Recent content by Bob Jewett

The WPA rules for 10-ball first appeared in the January, 2008 rules revision. My understanding is that a pro player asked for them to be written to remove the luck seen in 9-ball. Until that time, I believe 10-ball was played with 9-ball rules but with an extra ball. I remember when the better...

That's true, but habits developed over your entire playing career are hard to break.

That's an interesting situation for doubles play. Should both players be able to touch the ball? In some situations, the shooter for the shot has not been decided.

No. At one time the rules explicitly permitted the players to touch balls out of play to assist the referee in his duties. I'm not sure when that rule disappeared.

Even better: your opponent shoots a bank at warp speed to shorten it. It flies off the table and rolls over by your chair. You pick the ball up to return it to the ref. But one penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct is to ignore it. Another is to expel the player from the event forfeiting all...

This situation has been discussed before and needs to be clarified. Under the description of the "Touched Ball" foul, there is no distinction between in play and out of play. That makes intentionally touching an out-of-play ball unsportsmanlike conduct. The referee then needs to decide on a...

I'd put the "Sports" album higher, mostly because I used to play with the third guy from the left.

Things change -- remember the Party of Lincoln? That was only a couple hundred years ago. The cue was misplaced two years ago. It doesn't look like a fancy or expensive cue, so people are unlikely to remark on it. I don't like the OP's chances. If he really wants it back, one way is to contact...

It looks like he offers 10 half-hour sessions at $30 each. If you have a good instructor/student match, that's a great deal. Time to practice in between.

A long way to go to beat Tom Reece's five-week match, and there were the straight pool championship matches that were to 3000 or so., but I know what you mean. Chess clocks or no bathroom breaks ought to do it. Plays into the Depends sponsorship.

There is a senior snooker tour, but I'm not sure Matchroom is involved. Maybe a senior pool tour would work when SVB, Josh, and Fedor are all retired.

I still have some copies.

This was published by the publisher of the Indy 500 Yearbook. Unfortunately, it only lasted one year. 450 pages. $70 including shipping. This book is hard to find now.

They may be in some sense "official", but I never saw anyone play that way. Like three fouls for loss of rack.