Plate XXXI. — Compound Angles
A series of caroms with the object and cue-ball in same position, illustrating the player’s control over the cue-ball.
To carom on ball 1.—Cue-ball ¼ above, ¼ right, object-ball ⅝ left; stroke, “medium.” The cue-ball is struck ¼ above, in order to keep it from describing too great a curved line that it would do if hit ½ above, which latter delivery requires greater precision. If hit below ¼ above, the ball will come away more toward the open table. The cue-ball is also hit ¼ right, that it may be kept away from the cushion in its course toward the carom-ball; if struck on left side it would take cushion upon nearly every occasion. Put the twist on the side opposite the direction the cue-ball will take when it lies at this angle.
To carom on ball 2.—Cue-ball ¼ below, ½ right, object-ball ⅛ left; stroke, “ordinary.”
To carom on ball 3.—Cue-ball ¼ below, ½ left, object-ball 1
16 right; stroke, “ordinary.”
To carom on ball 4.—Cue-ball ¼ right, ½ below, object-ball ¼ right; stroke, “ordinary.”
To carom on ball 5.—Cue-ball ½ below, ½ left, object-ball ½ left; stroke, “ordinary.”
To carom on ball 6.—Cue-ball ¼ above, ¼ left, object-ball ⅝ right; stroke, “medium.”
To carom on ball 7.—Cue-ball ⅝ right, object-ball ¾ right; stroke, “ordinary.”
Again on ball 3.—Cue-ball ½ left, object-ball ¾ left, stroke, “hard.”