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Show H HERE ARE DONTS FOR CUE SHARKS By V. V. THOMPSON. H Don't start wrong. H 'Ask for advice.) H Don't play fast. R (Tou are paying by the hour.) H Don't grip the right hand too (Or left hand if you're a south-1 l I Don't use much English B (No good player does. H Don't blame the cue tip fur ev- Hl ery miss. H (Tou may be responsible.) H Don't propheas it's bad luck. Hj (That helps the other fellow.) 1 Don't make a lung drlvc- fl ' often a short one la better, fl' (And much easier H forget to Hj very low. Anil follow th- H I'on't forget the wrial . .. it I H necessary. B (Especially In playing straight i j rail and balk lincy H Don't get dlsooTiroged unrbodv H can do that. B I Play away things ma -hani: , HJ Dont think yon are the unluck- H, lest player In tho country man) Hj !aim that distinction. Don't pUy balk line until you I H CM play "twenty-five, or no count" l , at "straight mil" billiard. H Don't take an awkward stand at ! H I the table it always makei the j shots more difficult. H j Don't fail to read manual on , H i billiards they all have sorre ad- Hj vice worth while. H1 Dop't fad to use rhaTk for every H draw, masse, and cushion shot re- H lijlrlng Brjgll&h H Don t fajj to hav the tip a little Hj rough wiiii no shiny places, H f CAsk for advice few IcnoW how H ' to vandpa per a tip. ) j Don't ulrike the string cr the B table if you get angry, H (They can't help yon ) H Don't fail to get instructions, H the professionals all did. Hj (Students make tou bct play- l Don't tke the hand from the H rable until the atrke flnlslwl 1 H I otherwise the effect of :he stroke: H is Incomplete. H ( Vou cannot chance lh COursi H of the ball after it H Don't ever play a slow stroke H ' play a quick, soft stroke (nste H Don't ever ti6e a low ball below H the centre) fur three cushion shots H unless they are necessary aa it is H I harder to control than the- top H ball (above tho centre. H Don't fail to strike the rue ba.ll H in thfi south ast or aouthwest cor- H I reer In pla H I - (Solicit inetruoioni i ; I PR'ACTICE H i-f i |