Welker Cochran
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Welker Cochran was an American professional carom billiards player who won world titles in two different disciplines, balkline and three-cushion billiards.
Cochran in 1927
Carom billiards
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Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless billiard tables. In it
Welker Cochran
…Welker Cochran (October 7, 1897 – July 26, 1960) was an American professional carom billiards player who won world titles in two different disciplines, balkline and three-cushion billiards. He was born on October 7, 1897, in Des Moines, Iowa…
A carom billiard table and billiard balls
The Family Remy by Januarius Zick, c. 1776, featuring billiards among other parlour activities
A set of modern standard carom billiard balls, comprising a red object ball, a white cue ball for the first player, and a yellow cue ball for the second player.
Louis XIV playing billiards (1694)