Yes - of course hustling in the context of pool takes on that meaning.

You can cleave things apart, yet you can cleave things together. Words have different meanings depending on context.

Look at the actual definition of the word Hustle in M&W. The way hustle was used in the article was a more common usage of the word than as a con.

transitive verb

1 a : to crowd or push roughly : jostle, shove had been hustled into a jail cell with the other protesters

  b :  to convey forcibly or hurriedly grabbed him by the arm and hustled him out the door — John Dos Passos

  c :  to urge forward precipitately hustling tourists from one museum to the next

2 a : to obtain by energetic activity —usually used with up hustle up new customers try to hustle up some tickets to tonight's game hustling up some grub

  b :  to sell something to or obtain something from (someone) by energetic and especially underhanded activity :  swindle hustling the suckers an elaborate scam to hustle the elderly

  c :  to sell or promote energetically and aggressively hustling a new product

  d :  to lure less skillful players into competing against oneself at (a gambling game) hustle pool

intransitive verb

1: shove, press

2: hasten, hurry you'd better hustle if you want to catch the bus

3 a : to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business our quartet was out hustling … and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over — Louis Armstrong

  b :  to obtain money by fraud or deception

  c :  to engage in prostitution

4: to play a game or sport in an alert aggressive manner She's not the most talented player on the team, but she always hustles.