IIT

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IIT . 7is made the

score

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

counts

COUNTS

for the adversary. If the striker's ball is holed he plays from

baulk

BAULK, or BALK (a word common to Teutonic languages, meaning a ridge, partition, or beam)

; if an object-ball, it is spotted as at the beginning of the game. A cannon

counts

COUNTS

2; missing the

white

object-ball scores 1 to the adversary; missing the black; 5 to the adversary. If there are pockets, the striker scores 2 for holing the

white

object-ball and 3 for holing the black, but a cannon must be made by the same stroke; otherwise the

score

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

counts for the adversary. -
The Irish Cannon Game.The rules of the cannon game apply, except that in all cases pocketed balls

count

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

for the adversary.
Mississippi.This variation is played with a

bridge

BRIDGE

pierced with 9 on 'more

arches

ARCHES,
COURT
OF

, according to the size of the table, the

arches

ARCHES,
COURT
OF

being numbered from 1.upwards. All nine balls are usually played, though the black is sometimes omitted, each player having a round, the object -being to send the balls through the arches. This may not be done directly, but the balls must strike a cushion first, the black, if used, counting

double

the arch made. If a ball is played through an arch, without first striking a cushion, the score goes to the adversary, but another ball, lying in front of the

bridge

BRIDGE

, may be sent through by the cue-ball if the latter has struck a cushion. If a ball falls into a cup the striker scores the value of the cup as well as of the arch.
Trou Madame.This is a game similar to Mississippi, with the exceptions that the ball need not be played on to a cushion, and that, if a ball falls into a cup, the opponent scores the value of the cup and not the striker.
Bell-

Bagatelle

BAGATELLE (French, from Ital. bagatella,.bagata, a trifle)

is played on a board provided with cups, arches from which bells hang, and stalls each marked with a number. The ball is played up the side and rolls down the board, which is slightly inclined, through the arches or into a cup or stall, the winner scoring the highest with a certain number of balls.

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