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BILLIARDS. do 7.—CANNONS TO LEAVE AN IN-OFF (COPYRIGHT). [By RISO LEVI.] Ddagrain 550 shows a position that with slight variations occurs every now and then. With the cue ball in hand a cannon can be made easily enough off the side cushion by playing from somewhere near the centre of the D line, and it is quite possible to get position for an in-off from the white by means of this cannon, but there must always be an uncertainty about the leave when this cannon i5 1ja.yed off a cushion owing to the difficulty of getting on to the object white with sufficient accuracy to leave an in-off. An alternative and for good players a better wiay of playing to leave position for an in-off is by means of a slow screw full on to the object white, the cue ball being spotted at or rear the end of the D as shown on the diagram. If the angle can be made a right angle the roue ball can be made to cannon full on to the object white by means of a; half-ball cr slightly fuller than half- ball stroke with screw. When the object white is taken quite full the cue ball will DIAGRAM 550.-A slow-screw cannon to leave an in-off from the white. ROO ball 19in. from the s'de cushion and 30;in. from the Daulk cushion. Object white alia. from the side cushion and 17.in. ■! from the baulk cushion. With the balls placed to these measurements it will be found that no ball-to-ball cannon is an from any part of the D without screw or force. remain very near the spot previously occupied by the white, and this baJl will travel as indioated by the intersected line to leave good position for an in-off, provided them the strength of the stroke has been well- juiged. This screw cannon to leave an in-off from the white requires extremely good handling, and even good players often fail to obtain the posit.:on played for, by reason of their not getting sufficiently fall on to the white. Nevertheless, there is a greater likelihood of getting position for an in-off from the white when playing this common by a ball-to-ball screw than by p'aying it off the side cushion. When playing the' cannon by a ball-to-ball screw position for an in-off will sometimes be left even though the cue ball ta-kee the seoond object ball quite differently from what waa intended. No player can, however, rely upon getting position in this manner, and when he does it is the result of luek and not of skill. Bia grain 551 shows another s(r,&W-oanrion positicm. The cannon presents very little difficulty for any fair player just as a stroke, but it requires very well pliaying to en-sure good after-position. Instead of screwing direct on to the object white the one ball should be made to take the cushion just before it reaches this ball, as shown by the continuous tne. Also, the stroke must be a DIAGRAM 5^1.—A screw cannon off the cushion to leave an in-off from the white. A difficult stroke. Red ball 17Jin. from the baulk cushion and 26in. from the side cushion.' Object white 2in. from the baulk cushion and 12jin. from the side cushion. Cue ball 13in. from the baulk cushion and 20Jin. from the side cushion. slow screw, otherwise the object white will tra;vel too fair to leave any in-off to oomtinue with. The intersected line on the diagram indicates the direction in which the object white will travel when the cue ball strikes the cushion at the correct distance from it, and the length 01 this lin# shows the distance the' white should travel as the result of a perfect-strength stroke. Diagram 562 shows position for a cannon off the side cushion. With the balls plaoed exactly to the measurements given under the diagram, the oanmou can be made quite easily 'by means of a plain half-ball stroke. Heare, ag&in, tihe leave to play for is aji in- off from the white into the corner pocket, but unless good Strength be osed the cannon will result in the object white travelling too far to leave this in-off. Ln plain ha If-ball strokes the cue ball and the object ball travel with about the same speed f- the moment of contact, amd thus I they travel approximately the eme =tn Z, reckoning from the point of contact, conse- quently as in the stroke illustrated on Dda- gram 552 both balls strike the side cushion at very nearly the same angle, they IDiUst ootlh rebound from the cushion with approximately the same speed, and as, in order that position for an in-off from the DIAGRAM 552.-A cannon off the cushion to leave an in-off from the white. Red bail 71in. from the side cushion and 37iin. from the top cushion. Object white 7in. from the top cushion and 244in. from the top cushion. Cue ball 29iin. from the side cushion and 28in. from the top cushion. white may be left for the next stroke, the white must not travel any f-art-her than indicated by the intersected line on the diagram, the C'uoe ball must rebound from the cushion with very little more speed than ie necessary to cause it to reach the red. If the strength of the stroke hAs been correctly gauged the cue ball will not travel more than an inch or two after reaching the red provided that it cannons full on to it, and not more than a few inches should it take it aibout half-ball on either side. The nature of the ensuing in-off from the white will, of course, vary with every varia,tion of the cue ball's contact wl-tSi the red, but provided that the object white travels very nearly as indicated by the intersected line on the diagram, and that the cue ball camions geutly on to the red ball, the in-oif will always be a fairly easy stroke and often quite a simple one. Diagram W shows position for a very simple cannon off the red on to the white. If, however, the cannon is made by a ball- to-ball stroke the object white will in all probability fall into the pocket, and even should it not do so it will, as a rule, remain so oloee to the pocket that it will enter it the next time it is hit. If, instead, tlfe canmon is played off the top cushion, as illustirated by the oontinuous line on the diagram, the object ball cannot enter the pocket, amd if the strength of the stroke be so well-judged that the cue bail rebounds off the oushAon wirtlh iititle more pace tham ie

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