Show 0 Or v I 1 k iOn Plays Pl f I r 1 J dt a B S 'S BY MAURI MAURICE C DALY i i-i i r t EE C TIME rz z r c CHAMPION CHio DAi or- or orTHE TH THE I A. A H HH H S H i H 4 GENERAL PRINCIPLES t OF POSITION PLAY 44 Keep 11 1 Keep 1 Keen tho the balls hans in the short i table 2 2 Give Give short drives preference I J over oyer lon long 3 Avoid 3 Avoid driving both balls bans 4 Dont Don't Don't Dont drive until you have to J 5 Land 5 Land dead on the carom caromI I Il l ball balI t i 6 Keep 6 Keep both object balls hans U ahead of you 1 t I I 1 The Tho virtue of practice cannot be too I emphasized But remember r the old saw Theres There's a big difference fin in in ginger Aimless knocking about I of the balls will not increase your ayera average e. e When you see a valuable shot practice it repeatedly Diagrams such as are used h r LJ iii A Hoff 7 7 O op AU J 5 00 t i 0 I i iI I f I I L c I can a only indicate principles Let one alter tr the position of the balls the t trifle in many cases and the whole character of the shot is is changed o 0 after reading the points here adb ada de and shown in the illustrations set on oa the table and try the shot v erand r and over over not not only in in the place in in- but with slight a and d in in some cases great variations Then you will wil know it and recognize at man many other points on the table the value of the general principle here enunciated The Thela la late e Frank Ives now generally credi credited ed edwith with being the finest exponent of hIgh higl class billiards ever known would tl ill I A. A c 1 7 4 0 I VOH MY MYC C nf AW roo Y A J hEll hEll- lot i- i ir r tI t I i i S SI I j 7 Jt 1 H At 47 7 l ul cY g 0 P I c 0 J tice for hours at a stretch and often devote ote half an hour to one shot In nursing balls in the the short table especially with short draw dra shots along the end rail a little carelessness often results in I tie wish to give today today today to to- day two frequent examples of this In cut No 13 is shown a frequent little follow shot Take great pains to land landon landon on the outer edge of the carom ball baIl otherwise you will be left in line with witha witLa witha a a difficult masse or a scattering round the table shot Diagram B of the same cut shows how to make the shot This like nearly all close position shots requires requires requires re re- re- re quires careful play Cut No 14 illustrates another situation situation situa situa- tion in which a tie up is iS threatened By drawing too softly just getting to the second ball you are likely to leave leavea a lineup or a freeze or at best a masse This is shown in Diagram ram A. A Diagram B shows that by landing a little harder you escape the threatened tie To be continued |