The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-30
The New Game of billiards.

On opening the game is begun by
stringing for the lead as in the ordinary
four-6all game. After the lead has been
won, the blue ball is to be placed on the
pool spot at the foot of the table, the
deep red on the spot next below, and
the light red on the string spot.
PLAYING from any part of the string
line, the first striker must hit the blue
ball first. After the opening shot any
ball may be struck first; and when in
hand, the striker may place his ball
anywhere on the string line, and play
in any direction, even though the ball
first struck be within the string -ex-
cept as provided in section } on count
ing
/ Upon Counting-A count can only be
made by a force q, e. draw J a
follow" "masse; u kiss, off a
ball dead against or near the cushion :;
bv making one object ball drive another
into contact with the cue.ball or by
causing the cue-ball to take at least one
cushion either before or Immediately
after hitting the first object ball.
GThe better to define the above, no
stroke shall be counted force or
draw" which can possibly be made
without hitting the one ball below the
centre, or by downward stroke of the
cue perpendiculaEy held; and to CON
stitute "a legitimate follow, the two
balls to be caromcd on must he at least
ten inches apart \ follow must he
clean stroke-not Il push. Should
/ the striker be about to attempt double
draw or follow it shall be the priv
ilege of his opponent to call Time,
/ and submit the question to the referee.
BIT should the non-striker neglect to
call for judgment, and the stroke he
made, it shall he valid.
\ single carom counts but one point.
I When all the balls are struck, it shall
not count more than one point, unless
the PLAYER, before striking, called Il
double stroke. TO make a double shot,
it is necessary that, AFTER hitting the
second object ball, the cue ball should
conform to any of the conditions LAID
down in the section last above, but the
cue balls must not strike second and
third balls simultaneously. y double
shot, having been called, shall count
three points; but if, after having called
double play, the striker makes but
/ one carom, it shall count him nothing
and his hand will be put out.
When the cue-ball remains in con-
tact with another, the striker may effect
a count by hitting free ball first, or by
taking n cushion first and hitting any
/ ball, or he may have all the. balls taken
up and spotted as at the commence
ment of the game, when he must play
upon the blue ball
4 PLAYER whose ball, after counting
stroke, goes into pocket, or off the
table, or lodges on the cushion, does
not lose his count and play; but his
next shot must he made from the
string line.
TO prevent errors in score, all points
due out-striker must be marked up be-
fore the in-striker begins to play.
Forty points, being about equal to
100 at the regular American game,
shall constitute game at this, whether
on pocket or carOm table.
On forteilures-When, without hav-
ing made carom, the cue ball leaves
the bed of the table and does not of its
own unailcd force return to 1t, the
striker lorieiis one point 10 his advcr-
sary: and he likewise iorfcits one point
when he fails to hit an object ball.
When the striker touches any ball
tut his own while all are at rest, and Il
foul is claimed; or when he in any way
impcdcs the progress or changes the Iii
rcction of any ball while in motion; or
strikes his own ball while any other is
in motion; or touches his own ball more
than once in the course of play, or
touches it with any other than his own
cue or the mace except when in hand;
or if he plays on q ball that is not prop
crly spotted-in any of the foregoing
cases no points can he scored.
Should the striker place any marks
of any kind upon any bed cushion, or
cushion-rail, to simplify play; or should
he not, when in the act Of aiming or
striking, at least touch the floor with
one foot, he loses whatever points would
otherwise have accrued from the stroke.
IT, when his ball is in contact with
another, the striker fails to take a
cushion or hit Il free ball first, or does
not take all the balls up, he forteits one
point to his adversary.
Failure to make at least one count
ing stroke, entities the adversary To
score one point at every inning in which
such failure occurs.
On Dead BallS.-A ball that leaves
the bed of the table, and does not bound
back of its own force, msst he regarded
a. dead ANY but the white ball must
be spotted Should its proper spot he
occupied, either wholly or in part, it
must be- placed on that spot nearest its
own. If the white ball, it must he
placed with its base anywhere on the
string line and played thcrcirom.
All balls INSTRUCTED or moved other
wise than bv fault of the striker, and
ohicct-balls moved or INSTRUCTED by him,
either accidentally or 10y design, are to
he taken up and placed in the positions
they would apparently have occupied,
had they not been disturbed. The white
ball, when once struck by the player,
must he allowed to roll ON; and the adj
vcrsary shallplay it from where it stops.
If YOU would enjoy pleasant day
attend the picnic at the Fair Grounds
to day.