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 | | In one of his essays Clemens comments that the game is something of a fraud, pointing out that with the flat slate bed, uniformly responsive cushions, straight cues and new, perfectly round artificial-ivory balls, anyone could play the game well, and make just about any shot that might be imagined. |
 | | He suggested that to restore interest and sportsmanship to the game, the table bed should be made wavy, and players should use crooked cues and irregularly shaped balls. |
 | | From the origins of ball and stick games thousands of years ago in Greece, Egypt and the pre-Columbian Americas, to the minutiae of brands of chalk and detailed treatises on the design and manufacture of leather cue tips, the book explains it all in text and illustrations. |
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