Snooker The sport has become increasingly popular in China. The origin of snooker dates back to the latter half of the 19th century. In the 1870s, billiards was a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India and several variations of the game were devised during this time. One such variation originated at the officers' mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in 1875, which combined the rules of two pocket billiards games, pyramid and life pool. The former was played with fifteen red balls and one black positioned in a triangle, while the latter involved the potting of designated coloured
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 The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls" is an unpublished work by J. D. Salinger.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