The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-16
nd thus aid a player. IN a measure,

and thus aid player. IN measure.
in solidifying an anchor for the
time being, but that could not ob-
tain in second game Of tourna-
ment, as the table cloth is changed
every night and no hole could be
in the new cloth. Hence l maintain
that Schaefer made his great run fairly
and squarely in the last night of the
recent tournament and that Ives in
sinuation that the cloth was ''holed"
was decidedly unjust. II ball line
billiards is to continue | advocate by
all means the abolition of the IAN
chor" shot. Many plans have been dis
cussed by eminent biliiardists for get
ting around It, but think the simplest
way is the best. would suggest that
small semi-circle Of say six inches
radius be drawn about each diamond
Of the table, as shown in Fig. 5,
and that one of the object balls be
forced out Of the semi-circle after the
execution of single shot. This would
at once prevent anchors" ''straddles"
and unlimited rail play A man would
really be compelled TO study the game
then and it would be made decidedly
interesting by diversified and open
play.
AS said before, however, I am in
favor of complete change of rules. II
must be more satisfactory to the play
ers and the public. Cushion caroms is
the prettiest, most scientific and most
interesting of all billiard games, and
should be given trial. That it is the
most popular is evidenced By the fact
that Ives, in his first game with Slosson
in the tournament, evoked long and
prolonged applause whenever he es-
sayed brilliant all-roundtable shots.
The strongest argument in favor OF
cushion caroms is that the entire
audience can see with ease every point
of the game, even those in remote
part of the hall, while at balk line only
those in the very front row of seats
can see the fine points of the game.
The anchor nurse" to almost the en-
tire audience is what western states
man calleda barren ideality." They
can neither see it nor hear it. Besides,
the game is tedious and monotonous.
Cushion caroms is enlivening and di-
versified. With cushion caroms adopt
ed as the champions game-or even
a representative game - the public
would be treated to the grandest ex-
hibition of billiards within the coming
wear that the world has ever seen. A
tournament would develop ten or a
dozen champions-not three as now
obtains-who would be all equally well
matched. At that game not Wizard"
Schaefer. although he is the greatest
all-round billiardist the world has ever
seen. Mr.. Napoleon" Ives nor ''Stu-
dent" Slosson would have any "cinch"
on first, second and third prizes. OF
American players-and say it in no
vainglorious Spiritually, Carter and
myself could make them hustle, while
of the French billiardists che great
Vignaux, the brilliant GARNER, and
even painstaking Plot, would certainly
keep them running to the finish.
My idea is that a tournament be-
tween such men at cushion caroms
would meet with popular favor and be
q most pronounced success. / would
suggest that all of the games take
place at night, SO that fair play would
be meted out to all contestants, and
that they be of brief duration, say two
hundred points. In this way two games
could be played every night and the
public, to use turf expression, ''given
a good run for their money" ! am con-
fdent it would be go