The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 99
ut winning andlosing hazards, as in the old Ameri- can game, but both kinds of hazardsscore in the players favor. Othergames played in England are theWhite winning game, the White los-ing game, the Red winning game,andthe Red losing game, in all of whichcaroms do not count at all. In Ger-many a… … Billiards in 1610. sembles the American game, andvery many other kinds are playedin different countries. The word Billiards (French Bil-lard) is from the French bille, aball. Carom or Carrom is from theFrench Carambole, meaning thesame thing. The origin of this lastword is unknown, but some think…
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