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Wooden cue case design published in 1878

Hoppe's Brunswick case circa 1952

LoL yep, his name was botched with surprising frequency. On the grand jury photo it looks like they spelled it Rambaw. On his marriage cert., they straight up called him Frank.

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Good thread.

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Jan 21 1895

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~History Nerd Alert~ The balk line was originally devised to thwart (or balk) Chicago's billiard master, Jacob Schaefer, also known as "The Wizard" the world over. The cue ball was under his control for hundreds of points at a time and it consequently put the audiences to sleep. Balk lines...

Yep just some vacation time.

Exactly my point. If one picks up a cue at all, one should also understand that billiards (like many games) has always been gambled on. Doesn't make it right or wrong, it just is what it is, a permanent part of the culture like it or not. And again, its not the gambling that turns people off...

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the actual history of "pocket billiards". Pocket billiards IS pool. Pool is a term for billiard games designed to allow multiple players, (more than just two) that all place wagers or an ante to join in on the game. Every modern pocket billiards game we play...

I see no reason why it couldn't be an authentic period table, there are still plenty of them around. (and billiards was very popular in New Orleans back in the day) This table in particular would have been produced after the development of the " bevel " style frame by Collender et al .....so...

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I just checked and it is indeed available on demand , at least via Comcast.

Nov/Dec 1980 and April 2003

Is it available already on demand or did you record it?

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I think I missed the point

What if I took a ball and hung it from a 35ft string, then dropped it like a pendulum so it would "swing down" instead of fall. How much difference would that make in the velocity, once it has dropped the 35ft, as opposed to a free fall.