An obscure game of pool

Yesterday, Yvonne pointed out a story to me in the Times that I likely would never have seen, in the Business Day section. It's a story about a game of pool called Bottle Pool. I had to read parts of the story a couple times to make sure I understood the rules. "Bottle pool combines elements of billiards, straight pool and chess," writes the author, Harry Hurt III. Now I'm anxious to play it. Here's a link. I'm impressed the Times did its second billiards-related story in just over a week. In fact, come to think of it, I've amassed a small library of clips from the Times this year, first being the story they did on "New York's nicest and best pool player" Tony Robles, followed by an obit for Steve Mizerak, then last week's billiards tournament in Queens. Photo above is by Gordon Grant, a fellow NYT stringer.