Billiards: its theory and practice, to which are added the rules and regulations of the various games, and pool |
Common terms and phrases
1.-Play with ball adversary adversary's ball ball D ball F ball fair ball quite fair ball with ball baulk-line breaking the balls CANON 1.-Play canon on ball CANONS BY PLAIN centre pocket coloured balls cushions on ball double hazard foul stroke game is played half ball hand top pocket hazard in corner hazard in left hazard in right inches Instructions for Diagram left cushion loses one point loses three points losing hazard marker middle pockets moderate strength nearest ball object-ball a half object-ball a three-quarter object-ball with ball PLAIN ANGLES Play softly play the stroke Play with ball pool Pyramid Pool quarter ball red ball right cushion right hand top right side Spot your ball Strike ball strike the object Strike the object-ball striker hole striker play striker pocket STROKE 1.-Strike ball three-quarter ball top corner pocket top cushion two-third ball white ball winning and losing winning hazard wrong ball
Popular passages
Page 39 - A life is lost by a ball being pocketed, or forced off the table by the adversary. 7. Should the striker pocket the ball he plays at, and by the same stroke pocket his own, or force it over the table, HE loses the life, and not the person whose ball he pocketed.
Page 38 - ... measurement must be made from his ball to the others, and in both cases it must be decided by the marker, or by the majority of the company; but should the distances be equal, then the parties must drow lots.
Page 40 - If a ball or balls are in the way of a striker's cue, so that he cannot play at his ball, he can have them taken up. 14. When the striker takes a life, he may continue to play on as long as he can make a hazard, or until the balls are all off the table ; in which latter case he plays from the baulk, or places his ball on the spot, as at the commencement.
Page 40 - If the striker should move another ball whilst in the act of striking his own ball, the stroke is considered foul ; and if, by the same stroke, he pocket a ball, or force it off the table, the owner of that ball does not lose a life, and the ball must be placed on its original spot, but if, by that stroke, he should pocket his own ball, or forces it off the table, he loses a life.
Page 18 - ... 10. If by a foul stroke, the striker lioles his own or both balls, or forces his own or both balls over the table, or on a cushion, he loses two points." 11. He who does not play as far as his adversary's ball, loses one, or his adversary may oblige him to pass the ball, more especially in giving a miss ; or, he can, if he choose, make him replace the ball, and play until he has passed it. 12. If the striker plays with a wrong hall he loses the lead, if his adversary requires it.
Page 29 - ... of them, without first playing out of the baulk, the adversary has the option of letting the balls remain as they are, and scoring a miss, — of having the...
Page 30 - NB The principle which ought to govern the decision of the marker in such a case is this, namely, that the striker's butt must quit his ball before it comes in contact with the other ball.
Page 28 - ... or hazard be made thereby, the adversary may have the balls broken ; but if nothing be made by the stroke...
Page 24 - All misses must bo given with the point of the cue, and the ball struck only once ; if otherwise given, the adversary may claim it as a foul stroke, and enforce the penalty, — make the striker play the stroke over again, — or have the ball replaced.
Page 18 - ... hole his own, he loses the lead. 3. If the leader follow his ball, with either mace or cue, beyond the middle pocket, it is no lead, and his adversary may, if he choose, insist on his leading again.