Show Billiards at Sea Can you imagine playing billiards In a heavy gale said tho captain Do you wonder that our now liners with their elevators and telephones and gymnasium dont have billiard tables as well Ono ship once had a billiard table tho Great Eastern The wonderful Great Eastern had a billiard table on aswinging deck This deck was supposed to counteract counter-act the ships motion and to keep tho table steady But It failed to do so and very remarkablo were some of the shots made on tho Groat Easterns table in rough weather Nevertheless tho table was kept for years and was a popular instltu tlon aboard tho big boat But no other boat before or since has over bothered to Introduce billiards I |