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... Balk LinE HISTORY XXV . - I WIN THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP At 18.2 . XXVI . - GOLDEN DAYS !. • 115 · 120 · 125 129 XXVII . - I PLAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE BE- FORE PRESIDENT TAFT AND CABINET HIS XXVIII . - I MAKE A WORLD'S RECORD RUN XXIX ...
... Balk LinE HISTORY XXV . - I WIN THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP At 18.2 . XXVI . - GOLDEN DAYS !. • 115 · 120 · 125 129 XXVII . - I PLAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE BE- FORE PRESIDENT TAFT AND CABINET HIS XXVIII . - I MAKE A WORLD'S RECORD RUN XXIX ...
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... balk line , the recognized professional test for billiard players . At every opportunity , I had the lines drawn on the table and practised under the balk line restrictions . In the game of 14.2 which was standard at that time , the ...
... balk line , the recognized professional test for billiard players . At every opportunity , I had the lines drawn on the table and practised under the balk line restrictions . In the game of 14.2 which was standard at that time , the ...
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... balk - line , twenty points of three cushions and a dozen games of rouge , or red ball . Upon our arrival in Paris , Mr. Kammerer took me to the manager of the Olympia , and when the in- troductions were accomplished , he arranged for ...
... balk - line , twenty points of three cushions and a dozen games of rouge , or red ball . Upon our arrival in Paris , Mr. Kammerer took me to the manager of the Olympia , and when the in- troductions were accomplished , he arranged for ...
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... balk line , we changed the game , as is the French custom , and played three - cushion caroms and red ball . The referee counted the points in French , " un , deux , trois , " etc. Along toward the end of the game he would say , " et ...
... balk line , we changed the game , as is the French custom , and played three - cushion caroms and red ball . The referee counted the points in French , " un , deux , trois , " etc. Along toward the end of the game he would say , " et ...
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... balk line matches at the Paris academies early in the after- noon , but these were desultory affairs . The real activity commenced between four and five . At that hour your Parisian sportsman is returning to the boulevards from the ...
... balk line matches at the Paris academies early in the after- noon , but these were desultory affairs . The real activity commenced between four and five . At that hour your Parisian sportsman is returning to the boulevards from the ...
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