Show PO ARE A THING OF THE PAST BILLIARD HALLS ARE THE VERY LATEST ALL BILLIARD HALL PROPRIETORS PROPRIETORS TORS IN COUNTRY ARE WORK ING TOGETHER TO CHANGE NAME I The Tho names poolroom as applied I to halls whore straight ati and pocket billiards billiards bil bil- bil- bil Bards are aro played is doomed It must go if it the game gamo of billiards is to retain its hold upon popular f favor vor Proprietors or of billiard halls halts have ha awakened to the fact that tho the term poolroom by which their places s are commonly designated in the parlance of the street has brought undeserved upon their buein business Ss In the correct cor cor- root definition of the tho t term rm a f poolroom poolroom pool poolroom pool pool- room is a place where pools are ae sold and bets taken on horse rac races s. s With such sinister associations clinging cling cling- I in ing to it the name as improperly ap applied applied ape plied phed to a a. billiard bUllard hall han has done untold I injury to the tho g game me of billiards to the tho I proprietors of places whore where billiards are arc indulged in as a a. pastime and an to the i pl slayers players themselves os The name namo poolroom poolroom pool I room oom suggests to many persons especially espe cape to women and mothers whose bO boys 8 are aro growing up a n. place of evil in in- A place where is played p is properly designated cis us as a billiard hall ball or billiard r room om and nd the game once ordinarily ordinarily known as pool is corr correctly pocket billiards Realizing the in injury ry that the Ithe misnomer misnomer mer pf pi f poolroom has ha done their business business busi busi- I ness riess keepers of billiard halls hans throughout through through- out the country are aro just now in the midst of or a united campaign to kee keep t their games freo free from any taint o pi oT gambling In any well regulated bil bil- bil hard liard hall hail signs are conspicuously posted posted post ed informing tho the public that tiit no game gambling gambling gam gam- bling is allowed Strict measures measures are are arc adopted to prevent any getting on games and if there is any gambling it itis iti is done clandestinely The game of pocket billiards is now universally called by its correct name and tho word pool pol has been relegated rele role gated to the scrap heap Street signs s inscribed H Poolroom hn have va been gon generally abolished and others have havo taken their place bearing the tho l legend Billiard 1 Hill Halt or II Pocket Bl lara i Room I The Tho manufacturers have fallen into int line e with the proprietors of or billiard haUsin halls haUs in the nation wi wide e campaign to protect the game of billiards from undeserved di disrepute and to keep it upon a high clean plane as an innocent and wholesome whole whole- some Rome amusement |