Billiards

BILLIARDS

        The history of billiards begins in the fourteenth century. The indorse was invented in Europe, exclusively there was a conflict as to what country. The french believed that the side invented the game, however at the same beat, the English thought the French did. In the end, a French billiards specialist found state that the game originated in France about the fourteenth century. The word billiard is derived from dickens French words, billiart and bille. These two words mean stick and ball. Put them to amounther, and you get stick-ball or pool as its called these days. At first the game was played outside, but during the winter it got too cold so the game was moved inside onto large put offs. After a couple of years, green cloth was installed on the bed of the table to make an illusion of the grass outside. The sticks use at the time were large, and men used slightlycurved sticks while the women used straight, narrow ones. The sticks werent used as they are today to hit the ball but rather to push the balls around the table, similar to the game of cock board. As the game got more popular, as it is today, the sticks got narrower and easier to use (Billiards, http).

        A few games today are similar to billiards, such as shuffleboard, and the same equipment - stick and balls. One of the most important tools to vie any game of this type is the table. In the fourteenth century, the distance of the tables was much longer than today becuase they were used instead of vie outside. Today the sized of the tables varies all over the worl. The dimensions range anyplace from nine by four and a half feet to hug drug by five feet (Billiards, Colliers).

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