I know the auction is called the calcutta...i just don't know why.
2007-03-28 11:21:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Snooker & Pool
it started as part of golf tourns but really dont know why dont play golf not enough balls but i have called it pasture pool
matbe it started in calcutta with eng.colonies??????????
2007-03-28 14:24:09 · answer #1 · answered by havenjohnny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From everything I read and was led to believe "calcutta", meaning "auction", worked its way into "sports vernacular" as to buy a player's talent. The same as slaves were sold on the auction block in Calcutta 200-plus years ago. In fact the Dutch did the same thing only they simply referred to it as "auction".
I am not sure which sport picked it up first but I have participated in many pool tournaments over the years in which the calcutta was implemented.
2007-03-29 11:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jay9ball 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably derives from the fact that billiards was very popular in India among Brits and many versions of the game were developed in the former colonies. The calcutta was probably developed in, well, Calcutta.
2007-03-30 17:51:28 · answer #3 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋