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Pocket Billiards History
We are unable to say with certainty when or where the game was born. But from what we have gathered, this is our best effort.
The history of billiards is obviously a very old and lengthy one. Billiards has been played by all sorts of people from all sorts of continents and countries. There are reports that it was brought to St. Augustine by the Spaniards in the late 1500's but this cannot be verified. More likely it was brought over by Dutch and English settlers. The origin of billiards will probably never be known for sure. It has been said that China, Italy, or Spain, and France could be responsible as well. Pocket billiards is an American development of English billiards. The pockets were retained and the number of balls increased for pocket billiards.
The most popular form of pool, eight ball, was invented around 1900. In eight ball, one player or team shoots the low balls, those numbered one through seven, also known as "solids", and the other shoots the high balls, or balls nine through fifteen, also known as "stripes". Once a player has made all seven of his balls, he or she can shoot and sink the eight ball to win the game. A player or team can also win by sinking the eight ball on the break, or lose by sinking the eight ball out of turn. The game is more popular today.
Nine ball originated as a gambling game around 1920. Only nine of the fifteen balls are used and the object is to sink the nine ball first. The cue ball must first hit the lowest-numbered ball on the table in numerical order, but the nine ball is often pocketed early either on a carom or on a combination shot off the original object ball.
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