Billiards in the Twentieth Century

Riso Levi

• Publisher: Obscure Press
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447486688
• Print ISBN:
  9781406799262
  9781443737425

This antiquarian volume contains a guide to billiards written by the premiere twentieth-century authority on the subject; Riso Levi. This accessible book contains a wealth of information that would be of considerable utility to the modern snooker or pool enthusiast, and will be of special interest to collectors of antiquarian sporting literature. The chapters of this volume include: "The Manufacture of Tables", "Great Players I Have Watched", "Professionals versus Amateurs", "Billiards for Woman", "A Billiards-Table Problem", "An Astonishing Feat with Billiard Balls", "A Challenge from Willie Smith and my Reply", "A Hundred in Four Minutes", "Composition Ball", etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on billiards, pool, and snooker.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Preface
• The Manufacture of Tables
• I. Great Players I have Watched
• II. Professionals v. Amateurs
• III. Billiards for Women
• IV. A Billiards-Table Problem
• V. An Astounding Feat with Billiards Balls
• VI. A Challenge from Willie Smith and My Reply
• VII. A Hundred in Four Minutes
• VIII. Composition Balls
• IX. Billiards Compared with Other Games
• X. The Ideal Temperament
• XI. The Billiards Stance
• XII. Past and Present Styles
• XIII. What Constitutes Good Cueing?
• XIV. Brandishing the Cue
• XV. The Value of One’s Own Cue
• XVI. Billiards-Table Cloths
• XVII. The Best Practice Stroke
• XVIII. The Long In-off after the Balls are Touching
• XIX. Slight Variations from Half-ball Contacts
• XX. The Angles of Large and Small Balls
• XXI. Tightening the Cue Hold
• XXII. The Billiards Sense
• XXIII. Commencing a Game
• XXIV. Red-Ball Play
• XXV. A Little-known Cannon
• XXVI. The Question of Transmitted Side