Billiards Trivia

Captain Mingaud was a political prisoner during the French Revolution. Believe it or not, he was able to have a pool table installed in his cell, with the assistance of another prisoner. He became obsessed with the game during his imprisonment, and invented the leather cue tip while imprisoned. He felt that the equipment, not his skill, was holding back his game. In fact, he became so obsessed with the game of billiard, that at the end of his prison sentence he requested a longer sentence so that he could perfect his study of the game.