"A Rule to Remember"

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SINGLE AND DOUBLE-BAULKS

A Good Single-Baulk

Double-Baulks

A Useful Stroke

Thick Contact and Free Cueing

A Rule to Remember

Other Safety Strokes

Use Safety Play with Discretion

Figure 44 illustrates what may be called a rule rather than an individual stroke. The position has endless variations, and is most in request of all the double-baulking possibilities. The rule is that when the cue-ball and the red lie in a straight line across the table, as in my diagram, you play to send the red into baulk off one cushion, and bring the cue-ball into baulk off three cushions, using a bit of running side to help it round the table. You do this whenever you can make a convenient angle to get the cue-ball round, and your ball is left in the direction of the top cushion. But when your ball is left nearer to baulk than in my diagram, then you reverse things by playing to bring your ball into baulk off one cushion and doubling the red round the table into baulk. This rule holds good until the red is left about two feet from the baulk line, when, generally speaking, it is best to bring the red into baulk by the shortest way and make the cue-ball take the long trip round the table. You cannot always do this, but it is an opportunity you ought never to miss when it is offered, as it eliminates the risk of sending the red over rather a lot of table space before it settles down in baulk. Dozens of diagrams could be drawn to demonstrate individual shots all based on Fig. 44 and its variations ; but you can work them all out for yourself if you spend time and thought over my one diagram and my remarks concerning the rule to which it applies.

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