At present there are but two, whether at caroms or at fifteen-ball pool, whose terms have not expired. The elder of these is the 18:1 (Eighteen-inch Line, One Shot in Balk), and the other the 18:2 (same line, with Two Shots in Balk). The rules appended relate to the making and the conduct of matches, and not to the general playing.

World’s Championship at 18:1 Balkline. 1. Contests for the Emblem shall, in addition to the Emblem, involve a money stake amounting to $500 a side. This amount is necessary in order that the holder of the Emblem may not be challenged by unskillful players, whose only object in challenging would be to gain notoriety.

2. The sum of $250 must accompany all challenges to give them validity.

3. The holder of the Emblem must cover his challenger’s money within ten days after being notified that he has been challenged. Failure to do so, without sufficient cause therefor, will entitle the challenger to the Emblem. The holder of the Emblem shall not, however, be required to cover the money of more than one challenger at a time.

4. When $250 has been put up on each side, the $500, as well as the Emblem, becomes subject to forfeiture. The remaining $250 must be put up at least ten days prior to the date of contest, and after such final deposit the match shall be “play or pay,” i.e., death alone relieving the players from their contract.

5. The holder of the Emblem may be required to play at the expiration of sixty days from the time of being challenged, but not before. Should either party refuse to play within the specified time, he shall forfeit his claim to Emblem and stakes. Should both parties conspire to defeat this or any other rule relative to the Balkline Emblem, the match shall be declared off, and the stake money returned. The Emblem will revert to the original donors.

6. To define the above rule, a challenge issued while a match for the Emblem is pending, and being next in order, shall go into effect on the next day after that match has been disposed of either through play or forfeiture. A challenge issued while there is no match pending shall take effect on the day of its date, provided it is not in any way subject to the rule next below.

7. The challenge of a player who has been defeated while contending for the Emblem shall not go into effect until fifteen days after the contest in which he was defeated.

8. There shall be no umpires, and no one will be allowed on the platform after the game is called, except the contending players, the referee and the marker. Should there be no platform erected in the hall to set the billiard table on, and for the players to walk on, then no person except the above mentioned shall be allowed within ten feet of the table.

9. The referee and marker to be mutually agreed upon by the players. In case of failure on their part to agree before half past seven o’clock of the evening of the match, then the donors of the Emblem shall name the referee and marker.

10. All games to be 500 points up.

11. The holder of the Emblem will be required to defend it for two years against all comers. During this probation he must deposit with its donors, The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to insure its preservation in good order, and its delivery to the donors before 12 o’clock noon of the date named for any contest in which it may devolve upon him to defend it. Failure to do so (without good and sufficient cause) will entitle the challenger to the Emblem and the stake money, and the donor of the Emblem to the amount deposited as a guarantee for its safe-keeping and delivery, as hereinbefore provided for.

12. The Emblem becomes the property of any player who wins it from the champion and successfully defends it against all contestants for a period of two years.

13. In all matches for the Emblem, the stakeholders shall be the donors of the Emblem, The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and all challenges to the champion must be addressed through them, in order that each challenge may be officially recorded, and the champion officially notified.

14. All matches for the Emblem shall be played with 2?-inch balls, upon a 5×10 table, manufactured by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and furnished with their “Monarch” cushions.

15. The city in which contests shall take place must be located in the country of which either party is a resident. In case of a disagreement between the parties as to the selection of a hall or room in which the contest shall take place, the donors of the Emblem shall have the final decision.

World’s Championship at 18:2. The foregoing code governs, with the following amendments and additions as adopted by the undersigned players finally on April 4, 1906:

Sec. 4 is made partially inoperative as to a challenge issued at any time within sixty days of the expiration of the two years’ term. The champion must cover the forfeit, and himself either play or forfeit, even if challenged as late as the day before his term would otherwise expire.

Sec. 8 is amended so as to require a railing around the table, and “not less than seven feet from the outer edge of the table.”

Secs. 8 and 9 together are modified thus: “There shall be no marker.”

The championship term in Sec. 12 is contingently prolonged as provided in Sec. 4 above.

15. The holder of the Emblem has the right to choose the city wherein the contest shall take place. However, he is bound to select a city located in the country in which he or his opponent has his legal residence. In case of a disagreement between the parties as to the selection of a hall or room in which the contest shall take place, the donors of the Emblem shall have the final decision.

16. All litigious points that might be raised by either of the competitors in connection with the challenge herein mentioned, either before, or during, or after the contest for the World’s Championship Emblem of the 18–inch balkline (2 shots in) game of billiards, shall be settled, without appeal, by the donors of the said Emblem, and the competitors shall have to sign a copy of the present rules, accepting The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. as supreme referee in all difficulties that may arise between them on account of the contest.

1. There shall be no intermission, neither shall it be allowable to brush the table or wipe the balls during the progress of the game.

2. Winner shall take all receipts and pay all expenses.

3. The balls shall have a medium-polish finish—that is, between a dead finish and a high polish.

4. There shall not be any string of markers over the table.