Straight billiards: what do 47/2 and 71/2 signify?

bordelond · August 16, 2004, 3:51pm

I have recently stumbled upon an interesting straight billiards page in which the exloits of some recent champions were described.

There seem to be two disciplines called “47/2” and “71/2”. From what I can tell, these aren’t carom games – these disciplines are mentioned alongside One-Cushion and Three-Cushion.

So what are “47/2” and “71/2”?

scm1001 · August 16, 2004, 5:03pm

These are carom (allowed) games to my puny knowledge of billards. the 47 etc refers to the size of the marked square on the table and the n to the number of caroms allowed before having to move to another square. This is to and prevent a boring carom game. try http://vrbilliard.tripod.com/rules.html for a better explanation

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Straight billiards: what do 47/2 and 71/2 signify?

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