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BILLIARDS. I ———.—. 8.-CANNONS TO LEAVE AN tN-OFF- a (COPYRIGHT). .1 [By RISO LEVI ] I Dia,gTam 554 shows a position wherein the only stroke to play is a very thin cannon off the white. Owing, however, to the cue ball being in such close proximity to the white the cannon is quite au easy stroke. Here again, by playing a gentle stroke, position for an in-off from the white can be left to continue with. A gentle thin stroke will only move the object white an inch or two, and thus it is bound to remain well situated for a,n in-off, provided that the cue ball takes the red ball haJf-ball-or fuller-on the side away from the top cushion. Dia.gra,in 554.-A. gentle thin ball-to-ball cannon to leave an in-off from the white. In the diagram the balls are eo situa-ted that a cannon on to the outside of the red or even full on to it" even though it o,nly slightly moved the white, oould only leave position for a forcing or screw in-off from the white, but by getting on to the inside of the red—that is, on to the' side away from the cushion—'the cue ball will travel a little farther into the open, and in this way the in-off that should follow will be rendered muoh less difficult, and may even be made quite a simple stroke. When, on the other hand, the position of the cue ball and the object white is such that a, cannon full on to the red, made by a stroke which only slightly moves the white, can only leave a thin in-off to continue with, the cannon must be played in such a way that the white is moved some little distance. This is, of course, easily effected by using a little more pace. An alternate way of getting good position for the in-off, when a gentle cannon full on to the red can only leave a very thin in-off, is by playing the cannon very gently on to the outside of the red. so that the one ball, after reaching this ball, may travel towards the cushion. Diagram 555 shows a variation of the posi- tion illustrated n Diagram 554. The situa- tion of the object balls is very similar as regards the nature of the cannon, but the stroke is down the table instead of across it, and the cue ball is outside the obct white and the pocket instead of tfeing between them. Here, again, a gentle stroke, which hardly moves the white and which causes I the cue ball to cannon pretty full on to the red, will leave good position for an in-off I from the white. I Diagram 555.—A thin cannon taking the red on the inside to leave an i-n-off from the white. Should the position be such that a gentle stroke, which hardly moves the white, and which causes the cue ball to cannon full on to the red, will only leave position for a very wide in-off from the white, the red ball, instead of being taken full, must be taken on the outside, and in this way the in-off from the white which should follow will be less wide than it would otherwise have been, a.nd may even be a simple half-ball stroke. A slightly faster stroke which still ca-uses the cue ball to cannon full-oit to the l-e-d, but which moves the object wEite more than the gentle stroke does. Will aJao ofteai bring about the same result. Sometimes a combination of the two methods may be adva-n,tageowly employed. When the position is such that, however Slightly the object white may be moved, a full or nearly full contact with the red can only leave a narrow fil-off from the white, the red must be taken on the inside, for by taking the red on the inside the cue ba.U will tra.vel towards the side cushion, and thaa wiU cause the 8Ubaequent in-off from the white to be less narrow than it would otherwise have been, even when it does not make it quite a simple stroke. Diagram 556 shows a position for a thin I ball-to-ball caiwion. A gentle stroke which causes the cue ball to oannon full, or nearly full,, on to the object white will generally leave position for a centre-pocket in-off from the white, though when the contact is not quite full, the centre pocket into which the in-off must be played, will depend upon whether the red has been taken to the right or to the left. When the cannon is played with gentle strength, position for an in-off from the white will very often be left, even though this ball may be taken much less tham half-baill. t Diagram 556.—A thin boll-W-ball cannon. Red on the spot; object white on tthe central line of the table and aibout 12 inches above the centre pockets. One ball 7 inches from the top oushiion and 284 inches from the side cushion. Position may be left for a centre-pocket in-off from the white. A thin contact will hardly move the white, and thus the cue ball wiH come to rest at a I point lower down the table—that is nearer to ba?lk—thao the white, often to le?ve quite an easy stroke for the centre pocket. Even should the m-off, which is left, require quit? a thin stroke, such a stroke will not I be a very difficult one, for, in the ftrst place, the oue ball wiH not be far from the white, and secondly, the in-off will be into a very open pocket. Mr. Leivi's articlesappear every Saturday in the "Evening Express." No. 1 of tihns series appeared on October 3.

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