The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-06

as well as a hard one for the amateur to
practice on.
In cut No I show double cushion
draw, in which I hit the first ball hard,
low and just little to the right. You
will note that l use the same cushion
twice. This reads like hard shot, but it
is easy enough when you know how.
Now take look at cut No. T. This is a
cushion follow that requires quite a hard
stroke. The first ball is hit on top and
very little to the right, making the second
bali a little to the left. You will note that
l make the came cushion twice.
Cut No. is a push draw. This is an
actual push, no lingering hard stroke, but
a downright hard push, striking the first
ball very low and very much to the right,
the second ball very little to the left.
No. 8 shows a very fine fancy shot with
six balls. Follow the lines on the cut and
you have the course of the balls, but you
haven't an idea of the quickness and ex-
actness with which each stroke must be
made. The swerye of an eighth of an inch
of any of the balls from the line mark out
for each would make the table look like
busted pool ''lay-out."
Cut No. 10 shows neat force draw.
The first ball is hit very hard and low and
very little to the right, making the sec
ond ball a very little to the left. This is
another exemplitcation OF the power
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what the touch of force in the hands of
any player can bring about if he will prac-
tiCe.
Take cut No. II, for instance, and you
have very interesting masse In this the
first ball is hit hard att of center. There
is no twist given, and the second ball is hit
very fine to the right. And thus you
count off another pretty billiard.
In cut No. II l show what is called q
clever jump shot. The first ball is hit on
top and very little to the left with only
slight force. The second ball is made very
little to the right.
OF course, in limited space such as a
newspaper article affords, it is impossible
for me to go into the details concerning
all the marvellous shots that can be made
| at billiards. When it comes to question
as to which are most easily learned l
would say that the kiss shots require least
pains, and yet all of them, though intri-
| cate, are learned very easily by my pupils.
The prettiest shots | make, the ones that
get crowds enthusiastic, are. of course, the
wing shots, which are a combination of
draw, jump and masse, where the carom
| must be made by catching the third ball
on the fly. | take most pride, however. in
the shot which l explained at first, and
which is given here as cut No. -. l am
the only man in the world who has been
able to accomplish it, and so take a natu-
raj and pardonable pride in the feat.
Billiard playing is receiving fresh i'm
petus just now, and note it in the inter-
est shown in all big matches and during
the SchaeferSlosson contests of recent
date Then, too the big tournament in
Chicago will attract to America the great
est billiard players the world has known.
When such men as Nignaux, GARNER,
Blot, Gibelin and Beau will cross cues
with Schaefer, Slosson, Ives, DAILY and
Carter you can depend upon seeing 1.-The
gentleman's game" a greater fad in Amer
lea than it has ever been before.
PROFESSOR KAARLUs