Telegram-herald., 1889-11-07

hfllt.rd UlAysrs tAs ~orl4 ever
sai would a. 1srs . erlng .oout
uae rsslxA- FOR Hhich Ebe H.
sets-= u tas go are hsP4nz tbAn
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Piot. q co4rss, have AsEsr crossed tas
Atlantic A. szs present slms 70 lsCks
vsry uazsh a. taough sac international
oroi~ss wosld es carried through sgc-
e~.sfslly sheala ne Srr4nEemeE =
fer ths n4sion4l tournament fsll
through the International - aialssL
posittvs cert2lnty
Thsxs have 5esa no new rules Or
sxrinkles~ in sae game % billlarV1s,
other than shose have Indicated, ~lrh-
in the l4st rse years Ihs system nov
observed is identical slth mas ot lsos,
when the izst ea&mplonsnip match Vas
riaFed IA Ihls co1nEry. The fourteen
Zach ba line game Is The proper one
for 49, experts. whether amateur or
profsssionaL CuShi0n-carOIs TOO Be-
come nors popular every aaF
ne only phenomenoa a. billiards l
have known ia recsnt years Vas Thomas
Wallace sh0 died Al Baltimore about =
Jsar ago. tie wss most promising
player, and there : TO one 70 take hls
place Had he lived, young Wallaos
ruest players IN the country IN
deed Be was already regarded ss
marvellous cue. Although a
mere I'D. a. was a. homo "anywheFe
on the "a %, - se oiliiardisrs say.
Amatsurs. As rHle, are very am
bitious. While l would aot say = word
20 discourage them, l would suggest
that the best and sgrest way 70 attain
proficiency ia billiards Is 20 stick as
idaously 20 the plain three ball game
until ls las been ghOroug lily mastered
and not till then take Up some more ad-
Sanced form o. play. There IS IA the
three bail game = splendid deld FOR the
8nsst playing, as the magnificent rec
ord Or Vignaax has shown. A young
player Who wishes 20 excel and who Is
willing 30 work for excellence, should
keep hard az the three ball game until
ne has thoroughly familiariEed himself
with al is possibilities, or nearly so.
he should work until Re acquires a cool
hand a delicate touch and a reliable
Judgment other games are too intri-
cate and involved for young players;
their com mplicatiOns are such that any ex-
cellsnce the amateur may possess Is lost
sight Of in the entanglement Before
he essays the balk-line or cushion-carom
games 10 should Dc an acknowledged
expert az the simpler one. and then he
may hope 10 make progress in the others.
lie should remem Der that there is more
In billiards than the pose Of the body
and the selection Of cue. II Is mathe-
mates and nothing less. and if it would
be folly FOR tyro in mathematics 70 skip
the elementary studies and pass on TO
the more difficult ones. 10 would DO
equally fatal 70 the prospects of a
young billiardist TO discard the three
ball game before he has thoroughly
mastered 10 in all its details.
Personally, l feel the need Of practice
constantly. Not day passes on which
do not play three or four games, with
Just as much care and Judgment as
though l were handling the cue for
stakes. And il is only by constant,
persevering and careful practice that
any one need ever expect TO be a real bill
lizard player. 20 know the beauties OF the
game, 70 feel its true fascination and to
listen with degree OF confidence born
OF long practice and rare still 70 the
music of the worries as they come to-
gether unerringly. There is a charm
about a well made billiard table, and a
cue that seems TO fit naturally 70 the
hand; butthe charm can only be discov-
cred by the patient lover of the sport,
who woos without ceasing, who dis
covers for himself the delicate strate-
ges and the thousand and one possi-
bllities OF the game. Such one is a
true bilIiardist.
Gro. F. SLossoN.