BILLIARDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1907, Page 9

BILLIARDS.

:NICW' AND AMENDED RULES.

..,: Afc>a meotmg of the British Billiard Asso. : ciatiori held on Sopte'mbor 2 the cradle stroke wag barred, and in addition the following amondmonts were made to the rule's:— i-llule T.r-rWhcn the striker is.in baud, and his opponent questions the placing of his l ball in tho "D," likewise when there is a doubt;as to whether an object ball is playable or not, the roferee must give his ruling before; the stroke is made; 'Mo. valid claim' of a 'foul- stroke can bo made.after the' stroke has been, played. 'Any claim must bo .audible, provisionally that either player may ' ask. tlie referee, if he is in the I'D '.'■ or not. t ■ 9. If, when the billiard spot is occupied, a playor pocket the rod ball from the pyramidspot twice in consecutive strokes, and* not .in .-conjunction with any other score, it shall he ', placed on; the ecntro spot.. Should the player ': with his next stroke pocket it again, it shall • •be placed on the pyramid spot. '-IU.-flf the striker touch his hall, it is a • •stroke; and,'if the strikor'strike again, it is' a foul,; arid the referee shall replace the balls ' as: thej'.'w'eri! after tho stroko, and the nonstrikoi; shall continue tho game. ' ■ 1 the striker's .ball lies touching an object ball, ho-can only score off tho' second hall, or off. a cushion. ; Should hia bail'-lio'tqucliing'both' the object balls ho eair:ohly , ?col i o ; off a'cushidn.' Should tho. striker,'in playing'on to tlie second object ball, oron to a cushion, disturb the ball or' balls with: which the cue ball is in contact, the stroko is,foul. Tho player cannot mako a miss. ..,'•. I

• 22.—1f the object balls become " jammed ", the player cannot score, but can cither break! tho balls himself, or .direct his opponent to do so.; If, however, the greater part of any ball so situated bo off the table, it shall be considered to be pocketed. '■' 23.—A player'may ask for a change of balls nt any ,tiruo during tho progress of a game,.'but the substitution of a fresh set of balls; shall only be made at the commencement of a turn by the player asking for'the chango, and with the consent of tho rcfereo.

'■• ,25.— In tho event of a game being wrongly marked the referee. shall correct the samo, without waiting for an appeal from either of the players. 41i—If the striker, in playing on to tho second object ball,' or on to a cushion, disturb the- object ball with which tho cue ball is m: Contact,- ho cannot scoro, and his opponent shall continnci tho game from tho position", in" which : the balls are left, or, break tho balls' himself, or direct his opponent to do soi ■■

43.-pln all cases where a score is mado in ' connection with a stroke claimed and allowed! »"s'•;''foul "''(oxcepfc where a specific penalty is provided in;tho rules), the player ' making ' the foul'stroke shall either break the balls,' or allow his opponent to do so, astho lattoir. .may l elect. .If iio score is mado, the nonstriker shall-play from the position in which the balls are left after the foul stroke.