In the apa, everyone can play anyone can win even you. Mechanics of billiards and analysis of willie hoppes. In straight rail billiards, as long as you hit both balls, you get a point. Straight rail and threecushion were our favorite games. The american poolplayers association apa is the worlds largest amateur pool league. Straight rail or sometimes called carom billiards, straight billiards, the threeball game, the carambole game, and the free game or libre in europe, is thought to date to the 18 th century, although the exact time of origin cannot be pinpointed. All you guys have to do is buy the book by marice daly on carom billiards and. If you have any nice videos, articles or updates from an event, as long as its billiards related, be sure to post. In addition, the regulations of pool billiards cover aspects of the game not directly related to the game rules, such as equipment specifications and organization of events.
Either a ball must be pocketed or the cue ball and at least two additional balls must touch a rail. A ball that is deadcenter on the head string is considered out, or not behind the head string. Snooker, pocket games when the corner of a pocket prevents a player shooting the cue ball directly at an object ball. Sexton sets new records with a high runs of 251 and 287 balls using a straight rail technique. Balkline billiards removes the one flaw in this game.
The name carom originally came from a portuguese and spanish term called, carambola that means rebound after hitting. Each ball pocketed on a legal called shot counts one point and the first player to reach the required score wins the match. Straight rail or sometimes called carom billiards, straight billiards, the threeball game, the. The table and the cushioned rail bordering the table are topped with a feltlike tightfitting cloth. Pool and billiards record high runs the hypertexts. About billiards bilardo matematigi bilardo egitimi. Straightrail billiards, billiard game played with three balls one red and two white on a table without pockets. We carry the best pool playing books and billiard books written by the masters phil capelle, mike massey, robert byrne, freddy the beard bentivegna and more. Carom billiards simple english wikipedia, the free. The parent game of cowboy pool, english billiards, is itself a hybrid of three predecessor billiards games the winning game, the losing game and the carambole game an early form of straight rail and dates to approximately 1800 in england.
Byrnes new standard book of pool and billiards by robert byrne, byrnes complete book of pool shots. To the average man three cushion billiards represents a game that is extremely difficult as compared to straight rail or balkline. Playing rules depending on your game preferences, use the appropriate scoring rules. The winning game was played with two white balls, and was a 12point contest. The failure to accomplish one of these two options results in a foul. Dalys book should be a model to writers on pool and billiards and snooker, etc. As 3cushion began to overtake straightrail in popularity. Trick shots and billiards books 10 improve your billiards game by learning from the best with these billiards instructions. Fifteenball pool was played with 15 object balls, numbered 1 through 15. It was the common sport of championship competition until it was overtaken by fasterplaying games like nineball and to a lesser extent eightball in straight pool, the shooter may attempt to shoot at any object ball on the table.
Straight rail billiards a scoring technique used when one object ball rests against the cushion and the second object ball is to one side of the first ball and away from the cushion. If the breaker hits the racked balls with the cue ball driving four or more numbered balls to a cushion or pocketing one or more object balls, the game is. Also essential in playing, or practicing, the free game is learning the various gather patterns. Personal instruction from a world champion arthur babe cranfield and laurence s.
It was called french caroms, french billiards or the french game in early times, taking those old names from the french who made the game popular. Eight ball rules except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the general rules of pocket billiards apply. Fouling on the initial break results in a special penalty. The object is to score caroms by hitting both object balls with a cue ball. Difference between billiards and pool difference between. Roadplayer billiards offer a full line of billiard books, from books on improving your billiard skills or fun to read stories about the game of billiards. Straight rail, sometimes called carom billiards, straight billiards, the threeball game, the carambole game, and the free game in europe, is thought to date to the 1700s. Top 100 tips, tricks, secrets, and gems billiards and. In onecushion billiards, you must hit one cushion one side of the table before the second ball is displaced. English billiards was originally called the winning and losing carambole game, folding in the names of three predecessor games, the winning game, the losing game and the carambole game an early form of straight rail, that combined to form it. Seventyfive years later, the first book of billiard rules remarked of england that. The types of carom billiards include straight rail, balkline, three cushion billiards, cushion carom and artistic billiards.
Glossary of billiard terms from the billiard congress of america official rules and records book. The no crotching rule is still in place in the official rules for straight rail promulgated by the billiard congress. Finally, contact with at least three cushions was required and the 3cushion game became the one that decided championships. Pool rules for apa league and tournament play billiard rules. The times is correct, as straight rail threeball carom billiards replaces fourball as the american championship game. Cue ball strikes the object ball at the cushion so that the cue ball just comes back to touch carom the second object ball without moving it out of position for a similar subsequent shot. The game is played with one cue ball and 15 numbered object balls. The other popular game was american fifteenball pool, the predecessor of modern pocket billiards. Straight rail billiards a scoring technique used when one object ball rests against the cushion and the second. All these points must be known to the player of straight rail or. Pocket games a violation of special rules which apply only to the opening break.
Whether its breaking, banking, position play or safety. Balkline is the overarching title of a large array of carom billiards games generally played with. For aiming two, three, and four rail kicks off a long rail, the corner 5 system is very useful. Billiards, any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue.
A carom is the act of hitting two object balls with the cue ball in one stroke. In threecushion billiards, you must hit three cushions before the balls roll to a stop. Quote books, novels, pool and billiard books and videos. All that is needed to score a point in straight rail is making contact with the other two balls in the same shot. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. English billiards was originally called the winning and losing carambole game, folding in the names of three predecessor games, the winning game, the losing game and the carambole game an early form of straight rail, that combined to form it origins. General rules the following general rules apply to all the games covered by these rules except when contradicted by specific game rules. Carom, or french, billiards is played with three balls on a table that has no pockets. First, strike the cue ball below center using right english and a. While cue ball fouls only is the rule of play when a match is not presided. Billiards the billiard congress of america official rules and records book 50th anniversary commemorative ed. Straight rail or sometimes called carom billiards, straight billiards, the threeball game, the carambole game, and the free game or libre in europe, is thought to date to the 18th century, although the exact time of origin cannot be pinpointed. The greatest billiard player in american history, and maybe the history of the world, was willie hoppe 1 who held championships in all the carom games.
Taxi billard, compteur billard ancien in collection my passion for the game grew and so did the number of cues i owned, especially through the gifts i got from my parents. Billiard books, training books, billiard stories, pool books. History of billiards chronologytimeline the hypertexts. The game is played with a cue ball the white ball and fifteen object balls numbered 115. Within the anchors, the same rules apply as for the other balkline spaces. Posts about billiard books written by dimoskostakos. To start, the player who could strike a ball at one end of the table and get the ball to come to rest nearest the opposite cushion without lying against it earned. The no crotching rule is still in place in the official rules for straight rail promulgated by the billiard congress of america, the governing body of billiards in the united states. Rules and specifications billiards congress of america. The cue ball must make contact with the rack as follows to be considered legal. This book is a rarity in all the pool and billiard literature, which is admittedly littered with poorly written fluff. William the comanche sexton is the american straight rail billiards champion from 18761878. There are a number of pocket billiard games directly descended from english billiards, including bull dog, scratch pool, thirtyone pool and.
Mastering pool mika immonen billiard training cue ball control by thailand pool tables duration. Balkline and straight rail academic dictionaries and. Threecushion dates to the 1870s, and while the origin of the game is not entirely known, it evolved from cushion caroms, which in turn developed from straight rail billiards for the same reason that balkline also arose from straight rail. An excellent book on straight rail is maurice dalys daleys billiard book, which has been reprinted many times since it first appeared in 19. Straight rail became progressively more popular and skill in the game increased commensurately. For three cushion billiards is a game easy to play once the player has acquired a knowledge of the essentials of english,draw shots and cue manipulation. The balls are racked in a triangle at the foot of the table with the 8ball in the center of the triangle, the first ball of the rack on the footspot, a stripe ball in one corner of the rack and a solid ball in the other corner, as the above illustration shows.