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They seem to have switched at the time of the 1950 championship.

As for detecting stuff on the ball, there is equipment that can tell the chemical composition of materials at levels far lower than what would be on the ball. Not cheap, so the ball would likely have to be sent to a lab. I think a better idea is to have a new cue ball for each rack, and no...

Maybe this will result in pool tables getting heaters, like both snooker and carom tables already have. That would eliminate one reason to doctor the balls.

In the video I made, I did get a 90-degree cut (with clean balls), but the OB only moved a diamond and a half.

Well, one way is to replace the cue ball on request from either player with a cue ball that has been cleaned by a standard process. Then check the cue ball that was just removed. The checking part probably should be done quietly. Or, rather than clean the cue ball on request as they do now...

Curiosity killed the one pocket player. ;)

A local guy like that had some similar moves. One was a kind of push shot on the cue ball when it's frozen. He elevated about 45 degrees and came in slowly and then pushed the cue ball - he didn't stroke it.

Yes, I've seen that kind of a rack. As I recall, the rack touched/pressed the balls on the back of the rack as well. I think one problem with them was it's harder to drop the balls in. Mostly, people are used to using a simple triangle.

I think the Delta-13 is the best of the triangle racks if you want a tight rack. It's also pretty thin. But for the sake of your ears and those around you, get the inserts to damp the sound.

I believe it was failure to report possible match fixing by players he knew.

Maybe you could have all the early finishers do something fun on the tables until everyone has finished the round. If that's not possible, then I agree with rewarding most wins. I think there are chip tournament formats that arrange equal numbers of games.

One rail can work much better but you have to be more precise in where you leave the cue ball.

No, it was Napa Jack.

I think that would work if it was the Accu-Stats style where if you're down on the shot, the clock is ignored as long as you shoot before you get back up. The extensions should be automatic.

One of the greatest snooker players ever, Joe Davis, had bad vision in one eye. What does your ophthalmologist say about playing pool?

Yes, the silicone seems to migrate a lot. I feel that paste wax does that less, but it must go somewhere as it wears off the cue ball. I think the final result is that the slippery stuff gets spread evenly over the table, and shots just play very slightly differently. At that point it will be...

I noticed that Fedor now carries around his extension to avoid a trip back to his chair. He seems to use it quite frequently.

According to one source, the original chalk was plaster, like one would use on a ceiling. Around 1800, players would grind the tips of their cues into the ceiling to get a little more friction. That was before the leather tip was perfected.

Around 1977, I played a little trick on one of my regular practice partners, who was the house man at Star Billiards in Santa Rosa. He was also, so far as I know, the person who coined the term "squirt" (AKA cue ball deflection). I had recently discovered the joys of waxing and I slipped a...

The amount of throw can also be affected. There is a local pool hall that seems to wax the balls after cleaning them. Frozen combinations throw about a third of normal. That means that stun shots also will not throw as much as expected and the tendency will be to over cut shots. For home tables...