Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1914 — Evolution of Billiards. [ARTICLE]

Evolution of Billiards.

The development of the billiard ta ble has been interesting. In those far back days when billiards seem first to have become an indoor game, a billiard table was about the size of a big room. The average table was 30 feet long and 18 feet wide. The size was gradually and irregularly decreased, until the present standard caronr table was introduced at a bil Hard tournament held in Samson hall, Philadelphia, in 1864.