Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-10
A NEW BILLIARD GAME.
Points Count Only When the Cue Ball Hits
the Other Three BalIs

Points Count Only When the Cue Ball Hits
the Other Three Balls.
NEW YORK, Nov. "a group of billiard
lovers gathered in Maurice Daly's rooms and
watched in utter astonishment the queer
man9uvring of Prof Kaarlus and we'll
known New York lawyer, who ranks as at.
amateur billiardist of the first class. They
were playing for friendly wager of a bot
tie of champagne. There were four balls on
the table and the men made carrom after
carrom, but to the amazement of the on
lockers they did not score these on the
string. There was n surprise at the very
outset when the lawyer said that he would
wager the Professor a bottle OF wine that he
would make three points before the PROBES
sor did. They knocked the balls around for
q quarter of an hour. and at length the on.
lockers saw that only those shots were scored
where the cuebsll carromed ON all three OF
the object balls. The amateur beat the good
natured Professor by safety tactics, and the
Professor laughed heartily.
"W hat in the thunder are you fellows try
ing to do?" said one OF the Professors
friends, while the game was in progress. 81
never saw such crazy antics"
CRAZY" retorted the hercules of billiards.
Not Il bit OF it. This is the latest thing in
four-ball game for those who have Il knowl-
edge OF the principle of billiards 1t puts
lots OF excitement and interest in the
game"
Then the Professor chalked mis- cue and
executed half dozen pretty shots at the
new kind OF game which exempliied six
different kinds of cue strokes. No. shows
the effect of English twist. The cue ball
strikes the first object ball, twists to the
lower rail and side rail, journeys to the top
lail, and carroms neatly on the two other
object balls near the rail
No. was follow shot, in which the cue
ball follows to the bottom rail after striking
the first object ball and glides to the right
side rail, carruming as before, on the re-
manning balls. The third illustrated the
beauty of the draw" carrom. The cue ball
the right rail, with draw English" 1t
shoots backward to the rail, darts to tho
upper rail, thence to the left side rail, and
carroms on the last object ball. This is q
dashing shot. which always astonishes the
onlooker and wins loud applause.
complicated kiss shot WAS next made, by
which the cue ball, after striking the first
object ball, swept around the table, taking
three cushions, kissed the second object ball
in the lower right-hand corner, and then
glIded to the third object bail. The kiss was
effected by driving the first object ball
1t into the corner in two-cushion flight to
meet the cue ball. This is an exceedingly
brilliant stI olle.
The efficacy of the bank stroke was proven
in the fifth carrom. The cue ball was banked
against the first object ball, which lay near
the side rail, took three cushions and car
romed on the two remaining object balls,
which lay in the corner near the top cush-
ion. The nnal shot was u skyrocket round
stroke. The cue ball is made to fly
around, taking six cushions after striking
the first object ball, and dash plump into
the remaining balls in the lett lower corner.
The game is easy to acquire with little
sion to critical spectators who are fond of
novelty.