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The first ball just grazed Pilch's wicket; the second took his bails; the third ball levelled Mynn, and the fourth Stearman; three of the best bats of the day. To be two yards beyond is far better than to be two yards short, for in the first place you give the ball a chance of holing, and in the second place it relieves the eye somewhat to turn round and putt along a different line. This will give us an opportunity of trying to find an appointment for Willie before we go. Most of the time, you will use 16 balls (including the white ball). A common billiards game called "speed pool" requires players to pocket the balls as quickly as possible. Teresa’s house-parties were always rounded off with a plentiful garnishing of presentable young women and alert, attendant mothers, but the old lady was emphatically discouraging whenever any one of her girl guests became at all likely to outbid the others as a possible granddaughter-in-law. One would scarcely believe he was Carrie's son. First, consult with some Lillywhite or Wisden, and fix on one, and one only, plan of holding the ball, manageable pace, and general style of delivery.

Lupin not having come down, I went up again at half-past one, and said we dined at two; he said he "would be there." He never came down till a quarter to three. A good ball has two motions; one, straight, from hand to pitch; the other, on its own axis. It ought to be in one of the two lower shelves on the right of the door as you go in. He seemed pleased, but, after a few whiffs, said: "This is a good old tup'ny-try one of mine," and he handed me a cigar as long as it was strong, which is saying a good deal. So, with bowling, having decided on your steps and one mode of delivery, you must practise this alone, and think more of the wicket than of your feet or your hand. Cobbett gave a ball as much spin as possible: his fingers appeared wrapped round the ball: his wrist became horizontal: his hand thrown back at the delivery, and his fingers seemingly unglued joint by joint, till the ball quitted the tips of them last, just as you would spin a top. 8. This spin must not proceed from any conscious action of the fingers, but from some mechanical action of the arm and wrist.

Stephen hoped so too, and went off, highly elated, with Loman’s rod under his arm. That evening Stephen was solemnly tossed up for by the Guinea-pigs and Tadpoles. Levin sat down and listened, but recalling all the conversation of the morning he felt all of a sudden fearfully bored. He sat on a chair, and asked Carrie to sit on his lap, what is billiards an invitation which dear Carrie rightly declined. Carrie came up and asked if he would like some breakfast sent up, and he said he could do with a cup of tea, and didn't want anything to eat. Respect for age is de rigueur at all times, like clean hands. Still, I think, on the whole, increasing age does carry some compensation for golfers; and I believe that when a man has played some years, and his handicap, may be, is brought from scratch to three, it is often found that his short game, especially his putting, is rather improved than otherwise. But it is absolutely true that after forty years of age there is an appreciable diminution in length of drive and power, and though fortunately there is no reason why golf should not be enjoyed as much as ever, it would be a misfortune if the honours of golf should altogether be denied to the man of mature years merely because the stress of time had taken some yards off his long game.

I'm sure the young man that served me could have knocked down an ox; yes, strong enough to lift a house: but you can pity him-oh yes, you can be all kindness for him, and for the world, as you call it. The fault of young bowlers is, they do not pitch far enough: they thus afford too long a sight of the ball. They look well at their mark, and bowl before they have swung too far round for the line of sight to be out of the line of the wicket. This is well worth trying, with four men on the On side, even if some great player is brought to win a country match. So great a degree of spin as this cannot possibly be given to a cricket ball; but you see the same effect in the "draw-back stroke" at billiards. The time to see Clarke is on the morning of a match. I don't see anything to laugh at, Mr. Caudle; but you think of anybody's face before your wife's. In skating, if you look at the ice and think of your steps, you lose the freedom and the flow of your circles.