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r Billiards. 23.-CANNONS OFF THE TOP CUSHION By RISO LEVI (Copyright). Diagram 583 illustrates that, uninviting position that with slight variations occasionally occurs. Average players and evem fairly good player.-? seldom score from this position, for when they play the cannon, provided that the cne ball leaves the top cushion witii anything like correct direction for the ball lyimg near the side cushion in ha-ulk, a kiss almost invariably takes place and prevents any possibility of the cannon DIAGRAM 588.—A position that often results 18 a kiss taking place when playing a cannon. Object white li inches from the side cushion and 23 Inches from t,le top cushion. Red ball 1J inches from the Bide cushion and 12 inches from the baulk cushion. The + indicates the spot where the kiss is likely to take place when the cannon is played from the near end of the D. being made. The + on the diagram shows how the kiss may take place when the cue ball leaves the top cushion with correct direc- tion for the camnon. If the cue ball be spotted at the extreme end of the D, as shown on Diagram 588, and the stroke be played without side. the contact that will give the cue ball the correct direction a-s it leaves the cushion will inevitably cause a kiss to take place. Diagrani 589 illustrates a way of avoiding the kiss shown on Diagram 588 even though the cue ball ;be spotted at the same end of ,the D. If the object white be taken very thinly, so little pace will be imparted to it that the cue ball will have time to pass the point at which its path and that of the object white intersect each other, before the object white can get there, and cons-equently no kiss will take plaoe. But as well as taking the object white quite thinly side has to be DIAGRAM 589.-Avoidlng the kiss shown on Diagram 588 by taking the object white very thinly and using running side. The thin contaot causes the object white to travel across the table without much speed, anfl thus allows the cue ball to pass the point at which its path is intersected by that of the object white before the object white can reach this point. Position of the object balls exactly tlra same 8S on Dimm 588. A sounder way of playing Uia -cannon is shown on Diagram 590. used. The cannon though quite a possible stroke when played in the manner described is, however. a very difficult shot. Long- distance strokes, even when no side has to be used. are always anything but M!1 when the contact with the object ball aimed IJ hafl to be a thin one, and when in addition to having to take -t he object ball very much thinner than half-ball the cue ball has to be struck with side the stroke is rendered still more difficult. Diagram 590 shows the object balls ill exactly the same position as on Diagram 589, and also illustrates a sounder way of playing the cannon. Instead of the cue ball being spotted at the near end of the D line as regards the object white, it is spotted at or near the far end of the line. In this way the cannon can be played with a half-ball stroke with side. It is no easy mattef to correctly gauge the amount of side required, but provided that the object white is taken DIAGRAM 590.-A cannon off the top cushion bf meao of a. ha.it-ba? stroke with side played frdm the far ond of the D. A 3ounder stroke than the canno" by a thin stroke shown on Diagram 50. Position or the object balls exactly the same on D?grMa 589- hayf-ball, and provided also that the amount of stde has been nicely gauged, a. kiss between the cue ball and the object white will be avoided. Although the cannon is not an easy one, even when played in the manner described, the fact of its being played by means of a half-ball contact with the object whibe easiest of all contacts especially in long-distance strokes—makes it much leea difficult than when played by means of a thin stroke as illustrated on Diagram 589. In both cases the side has to be nicely gauged, but in the one instance the desired contact presents no difficulty to any fair player whereat in the other instance the reverse is the case.

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