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JENNIES AND OTHER SIDE STROKES MORE ABOUT JENNIES AND OTHER SIDE STROKES
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"THREE-BALL CONTROL"
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BY three-ball control I mean that correct
handling of all three balls in cannon
play to which I referred at the end of my
last chapter. It is admittedly a difficult
thing to do. When seen to perfection, it
shows you Tom Newman at his best, as there
can be no doubt that his magical control of
all three balls in cannon play is the strongest
feature of his wonderful billiards. In this
respect he is indisputably the greatest player
the game has ever seen ; and I write thus
without the slightest wish to disparage his
all-round ability. Tom Newman is a great
master of any department of the game, but he
is supremely great at three-ball control; and
I want you to appreciate what you are asking
yourself to do when you take up something
which is the specialty of such an accomplished artist.
But I am going to ask you to work with a telescope where Newman works with a microscope. There is scarcely an amateur now playing who is advanced enough to make it worth his while to attempt to build his breaks after the manner of Newman's close work at the head of the table. I shall offer you something more open and generally feasible in three-ball control. |
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