The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

The ball has an opening drilled in the
s,ae Into this opening is fitted percus-
.;or can Back of the cap is little pow
5or The game is to carom so as to hit
cha can. This explodes with a sharp little
ronort and the powder behind it makes
.nopgh smoke to be interesting. No great
lanage is done, and the player, after scor-
INC ten points, refills the ball with powder,
ets cap to the opening, and tries to do it
again.
II fakes skill to carom with enough force
and precision to make the cap explode.
The game is for 100 points, the explosion
of cuba counts 10 points and carom scores
one.
The mechanism of the loaded ball is such
.bat it lies always upon one side, leaving
the cap exposed and an easy mark. 1t is
rot allowable to hit the cap directly, so
the taking of Little Cuba" is matter of
skill.
The player cannot nurse his ball. He
must go from one section of the table to
another. The sections are divided with
chalk and to make an explosion becomes
harder than ever.
The order for this billiard ball is from
one of the best sportswomen in the world
and the game will be her drawing card
later in the season. when society gets tired
of the opera and the ball room.
The finest woman billiard player known
is Miss Helen Gould. She has a beautiful
billiard table at her home, Lyndhurst-on-
the-Hudson The table is the standard size,
four and one-half feet by nine, and is ee-
gantly carved around the borders. Miss
Gould can score more than twenty-five
points in a game of one hundred, without
a break and is most at home upon a mans
table, as this size is called. She will play
Little Cuba" this winter on her billiard
table.
The billiard table to be found in most
private houses is the lady's size, eight by
four feet. The shots are easier to make,
as the distances are less and the carom
angles are less difficult to achieve.
The two most refined billiard tables ever
made were sent to Biltmore for George
Vanderbilt. The pair cost $500. They were
made after drawings furnished by the IA
nous architect Richard Hunt and were
about his last piece of work. These tables
have sides nlaid with thing of an appro-
pirate nature, and are finished with rare
woods
Since these tables were made architects
are preparing drawings for billiard tables,
and a man of money and taste now orders
plans for his billiard table, as he orders
plan for his dining table,
The most expensive billiard table on rec
ord was made for Georges brother, Willy
X. 1t cost $1,000. The reason for it's
price was that 1t was inlaid with gold and
silver. 1t was for Marble House, and
is now there. It's former occupant did
not take it away when the angels SWORD
drove him from the gates of his Newport
paradise
One of the newest billiard games is
bottle billiards." A bottle with basket
cover is set up in the middle of a bill
nard table, and the player caroms to
knock 1t over. The bottle gets a sharp
blow, and rolls across the table Inside
Inc bottle are balls numbered, a few of
tnese roll out. and the numbers upon
tnem are added to the players score. 1t
y SET up where it stops rolling, and the
payer can hit it again. 1t is to the
payers interest not to hit the bottle
700 sharp a blow, and to send it in the
ilBht direction, because that means that
Il VIII be easier to hit 1t the next time
Each time the bottle is knocked over
counts the player five. If an ordinary car
onl IS made 1t counts only one
MIS- John Jacob Astor is fond of this
same She has a very nice billiard
"a Iaoie IN her new house on Fifth avenue.
II ike all her purchases, a little in,
VHhed toward the economical but in
excellent taste. This billiard table is
covered with Belgium broadcloth, and
nas broad sides, finely carved. The balls
are OF the best, and the rubber is vulcan
.eeu IL will keep its residence as long
as .he table lasts. The owner is a woman
NJ, mno can score twenty-five In a game OF
lOo without trouble.
Inc space game was introduced be-
gause so many are able to nurse the
ualI through fifty points in the game,
n-aAIn a II very tedious to the other play
o, s. Inc space game has become gener-
a,y known only this fall The billiard
1ole IS divided into four sections. The
payer can score only five points in any
one section, then he or she must play into
~other section. Thus the ball is kept
ever rolling around the table.
"A good player profits greatly by the
space game" BY keeping one ball on
we SIDE of the line and the other ball
MIL I me opposite side, he can play all night
n'lnout moving along. He has his balls
different sections, and that is not con-
NTry 10 the laws of the space game.
3. i%o very nice billiard tables were sent
~ george Gould at Lakewood. One is a
lDchet pool table and the other is for
eaIom. These are both inlaid with ivory
aAu are beautifully carved. They stand
- eledl claW-llke teet and legs, and are
immensely expensive.
Every fine house has its private billiard
u aDie' The pleasure of playing on a rainy
nisht Is great Lack of space keeps many
s@Ho would otherwise own billiard tables
.om indulging in one. Others do not
Anow that billiard table of standard
ne, with broadcloth, good balls and fine
tGDDer can be bought for $75 to 500. But
oNHards Is a game that will never be
olhnon at home no matter how cheap
ne table, because an immense room is
equlred, and few want, i'm these days Of
andIord, to pay rent for a billiard table.
o., ne bicycle has cut into the billiard
a,oie trade and into the amusement Of
on.lards. Bowling has also knocked 1t
c out IN a way When II is pleasant people
zee evenings, and when 1t rains they like
w oowl. Private bowling alleys are nu-
,neIous Still there is always the billiards
lali back upon as an elegant evening
r,tmusement. Women like billiards because
Wy can dress for the game and look their
p p,oSt graceful at 1t, something which can
"9S oe said Of bowling
ne place for a billiard table is on the
afeohd floor The basement of house is
aaSn up to the servants and first floor to
r1tIor and dinlng-room space But the
at second floor is the ideal for the bill
'AAt table "A har ha ~ ffa M