RUNNING A COUP

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 20 February 1932, Page 10

RUNNING A COUP

BILLIARDS RULE DISCUSSED. The suggestion that the rule which, permits a player a run aa ball- direct into a pocket, as a* safety niove-w-should- be altered) is, being; disr by.- billiards.-enthusiasts, in Epgrland” li; is- contended) that the rule is-. a) valuable .. contribution, and. can, he mosbinteresting; thifkpa£ti§uiar: fprii) ,<*£ defence certainly haV'little to commend it. , When- a player has been left a double baulk and has "run; a coup the first player cab- play, on to the. .-red; balij again leaving them- both ip, baulks and' the position- is. the 'same, ak.it; wasi h£s>re. In- the circumstances, .it is, aj-gued 1 that .it would be in the interesb of- "the game if some other. 'method were ' devised of- continuing the play. The difficult, is. to find' an optional' move. If a player has been i left a double baulk, which is_ played on. accouqb of thp loss or. the intentional, “potting!’ of the object white, the. probability is that he will not score, jbut. it might be better- if the- coup were.: done away-with and; an ordinary safety miss were played. : The rule is a very old one, and it is rather remarkable that the matter hats not been raised seriously before. The-, difficulty that usually faces the authorities in these, matters is that the rules are made really for the large body of amateur, players. The professionals can adapt their play to the conditions so quickly, that it dqes not. concern them very much what is done.