes of Carl Conlon (Purchased by Deno J. Andrews): The event was the 37th World Championship of 3-cushion billiards. The venue was the basketball gym of the college of San Jose De LaSalle, which seated 1,500 . Tournament played on three Breton tables from France. Tables featured 6" steel I-beam construction and 2.5" slates. Cloth was Simonis Super Roulant cloth, San Michel cushions and Super Aramith balls. Tables lighted by eight foot flourescent fixtures with three tubes each. Tournament conditions were difficult for the majority of the players. The arena was open to the outside. Temperatures inside the playing arena rose above 80 degrees with greater than 80% humidity. Also, noise from traffic made it difficult to concentrate.

Place	Name	Points	Innings	H.R.	B.G.	Average	Game Pts.
1	Rini van Bracht, Holland	641	614	15	1.463	1.043	19
2	Yoshio Yoshihara, Japan	603	526	12	1.764	1.146	16
3	Carlos Hallon, U.S.A.	631	581	9	1.810	1.086	13
4	Jose Viteri, Ecuador	621	672	8	1.200	.924	13
5	Frank Torres, U.S.A.	622	729	8	1.500	.853	13
6	Gilberto Avalos, Mexico	575	530	13	1.500	1.084	12
7	Tatuo Arai, Japan	600	590	11	1.676	1.016	10
8	Dieter Muller, Germany	590	608	12	1.420	.970	10
9	Luis Doyharzabal, Argentina	568	607	11	1.200	.935	10
10	Humberto Suguimizo, Peru	579	654	8	1.176	.885	8
11	Alonso Ulloa, Ecuador	447	694	6	1.000	.644	6
12	Jorge Rubio, Ecuador	479	657	7	.838	.729	2

Tournament Grand Average- .931

Also from Carl Conlon's notes was an interesting observation that illustrates how important Richard Helmstetter's cues were to the billiard world. Of the twelve players in the tournament, ten of them played with Helmstetter cue sticks. The two American players, Hallon and Torres, were playing with Schuler Cues.

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