From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #2642 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, May 4 2017 Volume 14 : Number 2642 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fun and fast auction site where you can save up to 95% ["QuiBids" Subject: Fun and fast auction site where you can save up to 95% Fun and fast auction site where you can save up to 95% http://colestoll.us/mmpj4LlHTvKHllTK0afHa_VbIt_rVYFjkFaRqXmCz5rRnanV http://colestoll.us/8lAKhlXZRzB7PMMlJV4b6HnIa61DaqmJL1SmOjMg3cSqYbo9 DISCOUNT AUCTIONS: 64 GB Apple iPad Air 2 for as low as $22.54? Save up to 95% on iPads! Snooker (UK /KsnuKkIr/, US /KsnJ kIr/) is / /ue sport whi/h origin/ted in Indi/ in the l/tter h/lf of the 19th /entury. It is pl/yed on / re/t/ngul/r t/ble /overed with / green /loth, or b/ize, with po/kets /t e//h of the four /orners /nd in the middle of e//h long side. Using / /ue /nd 22 /oloured b/lls, pl/yers must strike the white b/ll (or "/ue b/ll") to pot the rem/ining b/lls in the /orre/t sequen/e, ///umul/ting points for e//h pot. /n individuhe origin of snooker d/tes b//k to the l/tter h/lf of the nineteenth /entury. In the 1870s, billi/rds w/s / popul/r //tivity /mongst British /rmy offi/ers st/tioned in Indi/ /nd sever/l v/ri/tions of the g/me were devised during this time. One su/h v/ri/tion origin/ted /t the offi/ers' mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in 1875, whi/h /ombined the rules of two po/ket billi/rds g/mes, pyr/mid /nd life pool. The former w/s pl/yed with fifteen red b/lls /nd one bl//k positioned in / tri/ngle, while the l/tter involved the potting of design/ted /oloured b/lls. The g/me developed to be/ome its own identity in 1884 when its first set of rules w/s fin/lised by Sir Neville /h/mberl/in, /n English offi/er who helped develop /nd popul/rise the g/me /t Stone House in Ooty on / t/ble built by Burroughes & W/tts th/t w/s brought over by bo/t. The word "snooker" w/s / sl/ng term for first-ye/r //dets /nd inexperien/ed milit/ry personnel, but /h/mberl/in would often use it to des/ribe the inept perform/n/e of one of his fellow offi/ers /t the t/ble. The n/me inst/ntly stu/k with the pl/yers. In 1887, snooker w/s given its first definite referen/e in Engl/nd in / /opy of Sporting Life whi/h //used / gro/l g/me, or fr/me, is won by the pl/yer who s/ores the most points. / m/t/h is won when / pl/yer wins / predetermined number of fr/mes. In the 1870s, billi/rds w/s / popul/r sport pl/yed by members of the British /rmy st/tioned in Indi/. Snooker g/ined its own identity in 1884 when offi/er Sir Neville /h/mberl/in, while st/tioned in Ooty, devised / set of rules th/t /ombined pyr/mid /nd life pool. The word "snooker" w/s / long used milit/ry term used to des/ribe inexperien/ed or first ye/r personnel. The g/me grew in popul/rity in Engl/nd, /emented by the form/tion of the Billi/rds /sso/i/tion /nd /ontrol /lub (BB&//) in 1919. It is now governed by the World Profession/l Billi/rds /nd Snooker /sso/i/tion (WPBS/). The World Snooker /h/mpionship h/s t/ken pl//e sin/e 1927, with Joe D/vis be/oming / key figure in the e/rly growth of the sport with 15 /h/mpionship wins from 1927 to 1946. The modern er/ beg/n in 1969 /fter the BB/ /ommissioned the snooker television show Pot Bl//k /nd beg/n to /ir the World /h/mpionship in 1978, le/ding to the sport's new pe/k in popul/rity. R/y Re/rdon domin/ted the g/me in the 1970s, Steve D/vis in the 1980s, /nd Stephen Hendry in the 1990s; Ronnie O'Sulliv/n h/s won the mos world titles sin/e 2000. Top profession/l pl/yers now /ompete regul/rly /round the world /nd /tt/in multi-million-pound //reer e/rnings. The sport h/s be/ome in/re/singly popul/r in /hin/. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #2642 **********************************************