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BILLIARDS. 8.-CANNONS TO LEAVE AN IN-OFF, (COPYRIGHT). [By RISO LEVI"] Diagram 554 Elhows 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 can-non is quit i:t> 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 an in-off, provided that the cue ball takes the red ball half-ball-or fuller—on the side I away from the top cushion. Diagram 554.-A gentle thin, ball-to-ball cannon to leave an in-off from the white. In the diagram the balls are so situated that a cannon on to the outside of the red or even full on to it, even tho,ugh it only slightly moved the white, oould only leave portion for a forcing or screw in-off from the white, but by getting on to the infride 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 wa-y the in-off thoa,t should follow will be rendered much 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 tha-t a cannon full on to the red, made by a stroke which only slightly moves the white, can only leave a. thtli in-off to continue with, the cannon must be played in such a wsty 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 oa.n only leave a very thin in-off, is by pJayinig the cannon very gently on to the outside of the red, so that the oue ball, after reaching this ball, may travel towards the cushion. Diagram 555 shows a variation of the posi- tion illustrated on Diagram 554. The situa- tion o.f the object ba-Ils 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 object white and the pocket instead of being between them. Here, again, a gentle stroke, which hardly moves the white and which causes the cue ball to cannon pretty full on to the red, will leave good position for an in-off from the white. Diagram 555.—A thin cannon taking the red on the inside to leave an in-off from the white. Should the position be such that a gentle sitroke, 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 ta-kem full, must be taken on the butsiide, and in this way the in-off from the white which should follow will be leas wide than it would otherwise have been, and may even be a simple half-ball stroke. A slightly faster stroke which still causes the cue ball to cannon full on to the red, but which moves the object white more than the gentle stroke does, will also often bring about the same result. Sometimes a combination of the two mothods may be advantageously 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 in-off from the white, the red must be taken, on the inside, for by taking the red on the inside the wfll travel towards the side cushion, and this will cause the subsequent 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 ball-to-ball cannon. A gentle stroke which causes the cue ball to cannon 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, den, though this ball may be taken much lees than half-ball. Diagram 556.—A thin ball-to-ball can-non. Red on the &pot; object white on the central line of the. ta-ble and about 12 inches above the centre pockets. Oue baJl 7 inches, from the top cushion and 2Bi 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 will come to rest at a point lower down the table—that is nearer to baulk—than the white, ofte-n to leave quite an easy stroke for the centre pocket. Even should the in-off, which is left, require quite a thin stroke, such a stroke will not be a very difficult one, for, in the first place, the cue baU will not be fa-ir from the white, and secondly, the in-off will be into a very open pocket- MT. Levi's articles aippcar every Saturday in the "Evening Express." No. 1 of this series aipipeaired on October 3.

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