My sparring partner form Manchester, NH, Tom Sansouci, who has a Godzilla type stroke, is one of a very few players who can make this eleven cushion shot. A 5x10 Brunswick Arcadian table with Monarch cushions, unheated and no silicone involved, is set up in his basement recreation room, and I’ve seen him do it many times.

I know Larry Grindinger, and perhaps Roberto and Semih can make the shot but the majority of players would have to settle for nine rails or, ten rails with the help of a ticky from the ninth rail, but the eleventh rail would still be another ten feet away. Give it a try friends and “may the force be with you” !

P.S.  Please take into account that the more modern tables are perhaps more for speed and distance than the 100 year Brunswick table describe above.

"George Rippe is a former billiard room proprietor and artistic billiard enthusiast,"
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