Was the masked pool player the best of all time?

Question

i remember hearing a story sometime ago about a masked pool player from years back dominating pool is this tru and if so does anyone have info on this mysterious man

Answer 1

Frank Longtoe ( 1871-1949) was "The Masked Marvel,"  a well dressed Pocket Billiards

Player, who always wore a mask and was never photographed without his mask.  The masked

Marvel accepted  all challenges including Ralph Greenleaf.  In 1931, Ripley's Believe It Or Not,

features him as "The Best Player in the World," winning 1500 out of 1512 games over a 3

years period.  The masked marvel was known to keep company with Kid Sheehan. Frank later

changed his last name to Lanctan.

Frank "Kid" Sheehan (1885-1952) was a Bantam weight Prizefighter.  His boxed in 409 bouts

from 1900-1925, winning many if not most of his fights in Massachusetts, Vermont, New York,

Nova Scotia and Quebec, often accepting matches as a way to visit his Abenaki relatives.

Answer 2

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