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-PENGAM COUNTY SCHOOL.

P. JAMES. I

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MONMOUTHSHIRE VALLEYS INTER-LEAGUE…

I ASSOOADON CODE.1

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.PONTYCYNON CRUSADERS ASSOCIATION…

Air Rifle Notes.-I

I --JACK LLOYD.

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Bi))iards. 26.-CANNONSOFF THE TOP CUSHION t I Ny «t80 LBVi (CopyrtarhO- t I In the position shown on Diagram 594 screw cannon off th< cushion is best played by means of a half-ba-11 contact, for it ill much easier to ensure correct contact wh using a half-ball stroke than when PI&Yivg to take a baU thinner or fuller than ba.I'. In corta.m variations, given la 't Nieek of the position shown on Diagram 594 a ha'' baJI -etroke cannot be used. as such a. stroM would throw the nrst object ba-II on M the second one. Dia?ra,m 595 illu?tra.tea sach a position. Here, M a half'baH stroke ??? cause the red to hit the white, a 8Omewb.t. thmner than half-baJi stroke must be employ* DIAGRAM 595.—A ecrew-cajmon <? the top cuah! t Bed bal] on tha spot. Cue baU and object vhjte t?* N <:im. from the red. A!I three baUa hi & stra.i?ht I!D*' N Uniess tta red be ta?on quite thinly it will kias ?" I object whitt N for a cannon off the cushion, and consider a.My mdre screw must be uaed to compensate for the in inner than half-ball contact with the red. In this stroke some check side- left-hand side in me diagram—may be adva-O* tag-eously ased in order to cause the 4DUS baJl to rebound more squarely from tJ¡ø cushion than it would do as the result of pla.in.ba.) 1 screw. Whereas, however, the baJt* baj-1 screw cannon off the cushion iUustra.'M" on aagraim 594 is an easy enoTig'h OU-0ke and qoite withia the compass of any nM?d?' ra.te pla-yer whten played m the maju? already de&cribed. the thinner th&n hta.lf-h?' scpew cajmon to avoid the kiss, a?s ilho"i?CA on DiagTajn 595. ie a di&cnlt stroke, a?* cruite beyond the ordinary player. An altop native stroke to this thimner tha.n hAM-h* of t-he cushion. is a off the top cuahion, hitting the cushion nrst. but <u<!h stroke is also a. difncmit one owing to tJtII cicely of judgment required as to what POO on the cushion to aim at. Other alt-ernatilflo strokes arc a at&efpdeohase cajinoti, a ma<s< canmon, or a pot, but all these strokes 90 extremely dinlcaJft. In the position shown 04 Diagram 594 the pot is aJao an alter.na.ttf' stroke to the cajmon. but even this I whilst not as dUncult as a pot with the ballo situa-ted aa shown on Dda-grajn 595, is aiu* thing but an easy stroke to judge. ? Diagram 596 illuatr?tea a position '?n?b. typical of positions which oft&n occar. T? only stroke at all on is a cannon, but a ba" to-ball cannon is unposaible by means of medium-paoe ha/If-ba-U stroke even wi- extreme running side. A ball-to-ball oann is, however, M easy enough etroke w. played as a forcing stroke, and this is tc* wa.y the ordinary player plays it. Such stroke, however, sends the balls nying all ove the table, and the player who plays M*' annOD in t.his ma-nnor truftts to fortua' for his next stroke. Instead of the canD o being played by me&ns of a bangdng st:ro5" it should be played off the top cushion, &° not much more strength should be. used thso is necessary to cause the cue ball to reac" the second object ba.U. The moderate player. howeve: when playing this ca-nnon off the top cushion generally plays it in the wroo* wa,y. The positdon illustrated on the dilv gram is such that not only is it impossible to cannon direct from one ba.U on to t" other by means of a medium-pace lin.If-b-IJI stroke, but it is likewise ifinpoBaible to 9-0. the cannon off the top cushion by means of a half-ball stroke without eide. In fact, were the cannon to be attempted by the lat'M' stroke, the cue baU's line of tra-vel after itØ rebound from the top oashion w<niM quite wide of the red- The moderate played recogTiisin? this quite easily, aims for S thinnish contact with the nrst object ball iØ order to preYCBt the cue ball foinz rouna the Becond object baJl, a.nd also with tB' 596.-A c<wuoJÍ utf the top mshion. A balf-bau stroke with plenty of check ai. Red ball on the spot. Object whits 104 iachea from the side and 40 inches troIXl the top cushion. Cue 17 inches from -t}le side cushitm and 53 inches from the baulk CMhion. same end in view often playa the etroK with some check side. As already explained, however, thinner than half-ball stroke played from a distance are always uncertaio strokes owing to the difficulty that exists ilz taking the object ball as desired. and the use of check aide further co'mplicates matters. In fact, should the cannon undef discussion be played as a thinner than half' ball stroke it is better to use no side and rely upon correct contact with the object ball. The meet reliable, and consequently the correct, way, however, of playing thid cannoa is by me-ans of a medium-pace half' ball stroke with plenty of check tdde. With the balls placed to the measurements given under Diagram 596 a naif-ball stroke will cause the cue-ball to strike t<he top cushion at point which is practically right behind the red—the exact point of contact with tb< cushion wiU vary slightly according to whether the stroke is played with ivory balls or with bonzoline balls-and strong check side will cause the cue ball to rebound front the cusnion quite squarely on to the red- as shown by the continuous line on the diagram. Any fair player cam be pretty certain of taking an object ball correctly when playing & half-ball stroke, whereat even really good players are often at fault when they have to use a thinner than half- ball stroke, consequently it ia easy to under- stand why in the position ahown on Diagram 536 the haIf-baU stroke with check aide is much sounder than the thinner than half- ball stroke with or without check side. Of course, in strokes of the nature of the one under discussion, the amount of check side which must be ueed with a. half-ball contact will not always be the ea.me. but the neoeasary amount can always be gauged by calculating the point on the cnahion upon which cue ball will Impinge as the result of a balf-ball stroke. This half-ball stroke with check side can often be just ae advan- tageously used for a cannon off the side cushion. Mr- Lewi's a-rtiolea appear -every Saturday in the "Evening Express," No. 1 of this series appeared on October 5.

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P. JAMES. I

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