Billiards.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 June 1910, Page 4

Billiards.

H. "\V. .Stevemsoii, the l>iliinrd ohanipi:m, ,h;is issued .:i warning against the affectations of the sniiiil cue-tip. If he says, there i.s one thing more certain it.han another ii'lwiiifc ithe (Tiitre-lmll or j>lrtri n strokes, which form tlie very essence of (rood billiard-playing,'it is the deceptive nature of' the .snia.ll Hie-tip. Only the most .skilful cuasts dan use the smaller .sizes in tips and yet strike their plain hall strokes accu.patoly. He adds tlwilt he i.s dr,ad against the. small cue tip for ordinary players. The size he reeoiiMue.ncls to them is the Xo. 11 size,- ailmut 7-lGths of an indi. I hero is less chance of "iititiiii" "side" on with the ln.fjier cue-t.ips •anifl an insurance towards accuracy in playing on the centre, of the ball. ft is pstimn-ted that Inn If the strokes played by n profrssiona.l in the course. o>f a lw'ix are nwtde with plaiiti or centre hall. Warning or no warning, the average amateur will go on usinig .any amount of side under tlie_ impression Mint lfo i.s improvn'nff 'hris game l>y so d'oing, and lie will continue to do so as long n,s Me re. i.s a table ito play on or a oloth to tear.