On his first shot he scored three caroms; on his second shot he scored four caroms; and on his third shot he missed as simple a carom as could be devised.
The leader, say red, usually begins by shooting at white; if he misses, a carom off the border will leave him somewhere near his partner, blue.
These, however, never perfectly fit at the cushion joints, consequently carom play at those points is out of the question.
Carom and pocket billiards are so different that either they must be played on separate tables, or else the rails are so constructed as to be interchangeable.
At first only the 6 x 12 English pocket tables were made--later the small French carom tables were built.
We came near making a carom sometimes, but not the one we were trying to make.
If he does so after making a carom the carom does not count, he forfeits one, and his break is ended.
The Cushion Carom game is a variety of the ordinary three-ball game, in which no carom counts unless the cue-ball touches a cushion before the carom is completed.
Each carom counts one point; a miss counts one to the opponent.
The three-ball carom game is the recognized form of American billiards.
The cushioncarom games are often used in handicapping, other methods of which are for the better player to make a certain number of caroms "or no count," and for the weaker to receive a number of points in the game.
If a carom be made, and the ball afterwards jumps off the table, it is spotted and the count allowed.
The American tables now are made without side pockets, and no saloon has any tables of this kind, except for playing pool; the four pocket tables and carom tables without pockets being the only style in vogue now.
The carom is good, and the points count for the player, even though his ball should be lost; and he continues to play.
On a caromtable he has the right to play on either ball, even though both should be within the "string.
This carom should be practised until each position has become familiar to the player.
If the ball be pocketed after having made a carom or winning hazard, the player cannot score the count he may have made.
The game is played with three balls only, two white and one red, and on a carom table.
When a player is in hand on a carom table, and the other balls are within the "string," he may play directly upon either.
In fact, the hazard feature of the American game is rapidly falling into disuse, the four ball carom game taking its place.
A minute later Old Hickory gets a lucky carom off a chair leg and holes out in nineteen, with the Doc playin' twenty-one.
And as the balls was softer than the regulation golf kind, with more bounce to 'em, all sorts of carom strokes was ruled in.
And Rawson's just poked his ball out, makin' a neat carom into the music room, when the hall clock strikes five.
