The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction . s rarely seen in this country. Fancy playersand those who like variety play it at times. The rules of the ordinarygame govern this. In Mexico, Spain, and South America it is quite afavorite. The player must touch two cushions with the cue ball beforehe hits the other. THE GAME OF SNOOKER. This is one of the most popular and entertaining extensions ofPyramid Pool, In addition to the fifteen balls of the pyramid, a givennumber
The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction . s rarely seen in this country. Fancy playersand those who like variety play it at times. The rules of the ordinarygame govern this. In Mexico, Spain, and South America it is quite afavorite. The player must touch two cushions with the cue ball beforehe hits the other. THE GAME OF SNOOKER. This is one of the most popular and entertaining extensions ofPyramid Pool, In addition to the fifteen balls of the pyramid, a givennumber of pool balls are placed on the table, as shown in the diagramon page 416. A player must pocket a pyramid ball before he can piay at one of thepool b^lls, and he is not permitted to strike a pool ball before he strikesa pyramid ball. If he does, his adversary scores as many points as tliepool oall struck would have been worth had it been pocketed under the 4i6 BILLIARDS. rules. The balls used at Snooker are: Black, which scores sever; bine,six; pink, five; brown, four; green, three; yellow, two. The black is placed on the spot occupied by the red in billiards; the. blue at the apex of the pyramid; the brown on the spot to the left of thebalk; the green in the centre of the same; the pink in the centre of thetable; yellow on the right-hand spot of balk. BILUARDS. 41; When any of the pool balls arc pocketed they are replaced on theirown spots. When a pyramid ball has been pocketed the player mustplay at a pool ball. If all the pool balls are covered by pyramid ballshe is snookered. If he can, he may strike any one of the pool balls byfrst striking a cushion. He must call his spot. A game of Snookertifkes longer than two games of Pyramid. It is great fun in this game to put a white ball so close behind a poolball that the next player cannot hit a pyramid ball, which snookers himfrom all of them. OF THE GAME OF SNOOKER. Any number can play. A new player can enter at the end o
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