BLACK PYRAMIDS

The Advertiser (Adelaide), Wednesday 24 March 1915

“BLACK PYRAMIDS.”

There have been many attempts to introduce a novelty into billiards, and H. Gray, the father of George Gray, the Australian prodigy, has launched a new game, which he is pleased to call “Black Pyramids.” The red balls are placed in the usual pyramid fashion with the black on the middle spot. After a red has been potted, the striker must play at the black, and whether he succeeds in putting it down or not it must be re-spotted after every stroke. As in the case of snooker pool, the element of chance comes into play, for the striker may be snookered on the black, and, failing to hit it, suffers the usual penalty of seven. He, of course, adds seven to his score for putting it down. It is undoubtedly an improvement on the old game of pyramids, which nowadays is very seldom played, but it lacks many of the variations of snooker pool and is not likely to become very popular.