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Josh Rairiin of Edgewater takes a shot at Bill and Billie’s Q Club on Ritchie Highway in Arnold.By DENISE TRAY ROSSON For The Capital ool halls. No longer dp they conjure up images of seedy, smoky gin joints.They've become respectable, even hip;Today's pool halls are places where boy meets girl, father teaches son and teams compete. You can even get a bite to eat.JiHian’s Billiard Cafe in Annapolis (notice the tony title) has 16 pool tables, three of which are Brunswick GoldCrowns. But that’s not all. The upscale cafe also has interactive video games, foozball, pinball and many other arcade-type attractions.•‘We've done a great business I think because when people come here there is something to do rather than stand around and drink. Pool is a great icebreaker,’’ said Jason Roth, Jillian's general manager and partner. He said that while some very serious pool players ctfce to Jillian’s, many others just want to shoot a casual game, have a meal and ?1iang for the night.” Unlike many area pool hails, Jillian’s serves alcohol, making it more of a social ■msetingplBW for some,; By Mark M. Odell — The Capital• ■ , „ . .' • . • • Capital filephoto by John GiHlaSean White of Glen Bumie Hn®s up a shot at Star Billiards In Glen Bumle.aficionados. According to owner Donna Sakenes, who has owned the parlor for 28 years, Bill and Billie’s has 34 tables,“We have a great crowd that comes in here. We have kids who come in with their parents to play and have somededicated pool players, Jillian's hosts several leagues on Monday, Tuesdayay nights.ie’QjQlub in Arnold is erent%peofpool establishment. This family-orientedpool hali lSt for youngsters whWeMMw* V * t 'climate-controlled billiard tables. Theyalso have a 12-foot snooker table. For theuninitiated, billiards is a completely different sport than pool; a billiard table doesn’t have pockets.“Billiards is a totally different game. I gu^tfyq^get^ygoodatpool andwho come and play. And we get a lot of college kids who come in and play. The parents like us because we don't serve alcohol and we don’t let the kids run the place. We keep a very tight rein on things,” Mrs. Sakenes said. The firstthing you see when you walk.in is asterkind of sets the tone for things.” She added that many parents are comfortable dropping their children off lopiay there;aiougfc children younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult;Women also are comfortable at Bill and Billie’s, “I’d say on the weekends our clientele is split just about evenly (between) womeh and men. And we have some really good women players,” she said. “I always ask when they come up to the front who won. I‘m a woman, so I love to see the women win, and they do quite a bit”To illustrate just how good some women are, Bill and Billie’s resident in-house instructor is a women named Linda Haywood; She gives pool lessons by appointment and can be reached bycalling Bill and Billie’s at 544-8185.. . . i§ ► . 'Jack and Jill Cue Club in Glen Burniehas 22 pool tables. The combinedrestaurant and pool facility caters to according to manager William Novak.• 4 ( 4 1 *•Mr Novak said that Hie new designs in pool sticks make women serious competitors in the sport. “It used to be that pool sticks had real fat butts, (but) now they make them thinner for smaller hands. They’ve also weighted the poolsticks more toward the front to make* ■ *them better,” he said.. 4Mr. Novak believes that pool is becoming more popular because people are seeing more of it on the, television and realizing that it is a challengingsport. ,“ESPN now has its own pool channel and people are seeing that pool is a very exciting sport,” he said. “It is a very hard sport to master. Any time you have two moving spheres to control, you have a difficult game. There are a million different angles and a million different combinations I’ve been playing for 20years and I still haven’t truly mastered**. *It.Here are the rates and addresses for area pool and billiards establishments:N Baltimore Billiards, 4991 Fairview Ave., Linthicum. 789-1526. Hours: Noon to 1:30 a.m. daily. Rates: $1.50 per person per hour until 4 p.m.; $3 per person per hour after 4 p.m.« Bill and Billie’s Q Club, 1244 Ritchie Highway, Arnold. 544-8185. Openfor one or two players and $2,50 an hour*per person for three or more people.■ Jack and Jill Cue Club, 512 Crain Highway, Glen Burnie. 766-4444. Open 24 hours Rates: $6.50 per table for one orAt left, Rachel Hubbard of Annapolis and loth Raulln of Edgewater set up a game at Bill and Billie’s Q Club in Amok!. Below, James Marshall plays at Jack and Jill Cue Chib In Glen Bumle.8y M#m M. Odell—The CapitalCapital file photo by John Gill Is.two players anq $9 por table for three or• • ■''®ore j; iv. •Somervifle.Road, Annapolis. 841*5599, Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily, Weekendrates: $12 per table for three or more players arid $10 per table for one or two players. Weekday rates: $10 per hour per table for three or more players and $8 per hour for one or two. There's also a practice rate —$6 for a single player — available if there’s no waitinglist■ Star Billiards, 337 Hospital Drive,I DlUilJvr tWw*3Jv6- J1UU1 4« ltVVil *V ,am. daily. Rates: $6.50 per hour for two people; $2.20 per hour for each additional person.■ Star Billiards Cafe, 7150 Furnace Branch Road, Glen Burnie. 553-9887. Hours: 11 am. until afleast3 a.m.daay, ■1 r f • ' f ’ . •» • . : , ■ , , ■ t .CL'i -VOyV'. v’ i .* lt;
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Capital Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Fri, Feb 28, 1997
Page 93
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