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MODERN BILLIARDS. A COMPLETE TEXT-BOOK OF THE GAME, CONTAINING PLAIN AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO PLAY AND ACQUIRE SKILL AT THIS SCIENTIFIC AMUSEMENT.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY.
HISTORICAL.
THE BILLIARD-ROOM.
BILLIARD APPLIANCES—THEIR CHOICE AND CARE.
HOW TO SELECT A TABLE.
SIZE, SHAPE, AND STYLE.
THE CLOTH.
THE CUES.
CUE-LEATHERS.
CHALK.
THE CUSHIONS.
THE MAGIC BALLS.
PART I.
MANUAL.
ATTITUDE.
SELECTION OF A CUE.
CUE-LEATHERS.
HOW TO HOLD THE CUE.
AIM AND DELIVERY.
THE CUE-BALL.
DIAGRAM OF STROKES.
PLATE I. EXPLANATION OF STRENGTH OF STROKE.
PLATE II. CAROMS ILLUSTRATED.
PLATE III. PLAIN CAROMS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF STRENGTH.
PLATE IV. DIAGRAM OF CAROMS SHOWING PLAYER’S CONTROL OF CUE-BALL.
PLATE V.
PLATE VI. DIVISION OF ANGLES.
PLATE VII. PHILOSOPHY OF THE ENGLISH OR TWIST STROKE.
PLATE VIII. ILLUSTRATING CUSHION TWISTS.
PLATE IX. CUSHION CAROMS BY CENTRE STROKE, ENGLISH OR TWIST, FROM ONE POSITION.
PLATE X. COMPOUND ANGLES.
PLATE XI. THE CUSHION KISS.
PLATE XII. PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE MASSÉ STROKE.
PART II.
PLATE XIII. THE TABLE LAID OUT FOR THE SEVERAL GAMES.
PLATE XIV. THE OPENING STROKE.
PLATE XV. SIMPLE CAROMS.
PLATE XVI. DRAW AND FOLLOW STROKES.
PLATE XVII. GATHERING STROKES FROM PLAIN CAROMS.
PLATE XVIII. EAST COMPOUND ANGLES.
PLATE XIX. PLAIN AND ONE-CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE XX. TWO-CUSHION ROUND-THE-TABLE STROKE.
PLATE XXI. VARIOUS CAROMS FROM ONE POSITION.
PLATE XXII. THE FOLLOW CUSHION—“ENGLISH” OR “TWIST.”
PLATE XXIII. CAROM BY CUSHION “ENGLISH” OR “TWIST.”
PLATE XXIV. CAROMS BY ONE-CUSHION ENGLISH.
PLATE XXV. ONE-CUSHION REVERSE ENGLISH.
PLATE XXVI. SERIAL ONE-CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE XXVII. SERIAL ONE-CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE XXVIII. SLOWING CUE-BALL, DOUBLING OBJECT-BALL.
PLATE XXIX. SLOWING CUE-BALL, DOUBLING OBJECT-BALL.
PLATE XXX. SLOWING CUE-BALL DOUBLING OBJECT-BALL.
PLATE XXXI. COMPOUND ANGLES.
PLATE XXXII. COMPOUND ANGLES.
PLATE XXXIII. COMPOUND ANGLES.
PLATE XXXIV. COMPOUND ANGLES.
PLATE XXXV. SLOWED AND TWISTED CUE-BALLS.
PLATE XXXVI. THE “TWICE-AROUND-THE-TABLE” STROKE.
PLATE XXXVII. FURTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THE “TWICE-AROUND” STROKE.
PLATE XXXVIII.
PLATE XXXIX. “KISS” AND THREE-CUSHION CAROM.
PLATE XL. SLOWED CUE-BALL.
PLATE XLI. SLOWED CUE-BALL.
PLATE XLII. ACUTE DRAW STROKES.
PLATE XLIII. EFFECTIVE ONE-CUSHION “DRAWS.”
PLATE XLIV. DRAW WITH REVERSE AND NATURAL ENGLISH.
PLATE XLV. DOUBLING OBJECT-BALL.
PLATE XLVI. SERIAL CAROMS, ALSO TWIST AND “KISS” CUSHION FOLLOW.
PLATE XLVII. THREE-CUSHION AND CUSHION “KISS” STROKE.
PLATE XLVIII. KISS CAROMS.
PLATE XLIX. PECULIAR DRIVING STROKES.
PLATE L. KISS CAROMS.
PLATE LI. “KISS” AND “HUG” CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE LII. KISS AND MASSÉ CAROMS.
PLATE LIII. DOUBLING CUE AND OBJECT BALLS.
PLATE LIV. QUARTER AND DIRECT DRAWS.
PLATE LV. “FINE-CUT” AND HUG-CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE LVI. A DIFFICULT GATHERING STROKE.
PLATE LVII. EFFECTIVE ONE AND TWO CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE LVIII. ACUTE DRAWS ALONG CUSHION.
PLATE LIX. “KISS” CAROM, ALSO ONE AND THREE CUSHION DRAWS.
PLATE LX. BANK STROKES.
PLATE LXI. “BANK” WITH “TWIST,” CUSHION-“MASSÉ” AND “DRAW”-CUSHION STROKES.
PLATE LXII. INTRICATE CAROM.
PLATE LXIII. ACUTE AND “SPREAD”-DRAW.
PLATE LXIIIA. SLOW “FOLLOW” CUSHION “TWIST” AND DRAW TWIST.
PLATE LXIV. A FOLLOW WITH EXCESSIVE ENGLISH.
PLATE LXV. EFFECTIVE GATHERING STROKES.
PLATE LXVI. “BANK”-STROKE CAROMS.
PLATE LXVII. FOUR-CUSHION AND “BANK”-STROKE CAROMS.
PLATE LXVIII. REVERSE ENGLISH.
PLATE LXIX. “KISS” AND “FINE” CUSHION CAROMS.
PLATE LXX. A “FINE-CUT” BALL AND EFFECTIVE ONE-CUSHION GATHERING STROKES.
PLATE LXXI. REVERSE ENGLISH CAROMS.
PLATE LXXII. ONE-CUSHION AND KISS STROKES.
PLATE LXXIII. CLOSE DRAW.
PLATE LXXIV. TWIST AND DRAW STROKES.
PLATE LXXV. THE KISS AND TWIST STROKE.
PLATE LXXVI. CLOSE DRAW AND FOLLOW MASSÉ.
CONDUCTING TOURNAMENTS.
HOW TO FIGURE AVERAGES.
BILLIARD RECORD: A Compendium of the More Important Public Contests, Match and Tournament, at Both Caroms and Pool. Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.
FOUR-BALL GAME
1854.
1858.
1859.
1860.
1861.
1862.
1863.
1864.
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1876.
BEST RECORD PERFORMANCES AT FOUR-BALL CAROMS IN MATCHES FOR A GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
BEST AVERAGES ON 6 × 12 FOUR-POCKET TABLE.
BEST RUNS ON 6 × 12 FOUR-POCKET TABLE.
BEST AVERAGES ON 5½ × 11 FOUR-POCKET TABLE.
RUNS ON 5½ × 11 FOUR-POCKET TABLE.
PUBLIC CONTESTS NOT FOR GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
REGULAR THREE-BALL CAROMS.
1862.
1864.
1865.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1905.
BEST PERFORMANCES, Omitting Tables Larger or Smaller than the Standard 5 × 10 for this Game, as Officially Decreed in 1873.
AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
CHAMPIONS GAME.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1884.
1885.
BEST PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC MATCHES.
AVERAGES AT 14 × 28.
RUNS AT 14 × 28.
AVERAGES AT 18 × 38.
RUN AT 18 × 38.
AVERAGE AT 20 × 40.
RUN AT 20 × 40.
BALKLINE GAME.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
BEST RECORD PERFORMANCES ON DIFFERENT LINES, BUT ALWAYS ON A 5 × 10 TABLE.
AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
BEST GENERAL AVERAGES (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS ONLY).
AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
CUSHION CAROMS.
1867.
1878.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1892.
1894.
1896.
1899.
1902–3.
BEST RECORD PERFORMANCES ON 5 × 10 AND 4½ × 9 TABLES, BOTH HAVING BEEN CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARDS
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGE.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH RUN.
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AVERAGE.
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT RUN.
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES.
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS.
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
THREE-CUSHION CAROMS.
1878.
1882.
1886.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1906.
1907.
1908.
BEST PERFORMANCES.
BEST PERFORMANCES BY AMATEURS
AVERAGES AT REGULAR THREE-BALL GAME.
RUNS AT REGULAR THREE-BALL GAME.
BEST RECORD AVERAGES AT 14:2 BALKLINE.
BEST RECORD RUN AT 14:2.
BEST RECORD RUNS AT 18:2.
BEST RECORD AVERAGES AT 18:2.
BEST GENERAL AVERAGES AT 18:2.
BEST PUBLIC MATCH RECORDS.
IRREGULAR CONTESTS
FIFTEEN-BALL POOL.
1878.
1879.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895–96–97.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1906.
1906.
1907.
1908.
RULES GOVERNING VARIOUS GAMES
RULES GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE ADDITIONS ARE:
INDEX.
INDEX TO BILLIARD RECORD.
FOUR-BALL GAMES (pp. 208 to 236).
REGULAR THREE-BALL CAROMS (pp. 237 to 260).
BALKLINE GAMES (pp. 264 to 319), INCLUDING CHAMPION’S (pp. 261 to 263)
CUSHION CAROMS—STRAIGHT AND TRIPLE.
FIFTEEN-BALL POOL.
FIRST EVENTS OF NOTE.
CHIEF CAROM CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEYS.
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS CONTESTS.
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