Modern Billiards

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Author

Garno, Benjamin, 1840-

Title

Modern Billiards A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement

Credits

E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Billiards

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59143

Release Date

March 28, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — MODERN BILLIARDS. A COMPLETE TEXT-BOOK OF THE GAME, CONTAINING PLAIN AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO PLAY AND ACQUIRE SKILL AT THIS SCIENTIFIC AMUSEMENT.
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY.
4. 4.HISTORICAL.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.CONDUCTING TOURNAMENTS. — HOW TO FIGURE AVERAGES.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.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.
11. 11.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.
12. 12.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.
13. 13.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.
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.RULES GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. — THE ADDITIONS ARE:
17. 17.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.
18. 18.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

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