Any decent billiard player can do it

The Billiard Player. 1922

W. Smith and M. Inman are said to have once paid a visit to Cleethorpes, and at the amusement end of the promenade came across a stall, the chief feature of which was a dilapidated billiard table. Two packets of cigarettes stood upon it, and the public were invited to try to drive a ball between them without knocking the packets down. A free packet was offered as a reward. Smith tried his skill without success, and Inman followed suit, but also failed. “Why, man, it’s impossible,” he said to the stallholder; “it can’t be done.” “I t ain’t impossible,” said the showman; “any decent billiard player can do it.”