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"Cloths, Woollen and "Napless""

Be this as it may, my business at the moment is to prepare my readers for what playing difference there may be between the napless cloth and the woollen article. I have scored very many thousands of points on each kind of cloth, and my experience is that every shot can be made on the "napless" cloth exactly as on the other kind, with this important exception: When playing against the nap of a woollen cloth, a ball moving slowly and carrying strong side will turn in the contrary direction to the side imparted to it, whereas it will drift in the direction of the side when playing with the nap. On the "napless" cloth, however, this complication is eliminated, a ball intended to be deflected by the use of side will always move in the direction of the side employed. For all practical purposes, you can play your ordinary game on the "napless" cloth, the most marked difference in the case of the average amateur being that he can make his "jennies" with equal facility whether playing up or down the table.