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adversary amusement angle axis baulk billiard player billiard room billiard table called carom game carom on ball carom table cause central line centre COLLENDER commence corner pocket count cue-positions curve dead full diagram effect a carom forfeits forfeiture foul stroke gains game of billiards hand hit the object-ball hole horizontal illustrate imparted inches ject-ball jump kiss knocked lead leave the balls lines marked losing hazard lower cushion mace marker Michael Phelan motion novice object occupied opponent opponent's ball person placed play on ball player plays player's ball pocket table points pool spot position private ball privilege quantities of power red ball retrograding motion rotate rules scene score semicircle shot SIDE STROKE strength strike the cue-ball strike the object-ball striker's ball striking the cue stroke is foul struck three-ball Timon of Athens tion touched twist two-ball pool white ball wrong ball
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Page 242 - If, before a star, two or more balls are pocketed by the same stroke, including the ball played at, each having one life, the owner of the ball first struck has the option of starring; but should he refuse, and more than one remain, the persons to whom they belong must draw lots for the star.
Page 240 - If the striker miss the ball he ought to play at, and strike another ball, and pocket it, he loses a life, and not the person whose ball he pocketed; in which case, the striker's ball must be taken off the table, and both balls should remain in hand, until it be their turn to play.
Page 242 - If the striker should have his next player's ball removed, and stop on the spot it occupied, the next player must give a miss from the baulk to any part of the table he thinks proper, for which miss he does not lose a life.
Page 242 - After making a hazard, if the striker should take up his ball, or stop it before it has done running, he cannot claim the life, or the hazard, from the person whose ball was pocketed; it being possible that his own ball might have gone into a pocket if he had not stopped it.
Page 240 - When a ball or balls touch the striker's ball, or are in a line between it and the ball he has to play at, so that it will prevent him hitting any part of the object-ball, they must be taken up until the stroke be played, and after the balls have ceased running they must be replaced.
Page 241 - 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 219 - 28. If the adversary do not see the striker play with the wrong ball, or, seeing it, do not choose to enforce the penalty, the marker is bound to score all the points that may have been made by the stroke. 29. If the striker's ball be in hand, and the other two balls within the baulk, and should he,
Page 216 - 13. All misses must be 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 217 - When the red ball is pocketed or off the table, and the spot on which it should stand is occupied by the white ball, it must be placed in a corresponding situation at the other end of the table; but if that should
Page 217 - also by the other white ball, it must be placed in the centre of the table, immediately between the two middle pockets; and wherever it is placed there it must remain, until it be played or the game be over. 19.