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BILLIARDS. I 17.-CANNONS IN BAULK. I By RISO LEVI (Copyright). I Although, with the object white situated as shown on Diagram. 576 (given last week), the cannon is a half-ball stroke when played from the far end of the D; it can also be made by means of a, half-ball stroke from anywhere on the D line, provided that run- ning- side is used. Diagram 577 shows the cannon played from the near end of the D. Played fromf here, a moderate amount of side, but nothing like extreme side, must be used. Although the amount of side required has to be corrcctly judged, this stroke is very little more diffi- cult than the pla.in half-ball cannon illus- trated on Diagram 576 (given last week), and, generally speaking, better direction is given the red ball when these part ieular cannons are played from the near end of the D line or its vicinity, than when they are played from the other end of the line. Although many cannons off the red on the spot c'n to the object white lying close to the side cushion may present little or no diffi- culty, just as strokes, to any fair player, it is a very different thing when the question of the after-position has to be considered. When no at-tempt is made to leave some good position as the result of one of these cannons the after-position will far more often be bad than good, and when it happenis to be good the player may consider himself very fortunate. On Diagram 577 the inter- sected line indicates how the red may be made to travel to the vicinity of the centre pocket as the result tf a good-strength stroke. DIAGRAM 577.—A cannon off the top cushion I played with running side. Object ball situated I exactly as on Diagram 576. The cannon, however, requires very well handling to obtain this position, and even when the red oomes to rest not very far from the pocket the next stroke may not be by any means an easy one, for eo much depends upon what angle the cue ball inlits new position will make with the red and the pocket. Still, provided the red comes to rest somewhere in the vicinity of the pocket, or at least no very great distance from it, there will generally be some sort of Position for this pocket. Often an in-off will be left though it may have to be played with screw or by means of a thin or a run- through stroke, and at other times the stroke to play will be a pot of some kind or other. As the positions illustrated on Diagrams 574, 575, and 577 are, with slight modifica- tions, of constant occurrence, fair players should always play to bring the red down to the centre pocket, otherwise though the cannon may be made, the break will gene- rally come to an end with this stroke. Diagram 578 shows the red on the spot and the object white a few inches from the side cushion. Playing from the D a cannon off the top cushion can be made taking either the red or the white first. The cannon off the red. is very similar to the cannons already described, except that owing to the object DIAt. 0—a uuiirion off the top cushion. A hall-bail stroke with side. Bed on the spot. Object white 42in. from the side cushion aud 4oiin. from the top cushion. white being a few inches from the cushion the cue ball can either cannon direct on to it or off the- side cushion. The cannon off the white is a more difficult stroke as it can- not be made by meaws -of a plain half-ball stroke and consequently some running side -right-hand side on the diagram—must be used. The amount of side has, of course, to be judged, for not enough side will cause the cue ball to pass the red on the inside after leaving the top cushion, and too much side will cause it to pass the red on the outside. Aim should be taken for a half-ball oomtact with the white, and the atiroke should be played with drag as well as side. With the balls in the position shown on Diagram 578 good position far more often results from a oannon off the white, played in the manner just described, than it does from a cannon off the red, for a well-played cannon off the white brings the balls pretty well together owing to the object white crossing the taible, as shown by the intersected line, whereas thiia cannot be the case with a oannon off the red. Although the position which results from a caimon off the white depends upon how the cue ball takes the red, as well as upon the streingth with which the stroke has been played, a good-strength stroke will generally leave what will be a scoring posi- tion for any fair player, and often the resulting position will be an extremely good one. A cannon off the white is, therefore, a sounder stroke to play than a cannon off the red, owing to the former stroke leading to better position than the latter. Mr. Levi's articles appear every Saturday in the Evening Express." No. 1 of this series apipeared on October 3. Professional Tournament at Cardiff The heat between J. Coverley (Angel Hotel) and A. E. flamuiaii (Royal Hotel) in the pro- fessional tournament at the Rummer Hotel, Cardiff, waa played on Friday night, with the following result:— Coverley (rec. 190) 500 Hamman (rec. 140) 258 The positions in the tournament up to date are as under:— Pl'd. Won. Lost. A. Llewellyn (scr.) 4 2 2 G. Tuxworth (rec. 80) 4 3 1 T. Carpenter (ree. 90) 4 2 2 A. Hamman (ree. 140) 3 2 1 A. Clifford (rec. 160) 2 1 1 D. Rces (rec. 170) 6 1 5 J. Coverley (rec. 180) 6 4 2 A. Turner (rec. 230) 5 2 3 Harverson, 7,834; Stevenson, 4,746. Aiken, 7,696; Reeee, 6.572. RUMMER HOTEL, DUKE-STREET, CARDIFF. Fijst-ctfss Billiard TabK Annual Professional Tournament Every Evening. Play will commence at 7.30 p.m. Heats, 500 up. First Prize vaue £12, Second Prize value L6, Third Prize value £ 3.—G. Matthews, Proprietor. el74 The WELLINGTON HOTEL (Canton) are Open to Play Home and Home Friendly Matches. e4233i23

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