Bensinger's Chicago IL USA - Embroidered Snapback Hat Color:Dark Grey out behind their nightclub

out behind their nightclub

but as legitimately skilled players

on Randolph opposite the Oriental Theatre

he got tagged with the nickname ‘Wimpy’ during his baseball career

each with no less than forty tables

Bensinger's Chicago IL USA - Embroidered Snapback Hat Color:Dark Grey out behind their nightclubBensingers Pool Hall was the inspiration for the movie The Hustler (1961) starring Paul Newman. The pool hall had beautiful side lighting. As it fell on the host of characters office workers, serious players, blue collar guys and pool sharks alike . Chicago was once one of the preeminent pool hotspots in the United States. Though New York had, at the towering height of pool's popularity in the 1920s, up to 5,000 poolrooms, at least one eyewitness said