RULES FOR “MUM”
1. Any number of players can take part.
2. Nine balls are racked in diamond shape on foot spot.
3. The object of the game is to catch one of the players breaking one of the rules shown in paragraph 5 and make him pay the full cost of the game. There’s just one loser—and you play to keep from losing.
4. First player, before breaking balls, taps table with cue and says “MUM” - after that, any player breaking any of the rules listed in paragraph #5, loses the game and has to pay. Each player takes only one shot, regardless of whether he pockets a ball.
After first player breaks, second player steps to table and takes shot; then third player, etc. Players continue shooting one shot at a time until someone loses the game. After there is a loser, “MUM” is broken and players can talk, sit down, and act normally until a new game is started.
5. A player loses the game if he:
a. breaks balls without saying “MUM”
b. talks
c. makes any noise whatsoever (other than
natural cough or sneeze)
d. rests cue on floor
e. sits down
f. chalks his cue
g. strikes an opponent’s cue with his cue
h. strikes light reflector with his cue
i. Interferes with someone who is shooting
j. uses a bridge
k. does not pocket a ball and an object ball is not
driven to a cushion, or if the cue ball does not
contact a cushion after hitting an object ball
which fails to go to a cushion.
l. shoots out of turn
m. pockets cue ball
n. forces the cue ball or any ball off the table
o. interferes with the cue ball after a stroke
p. shoots with one foot off the floor
q. pockets the last ball remaining on the table
