BILLIARDS.
V The much-discussed, "c.radUv cannon" 'stroke. , - in billinrds is doomed, 'if: the 'arc-oVal]:'table,' ' recently introduced to'-thc notice"of Milliard, enthusiasts fin Englandby,'/Messrs: . John ' Roberts and Fred' 'Weiss, well-Shown stars in V the billiards : world,, comes 'into'" popular use. i Local billiard players wilkbe -interested'to heai that' Messrs., .liragge., and.rSmith.-,-Australian professionals, ivill commence. on next, , , i February 11, a series of public,exhibitions of the name as played on the arc-oval'table-r'' .the first to be built, in. by Messrs. > A lcock>; and C0.,:-::afi'...Woilirigtoii. ' The • new- table- be ejected.'inV; the t -old . Wellesley ,Club room in JohnetoiJ, Street) whew vdisplays, will, 1 be jijiyen daily! at. ; 3, and. 8 p.m.,'concludilip on Monday, February i 7.- .The ' . shape.of the table; an'ellipse, adds yery inatert. thc"- s difficulties of the. game, "and, or . will 'be' readily.understood,', the "cradle • cannon" will.be an impossibility;cs
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 10
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