The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States whether of native or foreign introduction (1904)
Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769, Phillips, Barnet, 1828-1905, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Excelsior publishing house · leaf 421
416. A player must pocket a pyramid ball before he can play at one of thepool balls, and he is not permitted to strike a pool ball before he strikesa pyramid ball. If he does, his adversary scores as many points as thepool ball struck would have been worth had it been pocketed under the 4i6… … blue at the apex of the pyramid; the brown on the spot to the left of thebalk; the green in the centre of the same; the pink in the centre of thetable; yellow on the right-hand spot of balk. BILLIARDS, 417 When any of the pool balls are pocketed they are replaced on theirown spots. When a pyramid…
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