My father was taken to see an exhibition by Walter Lindrum. Lindrum worked the balls all round the table by nursery cannons- my father said that the only way you knew they were moving was to close your eyes and re open them after a couple of shots at which point you realised that they had slightly moved. Lindrum looked up after a while and asked whether the crowd had enough, crashed the balls around the table and when they came to rest they were back where he had started! Thank you for the post.
@dazza91000 It`s true. Walter was so good at billiards that he destroyed it as a spectator sport due in most part to his mastery of the 'nursery cannon'...you`ll find many good articles on the web which explain the rule changes if you do a little research.
My father was taken to see an exhibition by Walter Lindrum. Lindrum worked the balls all round the table by nursery cannons- my father said that the only way you knew they were moving was to close your eyes and re open them after a couple of shots at which point you realised that they had slightly moved. Lindrum looked up after a while and asked whether the crowd had enough, crashed the balls around the table and when they came to rest they were back where he had started! Thank you for the post.
erdblues 1 month ago
can anyone please confirm,did they change the rules of the game to stop this man and it failed? my father told me this story 60 year ago.
dazza91000 4 months ago
@dazza91000 It`s true. Walter was so good at billiards that he destroyed it as a spectator sport due in most part to his mastery of the 'nursery cannon'...you`ll find many good articles on the web which explain the rule changes if you do a little research.
toomuchpetrol 1 month ago
words can't describe how great this is to watch!!!
Lisle2nd 7 months ago