ground billiards
... that modern cue sports games such as snooker and nine-ball can be traced back to the game of ground billiards, played with hoops and mallets ?
... that modern <a href="./Cue_sports" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cue sports">cue sports</a> games such as <a href="./Snooker" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Snooker">snooker</a> and <a href="./Nine-ball" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nine-ball">nine-ball</a> can be traced back to the game of <b id="mw2g"><a href="./Ground_billiards" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ground billiards">ground billiards</a></b>, played with hoops and mallets <i id="mw3A">(illustration shown)</i>?