Carom 9 ball is it real?

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Larry Byrd
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For anyone who has read wikipedia's nine ball article...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_ball

TLDR, you shoot the numbered ball into the cue ball to carom it in instead.

I've played it two or three times (or attempted to) more or less to practice caroms, but I was never sure what to do when you knock the cue ball in (I spotted it)

Something tells me this game is made up, but not to say it isn't a "real game", I just never really heard anyone else knowing of it or playing it.
 
There's a game called Philadelphia where you shoot object balls into the cue ball to pocket them. There's a lot of variations on that as well, and I sometimes play an 8-ball version of it. (Make sure the hall where you play doesn't mind you shooting object balls directly with the cue.)
It's harder than it looks and playing a rotation game where you can only shoot one ball would take a very long time unless you are very, very good at shooting caroms.
 
Have heard it called many things and have also seen it played as 8ball... Was called cowboy when I learned it playing 8ball... Is a good practice game for learning caroms and yup the cueball spots usually although I have had people play it as a scratch which makes it more of a challenge....
 
We used to play it for fun, and called it scratch. It was just carom practice for something different to do.
Chuck
 
I played it in my room along with a few other carom players. I only had one carom table so they sometimes played that while waiting to get on the carom. If I remember right the CB got spotted on the foot stop...but don't quote me as it has been many moons ago. Johnnyt
 
Polock pool! Also called backwards pool. Learn caroms but also learn how to purposely scratch. Learn how to scratch should learn how not to! Nice long projected game, lots of play for your quarters. Cue spots up when scratched. Secret is to park cue in a corner and make multiple balls softly leaving cue close to pocket.
 
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