This stroke is a very effective one and may be played from various positions. It requires much attention to master it, and the value of the twist and strength must be familiar to the player. The skill is in the judgment displayed in estimating quantity of twist necessary to effect carom, as the cue-ball can be made to come away from the cushion at a on an acute angle nearly parallel with the side cushion.
PLATE XXVI.
SERIAL ONE-CUSHION STROKES.
Illustrating serial one-cushion caroms, with the application of either “twists.”
To carom on ball 1.—Cue-ball ⅝ left, ⅝ below, object-ball ⅝ left; stroke, “ordinary.” Object-ball cushions at e, f, g, resting at h. Cue-ball cushions at a, caroms on ball 1.
To carom on ball 2.—Cue-ball ½ left, ½ below, object-ball ½ left; stroke, “ordinary.”
To carom on ball 3.—Cue-ball ½ left, ½ below, object-ball ¼ left; stroke, ½ in excess of “medium.”
To carom on ball 4.—Cue-ball ⅛ left, ⅛ above, object-ball ¼ left; stroke, ½ in excess of “medium.”
To carom on ball 5.—Cue-ball ¼ right, object-ball ¼ left; stroke, ½ in excess of “medium.”
To carom on ball 6.—Cue-ball ½ right, object-ball ⅛ left; stroke, ½ in excess of “medium.”
To carom on ball 7.—Cue-ball ⅝ right, ⅝ below, object-ball ⅛ left; stroke, ½ in excess of “medium.”