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Show I Game Is a Mental Sedative; It I Soothes . the Nerves and Requires I biit Little Exertion, the Science of I Hitting a Ball with a Gentle, I Pendulum. Swing Giving It I More Force Than Would H Xit vjrlHTT 1 v i.US ,s-,ta BihlnR cfrcct n tho mInd and nc"c3 H which chiefly recommends It. H ' I C J f " Of course, there arc those on whom It maj 1 fHfR C IJ FxTCk' FlQ have a different effect, but aftor ono becomes H -J.O J JL Ll V.U1VO... ft fftlr bm,ard playci. h0 U80S llttl0 phyalctli H RE you worrlod? Arc you H ABl on tnc vcrSc of "ending It H ! AlBA of billiards Qnd forget your ' B&KL troubles. A billiard game 1 jBfB will soothe those wrinkles V J&r Hb ln your i,rain. ceiis- u witi B IEI Van Pcvont suicide. H RLajQ If Macbeth had been fl ; HBEEu billiard player he : 'jBft havo worried about H , WKM HB "raveled slecvo of care." H He would have called ln H T-idy Macbeth for a sociable game of three- H cushions, and the two would havo forgotten all H about their troubles and tho play would havo H ended differently maybe there wouldn't have been any play. H Golf Is a mental stimulant; billiards Is a mental sedative. Golf quickens the mind; bll- H Hards rests It. Therefore It is that the tired business man, H the doctor and the lawyer seek a sedative after effort, and concentrates his mentality on It, not violently, but gently. Tho truo bllllardlst knows how to win and knows how to lose he is a good sport. He doesn't let a defeat ruffle his calmness. It Is only the "dub" who does. Ask the business man, who has been hard at work all day, what effect a game of billiards has on him after his day's work, and he will tell you that It Is restful. Ask tho lawyer or the Judge, and you will rccclvo tho same reply. Tho business man may be physically and mentally men-tally exhausted, but after he has played a game f 1 I " " 1 ' WMMwm'0mSS ( tmZMftmW$&mmamk J mlSISSBH or two ho Is rested and his mind and body are at case. It Is a gamo of science and skill, and physical physi-cal strength has nothing to do In' it. Ask any leading billiard player ln tho country who can hit a ball hardest, and he will tell you Charles Peterson. Peterson weighs 137, and his arm la chiefly notable by its absence of slnow, muBclo and any sign of physical exercise. And yet he can, with ono stroke, knock all three balls off the table. Which is something that Herculea couldn't do. Wo can't say that Here ever tried It, but it's a safe bet he didn't succeed if he did. For strength has nothing to do with u hard shot, and there are few billiardlsts who can do as Peterson does ln this regard. And take Pierre Maupome, the leader ln the Interstate Three-Cushion Billiard League. Ho is anything but a giant in physique, but It 1b his -hard shot, the free pendulum stroke, which has helped to bring him to the front among the three-cushion stars. And hero we get down to something of tho science of hc game. "Tho pendulum stroke, tho follow and tho solid bridge are what count ln billiards," declares de-clares Maupome, ono of the most brilliant players play-ers and especially in tho Jirec-cushion game. Peterson was the teacher who put the polish on Maupomc'a work and whon the Frenchman first came to Peterson he had this beautiful natural pendulum stroke. He wanted to make a specialty of balk line, but Peterson, noting his stroke, suggested throo-cushlons. Tho side stroke used by some players has not the natural grace of tho pendulum. True, it la that Willie- Hoppo uses this side stroko, but it grew up with him. When ho was a lad he began be-gan playing billiards, and on account of hlB diminutive size tho side stroko was natural and ho. haa since retalnod It, although It Is tending tend-ing toward tho pendulum. Other cuo stars who have this side stroko aro Sutton and Jako Shao-fer. Shao-fer. But, on the othor hand, tho oncB who ubo tho pendulum swing, and some of tho great players of the past who did use it, include: Vignaux. Morningstar, Slosson, Saslgnol, Curo, Kline, Cutler, Yamada, Dcmarest, Do Oro, Maupome, Ives, Jovno, Horgan, Clearwater, McCrcery, Mullen, Fosb, Allon, Sherman, Kcogh, Hueston, and all the Interstate Throo-Cushlon Leaguo players, with ho exception of Dankle-man, Dankle-man, who uses tho sldo stroke. It is tho natural stroke. And with it the ball can bo. shot as far as wished, merely by tho weight of tho cue. There is no need to put forth the least physical efTort, Just the natural pendulum swing, tho follow through and tho weight of the cuo will send tho ball anywhere. It also Is the natural stroke ln playing pocket billiards, although too often the average pocket billiard player usoa or trios to uso aa much strength on the shot aa ho would ln 'trying to bat a ball in baseball. Peterson, the world's champion red -ball player play-er and the best exhibition player In the gamo, billiards; "Stand erect as possible and squat rather than stoop over the table. Tho player should be perfectly balanced with both foot on tho floor and the feet should not bo together. An easy position, like a golfer, or a tennis playor or a bagoball playor takes, Is what 1b required. "Do not rest the cuo on top of tho hand. Uso the covered bridge, and as much of the hand as possible shoulfl rest on tho table. The raised 'THE CORRECT BRIDGE SSSSSf W PETERSON m wmfEMUPOME mLrm-- KNOCKING ALL THREE i H ! their day's work, and throng the downtown H : billiard halls or the billiard rooms of their H ; clubs. There Is comparatively little exercise In H the game. True it is that there Is considerable H : walking about the table and bonding over, H ; "which Is beneficial to the muscles, tending to H I reduce the waist line, and true it Is that there H i nre some players and near-players who make H u violent physical cxerclso of the game, but it H ? Gentle, Pendulum Swing H i Sends. Ball with Force j H that Breaks a Table! B I T N SHOOTING all three balls off H i -- the table with one shot, Peter- ;! H I i sou uses the gentle pendulum swing, ! jl I but Hjlj One cannot realize the skill and;' H; I the force given to the ball, until it is H'i seen. H ? When the accompanying photo- Hi' 5 graph of this shot was made, Peter- Hj, 5 son first rehearsed the shot, as it is H j ? one he seldom makes, on account' of H j i the danger of damage from, not to, M the balls. I H I 5 On the first trial, one of the balls H flew through the air and hit the 1; H! cushion of a neighboring table, ;!" Hff breaking out a piece of the slate bed. J! K 2 Another one shot off at another an- J; Hr gle and struck the bottle in a water ! H I! 5 cooler, smashing it. H i No one can figure where the balls !; Hij will go. "When Peterson goes after;!' HJ 5 J,hem and makes them hop, they are J! H jj likely to jump in any direction, and i; H ij it is up to the spectator to stand i H i back at a respectful distance and be ;! H : $ ready to duck. H j ? And yet there is seemingly no ji H J force behind the blow. Peterson j! H 5 uses the gentle pendulum swing; his i; H :; feet are planted squarely on the !; H j floor, and there is no accompanying jl H ' motion. of the body to lend force to H 5 the stroke. The -weight of the cue !; H i does it all. But Peterson puts a lit- ji H tie hop on the ball, and that is where ij H S the work is done. The balls must be !; H raised, otherwise they would not go ji H I off the table, and it is all in the trick 5 Hl of raising them. 5 B U jtjC& It '' bridge, I mean resting on tho fingers, furnishes no support. Do not uso open bridge. "Hold the cue level, jv yisyer should avoid making his cuo wobble. Tho sldo and up-and-down movement should be avoided. "When delivering tho stroke, go through the ball. Do not Jerk. The same stroke will make a draw, follow or a dead ball, "A short bridge Is generally used ln straight rail and balkllne, and a long brldgo for threo-cushlon threo-cushlon and pocket billiards. "Learn to play fast; you will lose nothing In speed." Regarding .this last advice, one will agree with Peterson regarding the fast play. Slosson 1b the most dcliberato of all the great players, Tho others seldom stop to gaze at tho tablo and look at the balls from different angles on the different sides of tho table. They play briskly and evidently their game has not suffered. Years ago whon Hoppo was u youngster under un-der his father's management ho wa3 rather slow, and deliberate, but Peterson advised him to quicken his play. "Willie took tho advice, and it can't be said that his play has suffered by it-Today it-Today Hoppo probably is the fastest player bo-fore bo-fore tho public. Peterson says tho Blow player suffers in his work because of Indecision. In tho habit of stopping stop-ping beforo each play and scrutinizing the balls from various angles ho may becomo rattlod. Tho player should work with decision, and tho quicker hie decision tho more effective his play. "Most players put too much English on tho ball," declares Peterson. "Divide tho ball into four parts and piny it lnsldo tho square. This tendency of excesslvo English is a charactoria-tlc charactoria-tlc of tho average player. Onco ho learns dllTer-crontly dllTer-crontly his playing improves." Billiards is a favorlto game with the women who havo tried it, but the fair sex is rather shy of taking up tho game. Just why is not apparent appar-ent Various wealthy men havo billiard tables in their homes, there aro billiard tables at clubs which entertain women guests, and it is nothing 'sKiJSi&l&iL-.. j5?-. - , JTrTjV i Mini III II I imaaja, raz5?53flE : fill KfjWg r - J l'l8feill,iffiflHliI r timsmmmmsmsmmmsBBUBmlM MAUPOME'S Arm posed ay PEf?f?E MAUPOME There is no reason why thoy shouldn't go. Of courso, thero aro billiard halls which have a bad odor, Just as thoro aro restaurants which havo tho same odor. But thoro aro billiard halls of tho bettor class, Just as thero arc restaurants of tho hotter class, and women who frequent both receive only tho most courteous of treatment. In several of tho largo cities of tho country theroare womon's billiard leagues, but none has reached famo In the game. It Is a pretty gamo to play, a graceful gamo, and sooner or later it will gain a stronger hold with women than It now has. In Playing billiards ono gives llttlo thought to tho balls or table, and yd thoy havo cost much thought, time, effort and money. TliQ "est ivory balls--cost 520.;jcab.uand thq-ja&Lej&Skck 33-ia lHE correct ::::r: POSITION FOR THE PENDULUM STROKE POSED BY P'ZfFffE mAL found in tho best billiard halls, cost about ?600 each. At the beginning of tho European war thero was a spurt In tho price of tho balls, caused by tho fear that the supply of Ivory would bo out off. But this fear proved groundless, and the present generation need havo no fear of a shortage short-age In Ivory for tho uso of billiard balls. Tho best Ivory is seasoned, and it is this seasoned ivory which Is used in tho 520 balls. Then thero aro tho bulls made of tho unseasoned or green Ivory, which cost several dollars loss than tho other. For somo years efforts havo been made to obtain ob-tain a substitute for ivory. Among theso are two different compositions from which tho synthetic 'and reslllo balls aro made. Those balls are said to work Just as easily as tho ivory ones, but tho billiard players will not uso them. Why? Be-causo Be-causo thoy aro not pure white. They havo a yellowish yel-lowish tinge, and tho colored ball does not glow with tho samo scarlet tlngo as tho seasoned . Ivory balL But, as nald before, there Is no need of the present generation worrying. And another thing, a good set of seasoned ivory balls lasts a Ufo- JfclSJG i. thcy.jaro properly arcl for. Thojjept rW -.'J2 T - r , JMffiHHMMMMMV' f I iiSHHiliH IfiiiHflllllllB WHjfeflBBSIIW if- bllllartl halls tako inflnito care of these balU rubbing and polishing them every night. In the green Ivory ball cracks and dents appear ap-pear quickly, and thoy do not last as long as tho seasoned ivory. But tho seasoned ivory alo .' quickly shows wear. A now set of balls of seasoned sea-soned ivory is flawless and there arc no lines on ! tho surface. These Ivory balls also aro very' sensitive to cold. Tako a sot of balls and play near an open door ln a draft and almost immediately thoy bs- como chilled and are slow In movement. It makes quite an appreclablo difference ln the Play. This Is an ancient game billiards and Juat ' where It originated, except that It was somo-noro somo-noro ln the mysterious East aomo thousand ana moro years ago, Is not known. The Tom-?!"! Tom-?!"! ,"troduced into France and Italy after ! fivi!" "u'"1. nd immediately It became ft Vnw :Ncai'ly over' monastery had Its billiard thl n, U waa a 'avorite recreation anion S.!TnkS Lou,s XI- introduced It Into th x lenoh court, and Henry Iir. of "France also w lnin n.f thc sport' Latcr ll was introduced i |