The billiard club of Zaporizhzhia “SAM” has prepared a selection of the most interesting facts in billiards, which you did not even know about… 1. A game somewhat similar to billiards was found in the burials of the Ancient Egyptians.
2. In 1873, billiards, by the way, became the first sport from which the World Cup was held. 3.
Tom Jefferson was constantly breaking the law by playing billiards at his mansion in Virginia. In those days, billiards was banned in the state, and if he was caught playing, he was threatened with up to 2 years inprison. 4.
Tom Cruise tries to do all the stunts on his own, but Mike Siegel, a professional billiard player, did the trick of jumping over two balls and scoring the third in The Color of Money. 5. In 2008, two Czechs played billiards on a token table in the salon, at the same time they crawled into the holes behind the balls and at the same time the locking mechanism worked.
Their hands were successfully pinned to the table. It was fun at first, but when even the salon staff couldn’t fire the players, it was a sad time, especially for the table. Called rescuers were able to recover the victims only after they had sprayed the table.
6. King Mistress Mistress is considered the first billiard cheat. In his castle, he installed a movable billiard table, which tilted at a small angle during the opponent’s strike, which was enough to change the trajectory of the ball.
They did the “black” work of the servant, moving around the room. 7. In Russia, billiards appeared under Peter the Great, and under Peter II, billiards became a science that, in the opinion of the tsar, developed grace.
8. At the beginning of the Patriotic War of 1812, the main Russian censor proposed to call billiards the word “sharokat”, and players – “sharokats”. But the idea was not supported and even ridiculed.
Why we are all happy =) 9. Under Stalin, billiards was very popular, because the leader loved it.
And in each estate, where he was at least a day, a billiard table was installed. 10. A cue for a professional in billiards, as an extension of the hand.
Billiards players very rarely change their preferences and the price for a professional cue reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Although it is easy and not very expensive for beginners to buy a billiard cue, the story has preserved the fact of selling a handmade cue made from a rare tree for $650,000. These are not all interesting facts. Follow the publications of the SAM Club and learn a lot of new things.
If you still do not know what to do on the weekend and where to play billiards in Zaporizhzhia, the SAM Club invites you to its place.
Phone of the billiard club in Zaporizhzhia: +38(098) 598-32-11; +38(061)220-91-08; +38(061)214-96-30
Address of the billiard club in Zaporizhzhia: 4 Shkilna Str., Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
