A Woman to Know: Masako Katsura
Men want to beat me. I play men six, seven hours a day. Men — they do not beat me. — Masako Katsura
(image via Wikimedia Commons)
As one billiards legend remembered her: "She was a mere slip of a thing, 5 feet tall and 96 pounds, but what a phenomenal billiard player! She was petite, polite, precise, feminine, charming, modest, entrancing and a scoring machine unlike any other."
Add to your library list:
Byrne's Advanced Technique in Pool and Billiards (Robert Byrne)
McGoorty: A Pool Room Hustler (Robert Byrne)
Read more:
The Wonderful World of Sport: A Big Week for Women Everywhere (Sports Illustrated)
Masako Katsura (West State Billiards)
"Lady with a Cue" (TIME)
A history of women's pool (Billiards Congress of America)
1961 sports information of the week (Sports Illustrated)
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