Billiards, by captain Crawley |
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adversary adversary's ball amateur angle bagatelle ball be struck ball is placed ball lying ball struck balls touch baulk line betting billiard player billiard table bricole Canon Game canons and hazards certainty CHAPTER coloured balls corner pocket course cramp strokes DAVID BRYCE diagram divided ball dividing both balls dividing the object doublet effect English game fancy boards force forfeit foul stroke full ball game is played game is usually give a miss go-back hazard games hazard or canon hazards and canons inches Kentfield knock leave low stroke marker Megatherium Club middle pocket nearest ball number of balls object ball odds opponent place the balls player strikes player's ball pool practice public rooms PYRAMID POOL pyramids red ball rules score side stroke stake strike your ball striker hole striker play striker's ball tion usually played white ball winning and losing winning spot wrong ball young players
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Page 151 - 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...
Page 153 - If the striker has a ball removed, and any other than the next player's ball should stop on the spot it occupied, the ball removed must remain in hand till the one on its place be played, unless it should happen to be the turn of the one removed to play before the one on its place, in which case that ball must give place to the one originally taken up ; after which it may be replaced.
Page 150 - Each player has three lives at starting. No. 1 places his ball on the winning and losing spot — No. 2 plays at No. 1 — No. 3 at No. 2, and so on, each person playing at the last ball : unless it should be in hand, then the player plays at the nearest ball.
Page 151 - 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 153 - 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 151 - ... 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 distance be equal, then the parties must draw lots.
Page 146 - ... 14. If, after the striker has made a canon, or holed his adversary's or the red ball, he should touch either of the balls which remain on the table, with hand, stick, or otherwise, he cannot score the points he made by the stroke, as it is deemed foul. 15. If the striker play with the wrong ball, or miss both the balls, he loses one point ; and if the ball should go into a pocket by the same stroke, he loses three points.
Page 152 - 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 151 - If information is required by the player, as to which is his ball, or when it is his turn to play, he has a right to an answer from the marker, or from the players.
Page 151 - If the striker, while taking aim, inquire which is the ball he ought to play at, and should be misinformed by the marker or by any of the company, he does not lose a life. His ball must in this case be replaced and the stroke played again.