European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ron Cisel prepares to run the table for the third straight time during his 53-Ball run Best in the tournament. Two spectators watch closely As the tension builds during the championship  id fashioned shootout continued from Page 11 playing for just three years admits the color of Money draws him to the game that sports purists still refuse to recognize As a sport. Quot off base there Are plenty of places that americans frequent Quot says Cisel an air Force sergeant who installs telephones at Rhein main a Germany. Quot you can always find Money games with  he Sasin his first 18 months of playing he won enough Cash to pay for a Brand new Dodge Dakota truck. Right now Cisel is concentrating on tournaments where he says he can play against More skilled competitors. Cisel pocketed $400 for winning the Heidelberg tournament. He also picked up $100 for having the longest run which is billiard s Lingo for balls sunk without a miss. The Howell mich., native knocked in 53 straight. A week earlier Cisel won the european Amateur open at Vogel Weh Germany and chalked up a 42-Ball run which earned him another $500. Quot i Haven t really gone out and played any of the German National champions or anything because i be been practising practising and practising but in about another year or two a a til Start going out and see if i can win some of these tournaments Quot Cisel says. Practising practising practising adds up to about five to six hours a Day Cisel says. And he s not shy about his goal. Quot yeah i want to be a world  to win the Heidelberg championship Cisel had to beat Hooker whom he says he had put Quot right up there next to one of those Pool  the pair had not faced off since Hooker beat Cisel at the . Air forces Europe championship 1 i years  a a a Quot this was really the first time he had beaten me in a tournament Quot says Hooker 35 and a technical sergeant from Sembach a. Quot i d beaten him every time before. Quot it was Tough. It was close. I had him really going. I did t win but i gave him fits before he beat  Cisel had forfeited an Early game because of an administrative mix up which meant he had to come up through the losers bracket to win the double elimination tournament. Scores in the final decisive games were 125-103 and 125-112. The shooters played 14.1 continuous pocket billiards sometimes called straight Pool. Hooker says this game with its 15 balls and Cue Ball is the Best test of a player s Talent. Quot the Best player does t always win eight Ball Quot. He claims referring to the Shorter game which uses seven balls per player and the Black 8-Ball. Hooker won $200 for finishing second in the Field of 25. Jim Kroll 37, an army staff sergeant from Wurzburg Germany took third place which involved no prize Money but that did t bother him. V. Quot we d come to one of these every week. Every one of us would if there was one Quot Kroll says noting the infrequency of tournaments and camaraderie among players. Quot you come Down Here and by the time you. Leave you know 20 new  Hooker says he once aspired to be a professional player but now he just plays for enjoyment. Quot you be got to be a top player otherwise you eat Steak one Day hamburger the next Quot Hooker says of turning pro. That s Why the manpower management analyst and his wife Cail will be shopping for Golf clubs and a Tennis Racket for their Newborn son Adam. Quot we re Gonna get him in the big Money sports Quot Hooker says. 12 stripes Magazine March 28, 1991