Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1895 — Left Hand vs. Loft Lag. [ARTICLE]

Left Hand vs. Loft Lag.

An English officer tells the following story of a game of billards be once witnessed in India: “ As the result of an animated dfscussion, a match was agreed upon, 500 up, between two of the best billiardists among the officers—one to play witlHiisleft band, the other to use his right, but to play standing on the left foot only. The latter was allowed to sit between strokes, but had to proceed from his seat hopping and make his stroke while only standing on the left leg. Ixjft leg was the favorite, but the result proved that billiards require two feet to play them, for, when game was called, the officer playing with his left hand was found to be more than seventy ahead of his opponent.”