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Show BILLIARD1SIS HAVE NEW PLAN 1 I Name "Pool" to Be Banished From Everything in Connec- v 'i tion With Billiards. POOL IS NOT A GAME J Unsavory Reputation Should '1 Not Be Attached to Game' i Splendid Record. j A movement among billiard play- W ers is on foot to have thex name M "pool" banished from everything in i connection with billiards and pocket billiards, often referred to as "pool." vl One cause of the prejudice against ' billiardists arises from the common ' use of a misnomer. The public j reads for instance, of certain crimes and misdemeanors occurriner In a pool room and enrrjing the impres- ; sion that the item refers to a game i room, when In reality such event3 never happened in any billiard hall, and were in no way connected with the game of billiards. The better class of billiard room keepers have j sought to eliminate this confusion by dropping the word "pool" in connec- 1 tion with their business. t- Pool Not a Game. i Pool is not a game, but is applied t to the game of billiards by some t through ignorance. It is a wise move that the proprietors of billiard halls ? throughout the country are making eliminating the word "pool" from ev- f erything connected with their busi- ness. All-"the paraphernalia necessary for pool "room are a telegraph instrument, i a pencil, a pad of paper and money r to wager. It is no wonder the bil- Hard hall men see the advisability of not using the word "pool" as a name j for pocket billiards because of tho unsavory reputation given the word "pool." ; All the tables for social games In ; a billiard hall are billiard tables and 'all games played thereon are games of billiards pocket billiards aiid car- ;- om. Like the great American game of baseball, the game of billiards has ; had a splendidly clean record and It is rightfully called the "gentleman's game" because of that record. ' |