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BILLIARDS. I —————— ——————. 19.-CANNONS IN BAULK. I By RISO LEVI (Copyright). I As already stated, when playing a cannon off the top cushion with both object balls a considerable distance from the top cushion, the most certain way of getting the cannon is by means of a half-stroke, provided that the position is such that the cannon is on from some spot in the D by means of a half- ball stroke, and provided also that a half- ball stroke can be p.layed without any fear of a kiss taking place between the cue ball and the first object ball. In many positions, however, although a cannon off the top cushion can be made quite easily from the D by means of a plain half-ball stroke, and, although a half-ball stroke cannot possibly cause a kizs to take place between the cue ball and the first object ball, the cannon cannot be played as a plain half-stroke with- out great risk of losing the white when this ball is the first object ball. In some posi- tions a true half-ball stroke would certainly pot the white, and in other positions, although a true half-ball stroke would not send the white down, a cannon played as a half-ball stroke without side might easily cause the white to be lost owing to the contact not being a true half-ball one, though, to aU intents and purposes, a half- ball one, especially as judged by the throw- off angle BIAGRAM 521.-A ctmnon off the top cushion. Red bill oin. from the top cushion and 23jin. from the Eido cushion. Object white lSin. from the top cushion and '12Hn. from the sid cushion. The cannon is '1 I haif-bafl elrcke without side from the end of the D, but sucii a stroke generally causes the object white to enter the corner pocket. Tho correct way of playing the cannon is shown on Diagram 582. Diagram 531 illustrates one of these com- monly occurring positions, and also illus- trates how the white may be lost when the cannon is played off the white by means of a plain half-ball stroke. Diagram 532 shows the object bails in exactly the same position as on Diagram 581, and illustrates the correct way of playing the cannon. It will be noticed that the cue ball is spotted very differently, and this altera.tion of the angle precludes apossi- bility of a half-ball stroke potting the white. To compensate for the altered spotting of the cue ball the stroke must be played with running side, and drag should also be used DIAGH,Ul 532.—A cannon oft the top cushion. A ha?f-bali stroke with running side. Object balls situated exactly as on Diagram 582. Cue ball a few inches from the far end of the D. A half-ball stroke cannot pot the white. in order to check the speed of the cue ball previous to its contact with the white. This cannon can be made by means of a thinner than half-ball stroke with side, but long distance strokes should never be played in this manner when a half-bail stroke will serve owing to the unreliability of thin contacts as com- pared with half-ball ones. An exception to this rule, of course, occurs when the position is such that a kiss may easily take place ad the result of a half-ball stroke. Mr. Levi's articles appear every Saturday in the Evening Express." No. 1 of this series appeared on October 3.

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