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Billiard Boys

Billiard Boys

circa 1950: Kinrey Matsuyama, the Junior 18.2 Billiard Champion, and Welker Cochran of California, who meets World Champion Willie Hoppe next month to challenge him for the title, playing at the Strand Academy, New York City.

In this photo: Welker Cochran, Kinrey Matsuyama

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Nov 01, 1950
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