"Do Not Lose the White Ball"

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MORE ABOUT THREE-BALL CONTROL

Keeping the Balls Together

Using a Knowledge of the Angles of the Table

An Exception to the Rule

Do Not Lose the White Ball

A Multi-Cushion Cannon with Good After-Position

A Gathering Cannon

The above stroke, however, must never be confused with the cannon shown in Fig., 68. The great difference between the two shots is that, in the present case, a half-ball cannon is playable direct from red to white, which is impossible in the situation shown in Fig. 67. You play this half-ball cannon at just the right strength to take the red across the table into position over the top pocket as shown. This is a most useful shot of common occurrence, and whenever the red is the first object ball, it is always advisable to see if you cannot plan a cannon of this kind instead of attempting to "drop" the balls together somewhere near the billiard spot. If the white were the first object-ball, the risk of losing the white in the top pocket would render an ordinary drop cannon, played thicker than half-ball on the first object-ball, decidedly preferable to the cannon now before us. It is very important to keep this risk of endangering or losing the white constantly before you when playing cannons. Sometimes you are compelled to take a chance in this respect, as you may be when playing losing hazards off; the white, but it often happens that by thinking of what you are doing, you can score quite satisfactorily in a manner eliminating all risk as regards the white ball. This piece of advice is of general utility, but it is particularly useful to players who often make breaks of between thirty and fifty. When this degree of proficiency is reached, losing the white, or leaving it hovering on the brink of a pocket, brings many a well-played break to a premature end. This is very annoying, and it can be prevented to no small extent by always striving to play your cannons on general lines which keep the white out of danger. This may seem obvious-it is as far as playing the white directly into trouble is concerned-but it is very apt to be overlooked, even by decidedly useful amateurs, if the white is liable to be "doubled" into a pocket, or very nearly so, when a cannon is played. Then, at all costs, the ball-to-ball contact with the white must be varied to avoid risking that ball.

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