INDEX.

Acute draws, [128], [160], [170]
Aim and delivery, [26], [27], [56], [57], [77]
“Albany Pony,” 8
Angle, false, [92], [93]
Angles, [54] to 57, [64], [81], [86], [87], [90] to 92, [106] to 112
Around-the-table, [84], [85], [116] to 119
Attitude, [21] to 23;
- for females, [22], [23]
Averages:
- how to figure, [204];
- decimals best, [204], [205];
- general or grand averages, [205], [206];
- true and false, [206]
Balkline Games described, [261], [264]
Balkline Games recorded, [261] to 319
Balklining an American idea, [7]
Ball:
- ivory and its care, [14] to 18;
- composition ball, [18];
- standard size, [18];
- fractional divisions, [27], [29], [41] to 44;
- slowed in play, [38], [100], [103], [104], [115], [124], [127];
- sometimes slides, instead of rolls, [31], [38];
- illustrated cue-ball as struck for draw, follow, twist and massé, [28]
Bank shots (cushion first), [167], [168], [178] to 181
Billiard-room:
- its proper dimensions for various tables, [9];
- how best to light it, [9], [10]
Billiard-table arranged for different games, [72]
Billiards:
- pre-eminently a mental pastime, [1];
- participation its chief charm, [1];
- as a spectacle, [1];
- historically considered, [4] to 8;
- progress of, [1] to 8;
- in its new forms, essentially American, [7];
- appliances, their choice and care, [9] to 18
Bridge hand, [35], [36], [68], [69]
Buist, Andrew, [8]
Care of ivory, [14] to 18
Care of table, [11]
Caroms illustrated and directed, [46] to 199
Carr and his magic chalk, [7]
Chalk, [7], [13]
Change of impingement, [56], [57]
Changing habits of play, [19], [20]
Close draw, [193], [199]
Cloth, [12], [13]
Cue, [12], [13], [24];
- how to hold, [25], [26];
- elevation, [38], [39]
Cue-ball, [28];
- divisions of, [27], [29], [43], [44];
- control by means of, [53], [106], [107]
Cue-leathers:
- alleged origin, [6] to 7;
- choice and care, [13], [24], [25]
Curve, convex and concave, [48], [49];
- allowance for, [53]
Curve massé, [130]
Cushion-carom Game, [8], [320] to 328;
- change of rule, [322]
Cushion first (see bank shots)
Cushion follow, [88], [89], [136], [137]
Cushion kiss, [67], [137], [138], [144], [147], [149]
Cushion shots illustrated, [55], [56], [58], [61], [63], [64], [72], [73], [82], [84], [86], [88], [92], [96], [99], [100], [107], [117], [119], [122], [130], [147], [154], [158], [160], [163], [167], [182], [186], [188], [191], [193]
Cushion twist, [60] to 63
Cushions: their requisites and care, [13], [14]
Degrees of cue-elevation, [38], [39]
Degrees of strength of stroke, [47], [75]
Delicacy of touch, [24]
Delivery, [26], [27], [31], [50]
Diagonal, retrograde, rotation and impulsion, all in one stroke, [58]
Diagrams of strokes, [46] to 199
Dions in England, [8]
Direct caroms, [74], [78], [82]
Direct draws, [152], [153]
Division of cue and object balls, [41] to 44
Doubling object-ball, [100] to 105, [134], [172]
Draw, alleged origin of, [6]
Draw, acute, [128], [160], [170]
Draw and twist combined, [112]
Draws and spreads illustrated, [32], [77], [120], [128], [130], [133], [153], [160], [163], [167], [172], [192] to 194, [199]
Driving shots illustrated, [100], [103], [104], [124] to 129, [142], [143], [150], [177], [186]
Early billiards in America, [5], [6]
Elevation of cue, [38], [39]
“English” (see twist)
Equal angles, [56], [57]
Estimating odds, [202], [203]
Excessive twist, [88], [91], [92]
Eye at instant of stroke, [26]
False and natural angles, [90] to 92
Fifteen-ball Pool, records of, [314] to 324
“Fine-cut” caroms, [117], [154], [184] to 187
Follow cushion (or cushion follow), [88], [136]
Follow shots, [29] to 31, [52], [53], [77], [88], [136], [172], [174], [175]
Force of delivery, [50]
Forearm movement, [22];
- with wrist stroke, [112]
Forfeitures, [200] to 201
Four-ball Game, records of, [208] to 236
French (or Three-ball) Game, records of, [237] to 260
Games:
- Four-ball, [208] to 236;
- Three-ball, [237] to 260;
- Champion’s, [261] to 263;
- Balkline, [264] to 319;
- Cushion Caroms, Straight and Triple, [320] to 336;
- Fifteen-ball Pool, [339] to 354
Gaslight, height of, [9], [10]
Gathering shots illustrated, [78] to 84, [150], [156] to 165
Habits, discarding wrong ones, [19], [20]
Half massé, [39]
Handicapping, [202], [203]
Heavy cue, [24]
Height of gas, [9], [10]
Higham, Linley, [8]
Historical, [4] to 8
Hollanders, [5]
How to build a room, [9]
How to hold a cue, [25], [26]
Huguenots, [5]
Illustrated caroms, [47] to 199
Incidence, angle of reflection and, [55] to 57
Introductory, [1] to 3
Ivory balls, care of, [14] to 18
Jump, its cause and prevention, [14], [39], [40]
Kiss draw, [196], [197]
Kiss follow, [196], [197]
Kiss shots illustrated, [67], [123], [137], [138], [141], [144], [147], [163], [185], [193], [196], [197]
Knights-Templar, [5]
Ladies’ attitude at play, [22], [23]
Learning from a book, [20]
Leathering cues, [13]
Machinery of billiards and its care, [9] to 18
Manual:
- Part I., [19] to 70;
- Part II., [71] to 199
Massé, [35], [37], [39], [68], [69], [148], [149], [166], [167], [198], [199]
Mental drawing of angles, [56], [64]
Methods of twist, [33]
Mingaud, Capt., [6]
Monasteries as a billiard cradle, [5]
More, Cathire, [4]
Movements of arm and wrist, [22]
Natural angles vs. false, [92], [93]
Nationalities, various, as players, [4] to 7
N. Y. City’s early English billiards, [5], [6]
Nursing or holding the balls, [35]
Object-ball, [40];
- divisions of, [41] to 44;
- driving, [100], [103], [104], [124] to 129, [134], [143], [177], [186]
Objective point in calculating angles, [108]
Object of play in all strokes, [72]
Oiling balls, [17]
Opening stroke, [72]
Part I., [19] to 70
Part II., [71] to 199
Perception, quick, [1], [26]
Philosophy of twist, [58]
Pool, Fifteen-ball, [31], [320] to 336
Position shots illustrated, [78], [81], [82], [100] to 105, [114], [115], [124] to 129, [134], [143], [150], [156] to 165, [177], [186], [193]
Principles involved in caroms, [75]
Projecting cue-tips, [12]
Quarter draws, [152], [153]
Quick delivery of cue, [31]
Requirements of table and room, [9] to 18
Reverse twist illustrated, [94] to 97, [132], [133], [176], [177], [182], [183], [188], [189]
Rotation, cue-ball without, [49]
Rules governing professional championships, [325], [326].
Rules of the various games, [354].
Scheduling tournaments, [201]
Scoring games, [203], [204]
Scoring for the press, [204]
Sliding cue-ball, [31], [38]
Slowed cue-ball, [38], [100], [103], [104], [115], [124], [127]
Spaniards and De Soto, [5]
Speeding the object-ball, [38], [53]
Spots on table for different games, [70], [71]
Spread draws, [171]
Strengths of stroke, various, [46] to 53
Stroke:
- central, [29], [61];
- opening, [72];
- simple, [75], [82];
- difficult, [156], [192], [193], [198]
Table and accompaniments, [9] to 18
Table arranged for different games, [70], [71]
Taking aim, [21], [22]
Teaching, [19], [20]
Third and fourth balls introduced, [6]
Three-ball Game, records of, [237] to 260
Three-cushion Caroms, [320] to 336
Tie games in tournaments, [200]
Tournaj 207
Twist, alleged origin of, [6]
Twist, natural and reverse, illustrated, [32] to 35, [58], [61], [63], [88], [91] to 93, [115], [120], [133], [137], [172], [175], [182], [188], [193], [194], [196], [199]
Various caroms from one position, [87]
Vigne, Henri de, [4]
Virginia, English Cavaliers in, [5]
Weight and density of ball, [34], [35]
Wrist movement, [22], [34], [112]