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Bi!f]ard8. I 44.-CANNONS OFF THE SIDE CUSHION By RISO LEVI (Copyright). Diagram 630 shows the three balls in exactly the same position as on Diagram 629, But illustrates the cannon played off the cushion TVairram 630 A cannon off cushion with side. on Di?ra.m 629. Po?siti. on of the b?IIs cannon shown on Diagram 629. Position of the balls exactlj the same as on Diagram B^a. instead of by means of a ball-to-ball stroke. The contact with the first object ball has still to be a thin one, although, of course, not quite as thin as when the direct stroke is played. Some side is essential in order that the cue ball may leave the cushion with the necessary direction for the cannon. Very good position may be obtained by this cushion cannon as the result of a good- strength stroke, for when the cue ball gets well on to the second object ball both object balls will be ieft in front of the cue ball, and owing to tne cue ball sending the first object ball away from the cushion a cover is pre- vented. Cross Cannons A stroke that not infrequently has to be played is a cross cannon. That the ordinary amateur has to play this stroke far oftener than the professional player is, of oourse, simply due to the fact that he has far less control over the balls than the high- class player, and consequently as the result of imperfectly played strokes-which, never- theless, may be scoring ones—is constantly leaving the balls badly placed. Occasionally the bad position will be one object ball close to a side cushion and the other object ball somewhere across the table also close to the cushion. When this is the case, a cross cannon, even if quite on, is never an easy stroke owing to the nicety of judg- ment which is required to correctly gauge how full or otherwise the first object ball must be taken, and, when side has to be used, to oorrectly g-&-age the amount in relation to the contact played for. Diagram 631 illustrates am ordinary cross cannon with the object balls lying close to the cushion on op«posite sides of the table. With the balls to the measurements Diagram 631.—A cross cannon. Object white 4 inch from the side cushion and 35 inches from the top cushion. Ited ball 2 inches from the side cushion and 47 inches from the top cushion. Cue ball is inches from the top cushion and 17 inches from the Eide cushion. given under the diagram, the cannon is not beyond any fair player, yet the stroke is never a certainty even for the best of pLayers. A really good player will frequently fail to score from such a position, although he will seldom miss the stroke by very much. The cannon can be made by varying kinds of contacts, for although in plain-ball strokes different contacts with the object ball would give the cue ball different angles of rebound, 'from t'ho cushion, in etttokea with side the same angle of rebound may result from two differerut contacts, provided thalt the fuller stroke is exactly compensated for by additional side on the cue ball. With the balls situated aa shown on Diagram 631, the cannon may be made by means of a etroke about quarter-bail played with & Lnoderaite amount of right-hand side. Ordinary generally play oroas cannons with, far more strength than Itl necessary, and very often strike the cue ball high up as well. High-pace makes a crosa cannon a more difficult stroke than it is when played with medium strength, and top when used in conjunction with high paoe caitses the cue ball, after striking an objeot ball very near a outihion, to desctiibe a curve after rebounding from the cushion. Mr. Levi's articles appear every Saturday in the "EYening Express." No. 1 of this seriea appeared on October 3.

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