Editing Straight pool (section)

==History==
[[File:Jerome Keogh (at pool table) LCCN2014682795 (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=Jerome Koegh chalking his cue|[[Jerome Keogh]] invented the game in 1910.]]
Straight pool is derived from an earlier game called '''continuous pool''',<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showblogentry.php?id=226 |work=Billiards Digest |title=Feb: Continuous |date=February 2014 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200930195454/http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showblogentry.php?id=226 |url-status=live}}</ref> in which points are earned for every ball that is pocketed. In this game, the last {{cuegloss|object ball}} is pocketed (not left on the table as in straight pool), and then [[Rack (billiards)|racked]] with the rest of them when a new game begins (the player who pocketed the final ball plays the break shot in the new game).<ref name="S&R 183" /> As players became skilled in scoring dozens of points in a single turn, they would often use defensive shots on the break to avoid their opponent pocketing the 15 balls on the table.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://wpapool.com/rules-of-play/ |title=Rules of Play |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |work=WPA Pool |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180921224539/https://wpapool.com/rules-of-play/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Continuous pool was invented in 1889 and played professionally until 1911.<ref name="S&R 183" />

In 1910, [[Jerome Keogh]], who won numerous continuous pool tournaments, wanted to increase the attacking nature from the break-off shot, and make it more plausible to perform multi-rack {{cuegloss|run}}s. He introduced the modern rule that the object balls are re-racked not when all have been pocketed but after 14 have been sunk and one remains on the table. This new game became known as "14.1 continuous" and "14.1 rack", and in 1912 it became known as straight pool.<ref name="S&R 183" /><ref name="PoolHistory">{{Cite web |url= https://poolhistory.com/history/ |title=History |website=Pool History |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201101040704/https://poolhistory.com/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The first 14.1 professional championship was held in 1912 in Philadelphia.<ref name="S&R 183" /> The game quickly overtook continuous pool in popularity and was the most-played version of pool until [[nine-ball]] and [[eight-ball]] became popular.<ref name="PoolHistory" /><ref name="Shamos 195">{{cite book |last=Shamos |first=Michael Ian |author-link=Michael Ian Shamos |date=1993 |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards |publisher=[[Lyons & Burford]] |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000sham/page/195 195] |isbn=1-55821-219-1 |url= https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000sham/page/195 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}</ref>