Cue sports playing nine-ball. Snooker balls are smaller than American-style pool balls with a diameter of 52.5 mm ( in), and come in sets of 22 (15 reds, 6 "", and a cue ball). English billiard balls are the same size as snooker balls and come in sets of three balls (two cue balls and a red, an object ball). Other games, such as bumper pool, have custom ball sets. Billiard balls have been made from many different materials since the start of the game, including clay, bakelite, celluloid, crystallite, ivory, plastic, steel and wood. The dominant material from 1627 until the
The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls The letter referred to is sent from Holden Caulfield (later the protagonist of "The Catcher in the Rye") to his younger brother in this story, Kenneth. "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", along with the short stories "Birthday Boy" and "Paula", was printed in a small edition titled "Three Stories", reportedly in 1999, a copy of which was sold on eBay and then posted on internet file sharing sites in late November 2013. The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls" is an unpublished work by J. D. Salinger. It is about the death of Kenneth