Show ples Or oc Plays S J dt a B L BY a MAURIC D DAILY DALI THREE THiE rz-i rz CHAMPION JO v j J Y w r-iv r or THE 11 T u T T r-T j I- I H 4 i-i-i-I i M M I I I III I 1 I II I i GENERAL PRINCIPLES 4 i t OF OP POSITION PLAY 4 of 1 1 of 4 t 1 1 Keep I-Keep Keep the balls baUs in the short 4 of 1 table 1 4 of i Give S-Give Give short shori drives preference 4 i I 10 over lon long 0 4 i e 3 Avoid 3 Avoid driving both balls bans 4 of 1 r T Dont Don't Don't Dont drive until you have to 4 of T i o Land 5 Land Land dead dead I on the carom 4 of ball 4 of 6 6 Keep Keep both object balls bans 4 I ahead of you 4 oi- 1 i. i J i r T L 4 A z vJ JJ AL LZ Cw CwI L I 9 I J. o iA M 1 VER JOfF r. F Fsr sr JM T Hv t L 70 F S J 17 v v H. H nc Ee I. I b I V 1 t 4 i J r c. c D I H 23 No o pla players ers have hae p ever pr r r dE' developed lop d greater gi skill in d delicate cat l manipulation of the HIP y MY balls alls than Frank Ives lvIs or Jacob JaCoh Schaefer r To the latter Is credited the dis discovery erv othe ot nt th he the anchor nurse and both he and iv Ives being forced toward the center table to get through with tIm the cue ball and flock Clock the two object balls back toward the corners or cross crossings The necessity of splitting arises when with the two object balls bails near together have ha made runs with it far fax Into the hun bun No other player while this nurse so was allowed ever approached them In its development The split shot and passing through shots are carefully practiced by the best players In general genera the point to be at attained attained at- at tamed is when the two object balls are and facing the center of the table the cue ball is between them and cannot be gotten gotten gotten got got- ten oft off to the right or left so as to work the tile soft nurse explained In a previous article article across across the faces of the balls The first shot Is the key to the situation ItI It ItIs itis I Is on this that hl all l the damage can be it df done If it is too hard r If j just right then h two to four more soft ones will put the cue ball bail through and various easy position possibilities are generally the result DIagram Di Diagram DI DI- agram A of cut No 23 shows the idea Diagrams B Band and C are variations Diagrams D and E need no Lion tion The point illustrated is keep the balls bails ahead of you instead of leaving one behind Cut No 24 has to do with the effect of oC English on the object ball Note particularly particularly particularly diagrams A the wrong way and B the right way It Is a simple little draw which every player meets time and time again In making this shot it is very important to draw to the inside edge of the carom ball Then when the object ball comes back It kisses the cue ball ballback ballback ballback back and itself stays nestled against I i I h i r f f I L 10 9 o 1 4 v m GI 1 b S 1 s fit i 1 r ir- ir j q p I ItS i u e- e t. a the he carom ball offering the soft nurse the he ball bail nurse or some other remunerative remunerative tive series of easy counts This again Is a valuable shot that needs neds practice but it is practice that pays divi divi- Diagrams C and D need no further ex- ex To be continued |