The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-12
NEW RULES IN BILLIARDS.
onJEcrfNG nm NURSING rs MIR
TNG THE q fHE roo EASY

Were Mnue american RAY /
., SKIN Overcoming Every New Euir.
rh, aston -hugly large runs made by
,,c,eof tie billiard exports who took part In
,t,r,,ent tournament 10 this city drew special
'...,ti.,. d. fnc faults and merits ~ NURSING"
St,nid A change lo made in the rules Of the
.,,,, IL Is likely To- be brought nbout. not di-
,..,,y hy a convention OF experts. but through
H., rorumr favor which an innovation made
tytho eivcr % prizes at tournament may find. |
In the proposed spring tournament it is said !
U.tVguiuN will undoubtedly take part. The !
,,,,.tion ol a.change is very largely national !
rrn French experts. as GARNER. Rudolphc and F,
V-naux arr earnest in It's favor. while sexton.
sl.s.ou. Gallagher. Schacfcr. and Hciser view |
H., proposition coldly or positively oppose il.
Maurice Daly and J. Dion incline to the side of
ibe Frenchmen. DAILY says 1t is great mistake
tosupposc that nursing balls along the rail is
1r easy thing. II requires splendid nerve and
rarfet execution. The objection to IL. he
thinks. is that 1t brings the element OF chance
into the game. II the balls roll so that player
can get them Beside the rail. it is 10 great cx-
tent matter oi course that he will win. lie
was asked whether he approved the proposition
70 make il obligatory that the players ball
Should strike the cushion either before or just
n.,er striking the first object ball.
fns masses. draws. spreads and follows. 1t
would strip N, game OF II large share Of its
beauties. at one blow. Lctmc recall to you" he
continued. how the history Of billiards within
my time has been q repetition OF efforts TO mako
tie game moro difficult. About the time the
war broke out. IN 1861. We used To play ON the
oil English table with four balls and six pork-
els. Very well. players went to work and mas
tered the pockets. by means q what was called
The spot stroke 4 player who could pocket
ball once and have his own ball in a certain
position near the spotting patch. could repeat
tie stroke indefinitely By merely drawing his
own ball back an inch or two each time. 50 the
pockets were made smaller 10 prevent this spot
stroke. As result carroms began To improve.
Soon the runs began to increase in size again.
and side pockets had to be abolished. We had
left game with four balls and four pockets.
Again the players found weak spot in the
tables. They learned TO jaw the balls that is
10 wedge two Of them in the jaw OF the pocket
and then run the game out. So jawing was
abolished. The contest has been like that boo
tween the inventors of cannon and tho inyeu-
tors OF defensive armor. As often as the PLAYERS
set TO work and get an advantage over the table.
new rule is made or the table is altered
The next thing. after iawine. that PLAYERS
turned their attention TO WAS push shots made
iu cases whore now the masst Is employed.
John McDevitt became So accomplished Ia this
that he could run the game out. So push shots
yars abolished CONSEQUENT upon the abolition
O. juwius aul push Shots. skill iu the dllfsrent
carr1nl and cushion SHOTS Increased 20 such an
eytsut that the lOur remaining pockets were
discontinued. Win four halls on the table. the
PLAYER who found no opportunity to make
carrom thought u hard luck u chance 20
I9ssgt WEE slarI n. a. ''' .S W. w.
/. found 20 Keep IL. game utni 'uit. uud tner'-
for, Interesting. THIS need resulted I'm the Dis
c,rling of one % the hnis. Then We had the
Present gamc--.uree balls On lu'ketcss 1 thl,.
About this limo annthrr weak stot was as
Will" It made JaWIng impossible created uu-
other point 81 advantage tor tho p.aycrs. TIE
mrs. W. found that hy careful play the balls
could bee kept IA one corner lcrotchl Tor on in-
definite period. or until the game was run out.
ly "a ruiz, tnnt after ihrn., shuts have been made
IN the crotch. one OF the TWO object balls on the
fourth spot must j." driven to u point over i've
Tu- IS tie game as it is now played. But
the players. when ih"y were hMNrd ~ tne
crotch rule. did not give W indrslAir. II thry
could not imprison the ais IN corner. could
thny Mt keep them under control along the
r.il Ia t.i- WAY rail nursing WIS DEVELOPED.
Now my idea is this. that people come 10 "a
match or a tournament TO see two piavvrs
equally matched play game thqt val lie exc
see biz runs, even though tlo better player Is
more aIt 90 mas" lh"m. rus wac shown ~ lht
WIS 10 he a game between two players equally
matched the nall would DO filed. On the other
hand spectators tired OF games where one
Iltyrr seemed 10 have II all his own way hy
rc.- % az having ouce successfully ggt Tie udl!s
Ills IN the sp,rit Of the game that It should
Improve by being made more lin UT. Tho
proposition that ! favor is this: Let pencil
lac b., drawn AL around the table. six inches
from the cushion. Then. as rgi.-nursIng WAS
Gy An rytauslon of tle crotch ruiz: that Is Ia
3D. lava a. ID VT a Ia.
ti- line. and Oh the fourth. II ne does not send
eue of the object balls outside Of the line lac
Wouldn't tits give rise 10 many disputes
and krep the releree always standing over me
s. because it would kill all attempts 10 play
on the rail The crotch rule does not cause
many disputes. Any dispute could very easily
b. de.i le4 % line We're drawn.
Prof. kudp.ph- called attention 20 an editorial
article IN spJrtn-; news paper N which alter
reference . tAl ssil rgquired in rail nursing
dpuuedy strure the Key note VI popular sentl'
Ment in Ais comment. as reported III TIE Sun
The Professor said that his sentiment had
been rep gtrd very correctly, but u It he did no
VS.. rue,s res not billiards." Prot rudolph,
has thoroughly mastered the pronunciation u
lAr hug. .sA tl. aud often uuers II with start
Ny a't'li. u.s. he said ITO follow tho pres
ell ra,e Oi tAe crotch. which allows player i'
MaAg three shots ia the crotch. and on ~
i0ur.h Ao must send one Of the two object Oalli
nv inches ir1m either rail-
The Professor drew two chalk lines on IN
Er--n g. tia 90 bi.lurd table. one along tho Ell,
Na;.l Dle -lIlls touched the side raj. ana on
a.oug the side until the chalk touched the enc
rail-. ttcI i'm" WIS about SIX inches from tl
RAJ. Tie TWO lines crossed ench other an'
mus formed % square in the corner OF the table
WI "a measured SIX inches each way.
Now within THIS square, Professor Hn
Cpiphe continued, a. player - allowed 10 max
only Three Shots Why not extend the rule q
three obloug spaces that extend uloug each rnI
Tor rs whole lrusthy You see how logically IN
rule II derived. You understand Il nOw-thre
SLOTS within this llur, and on the fourth one q
the Two object ais must Dec seLt ever The Inc.
hot, the player must lose his inning. " lti suc
rule the public Will have "a chance 10 see con
l~fs us exciting as those they used - WItucs
I've or slA years ago. What all love 70 sre !
c.use contests. ps'taturs cannot detect IA
beauty OF nursing shots made against the RAJ
because they cannot sec them. The true spr
OF billiards IS that the balls should move Owe
the tnhlr. II is AN open game, 10 Do" admire
from a. DISTANCE, not one 10 be studied VITA
microscope, lall PLAYING ls NOT known j
Europe. where player VINO should Keep IN
halls close together tor more than two or thre
suuts would Or criticised.
william Sexton said That he preferred 70 hay
the rules remain unaltered. lie said ne ha
observed that inter, 81 ran highest during ~
continuance " the long runs, winch were mac
possible by rail nursing. IT, however, thei
WAS 10 be a change. he would prefer 20 have
6J-polnt rule-thut Is. that a player should
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