Play ball 1 one-quarter left No. 1 strength on ball 2 from half-ball to quarter-ball.
Jennies are not nearly so difficult as they seem at first sight. The general rules for playing them are, for middle pockets, plain wherever possible, ball 1 being struck rather below than above the centre. But when ball 2 is so near the side cushion that the hazard cannot be made by a plain stroke, and for long jennies, use as much side as possible and endeavour to aim on ball 2 finer than half-ball.
In Diagram XI. a few examples will be found of bricole strokes, or those in which ball 1 strikes a cushion before impact with ball 2, side being used. Plain strokes of the sort have been mentioned in Chapter VI.
Example A.
Ball 1: on baulk-line a little to the right of centre.
Ball 2: over the left bottom pocket as shown.
Play ball 1 one-quarter right, aiming just out of baulk, No. 1 strength; the side, if correctly judged, will bring the ball back as indicated, and the losing hazard may be made.
Example B.
Ball 1: on the centre spot.
Ball 2: on the centre transverse line of the table overhanging the pocket, with just room on either side for ball 1 to pass without touching it.