1895 Bartender's Guide by Berner-Mayer Co

1st. Each player should alt.end strictly to 'his own game, a nd n ev er in terfere wi'bh his adver sary·s, except when :1. fo ul stroke or some other vio'llaJUcm of these rules may c.:i.ll a forfeiture. R U LE JX.-ln a single •game. no ·one, not ev en th e mark– er. has a right to in ter foer e \V'i•t h th e pl ay, or point out an error whic h ei tlher h as ·been or ·is •a'bout to be committerl. The player to w'hose prejud•ice 'th e foul stroke is m ade muse find out for h'imsel f, ex ce1>t in cases where a mulual agr eem ent has ·been enter ed into to invest tlrn umpire wilh suc h a uthority. CU•SH'ION CAROiV1'S. A c ushion carom is. as :th e na m e implies, when the cush– ion js s tru ck by t h e cue-tia ll at ANY TIME befor e EFFF.cnxu A CAROM, either by strilcing the cu sh'ion before a n objec c– ball, or 1Jy taking a cus•hion aJfter con'tact wt11th the latter ball. A ba ll frozen ro a cushion must be play ed at or a \\'t in the ~air­ n ess of the stroke must be decided against t he striker. A direc t carom on t!a lls, ·from a 'bal'l frozen t o a cu shioa, ; · foul. The making o·f a DIRECT car.om •fir ·t, a nd •then , a rtc1·– w a rd s, a ca rom !by cushion on · EITHER 'ball, mus·t be counted a fair cus hion carom. A doubtful stroke calling 1f•or a "o1'ose dedisi•on," must be given in favor of the doubt a n·d agaJi nst the striker, i. e., wh en it i s difficult to say wherher th e cue~ball h as struck n. cu shion ·before or a fter c·on•tact wi·th ·t11e .CAROM- BALL. The rul es of the Three b'all Carom game govern cu shion caroms ex c·e1>t wh er e th ey confl ic t with rules her ein. ''l.'HREE"BALL FRENCH C'AROM G'• .\.ME. R ULES adopted b y the Contestants In the W