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Taberski, Francis
World's Pocket Billiard champion. Born 1890 in Stuyvesant Falls, N.Y. Won championship in billiards in 1916 in Chicago, Ill, and in 1917. 1918, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929. Won 307 consecutive 100 point games. Held the world's high run record for an exhibition game at 271. Has never been beaten in a world's championship challenge match --competing in 20 of them. Deceased.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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