41.—In a game of Volunteer Snooker a player has to "pot" a red before he can volunteer on a pool ball. Supposing he "pots" a red and goes in-off in one stroke, has he to pot a red again, or is he qualified to volunteer?
A red must be "lawfully pocketed" before the striker can play on a pool ball. (See Rule 5.) A red pocketed in conjunction with a losing hazard has not been "lawfully pocketed." See Rule 18 (b)) The striker having committed a foul, loses his turn and forfeits four points. (See Rule 19.)
42.—In the rules of snooker, if a player snookers his opponent after a miss, his opponent can nominate any colour he likes as a "free" ball. We will suppose A is on the yellow. He misses it and snookers his opponent. His opponent nominates the black, misses it, and A finds he is still snookered on the yellow. Can A nominate any colour or must he endeavour still to hit the yellow?
A is then "on" any ball he may nominate, under Rule 16.
43.—Suppose all the spots are occupied, except the green and yellow in snooker, and the brown is potted and the cue ball stays on the brown spot, where does the brown go, on the yellow or green spot?
Brown is placed on the green spot, this being" the spot first named in Rule 6 that is then unoccupied," as provided in Rule 9.
44.—If a player is on the pool ball and hits a red (will presume he is on the yellow), he forfeits 7 points. Is that so? But suppose he is on the yellow and hits the green or another pool ball, is it just the value of the pool ball he hits? The equivalent points away is the penalty, eh?
The penalty for striking a red with the cue ball when "on" a pool ball is seven points. For thus striking a pool ball, other than that which he is "on," the penalty 1s the value of the ball struck, or the value of the ball the striker was "on," whichever is the higher.
All points forfeited must be added to the opponent's score. (See Rule 19.)
45.—Our club is putting up a billiard room 60ft. by 20ft., three tables, roof inverted V-shape, with plenty of glass in roof and windows on one side. The difference in price between glass or slate roof is £15 or £20 in favour of the latter, and, of course, a glass roof would make it very hot in summer. The question also arises: Would daylight, in the above circumstances, be a good light for playing by, or is electric light better both for day and night?
A top light is, of course, best for billiard playing, as it does away with shadows, and there is no reason for the use of artificial light where good daylight is obtainable. A central roofed skylight, constructed in the usual way, is the best thing for one table. Where there are three tables put broadside, the roofed skylight would naturally be longer. The advantage of the usual form of billiard roofed skylight is that it distributes the light evenly without focussing the sun, but the expense is, of course, greater.