Show lies o r v vOS At 1 OS sr a a as s S S tV a L O Vb Tl 55 S 5 4 sir MAURICE DAJAY S S ci- ci S TH ilS i I I 4 i t GENERAL GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF POSITION PLAY oJ t. t S oj nt- nt f. f Keep I the tho balls in tho short oj r i. table tr 1 Give 2 short drives preference i i. over o long ont I. I Avoid 3 driving both bans balls S Dont Don't drive until you have to i l k I. I Land s-Land dead dead J on the carom caromi i 1 ball balI i I r I. Keep 6 both object bans balls bansi i 4 1 ahead of you i I rL I I H H H t I Most ost be beginners inners in in billiards ver very soon soot mu earu the effect and its importance of ol English il on the tho ri right ht of cue ball bill or left ball They Thoy are much slower to tc in in even oven simple shots the tho nn ito l difference between top and bott bot bot- t om n En English lish or draw and follow in in an on the course of tho the object ballIf ball after fer er striking a cushion If AmAnd nil nd while while- the tho dia diagrams rams shown today ro rc not strictly pertinent to tho the question i S position the tho principle is so import t i C. C f S.- S. S I I II I i O i N tt 5 5 I L 55 J Hf n Hn n that aspect many a time that I 1 ushto make snake it absolutely clear I Observe diagram in in cut No J 0 C At glance lance the shot looks impossible to the beginner But let him strike th tho I first ob object ball thin with plenty o of I. I draw draw draw and his bis cue ball will viII swell out as tho the phrase goes i. i i. i e. e c. c take a curved course courso over toward the corner Rear Boar in in mind that when a ball hit low comes back from the cushion the under under- spin is is still effective and on its new course that spin is is no lon longer er acting a aa as asa a draw but as a follow This point is is also illustrated in in diagram diagram dia dia- gram ram B of cut No 9 9 When tho the cue 0 I r l p It I t O- O 1 ball rebounding from the tho cushion hits the object ball balt the top spin in in the changed course of the cue ball is is now acting as draw This dia diagram ram will be useful to beginners also as a position shot The t ball ball plain to ball carom would be likely to leave the balls spread Cut No 10 illustrates the same point in in S another frequent position If the thc cut cue ball is hit low low and and that is is the way the be beginner inner is tempted to make it it- it itt it-it it t will swell off the cushion and fail to count If the cue ball be hit hi high h like a follow it will tend to curve in in toward the corner with greatly increased chances of countin counting In a future article I will answer quer quer- ries nes as asto to how to play the the dead dead ball with dia diagram ram To Tobe be continued |