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In early American history, religious sects influenced legislation outlawing the game in many parts of the land. In Thomas Jefferson’s day, billiards was illegal in Virginia, yet he concealed a billiard room in the dome of his Monticello home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of these laws prohibiting billiards was passed because of a promising young Virginia lawyer who dominated the billiards scene. He spent all his time playing billiards, and his worried friends encouraged him to work seriously. These same friends were in the state legislature, and they laughingly thought that if they passed a bill suppressing billiards, then this lawyer would \u201cnever break a law!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their timely intervention was successful, fostering the brilliant career of John Marshall, who gave up billiards to become the legendary fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, ruling the court for 34 years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Congratulations to our ladies travel team, who concluded their season with a commanding win over the Ocala Palms, Cherrywood, and Oak Run communities. The league ran from September through April. […]<\/p>\n