Routines

60 entries in Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Decanter and the Crystal Balls clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, two methods
Related toVariations 1876
Modern Magic
426
Billardkugelkunststücke two billiard queues from borrowed handkerchief, then handkerchief to billiard ball, ball routine, borrowed handkerchief reappears in a candle
 		Dec. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 4)
57
Der sich vermehrende Billardball multiplying balls, two half balls stuck together, optional vanish by attaching it to a pull loop
 		Sep. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3)
35
Martignoni Martignoni's Billardspiel I. Ausführung
routine with ball and cup, shell
Related to Feb. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 2)
25
Martignoni Martignoni's Billardspiel II. Ausführung
Related to Mar. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 3)
37
Carl Willmann Der verschwindende und erscheinende Billardball suction cup with loop for appearing and vanishing billiard ball
 		Feb. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 2)
22
T. Nelson Downs The Four-Ball Trick, with Novel Passes four solid balls
 		1909
The Art of Magic
305
Color Change with Four Solid Balls four red balls to four white balls
 		1909
The Art of Magic
313
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Related toAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
602
Joseph Michael Hartz Hartz Finale for Crystal Balls
Related to 1911
Later Magic
612
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
VariationsAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
669
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
672
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
55
Joseph Michael Hartz Hartz Finale for Crystal Balls
1911
Magical Titbits
65
Joseph Michael Hartz The Multiplying Billiard Ball with shell
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
127
C. O. Williams Multiplying Billiard Ball Variation
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
129
Tommy Tucker Manipulative Billiard Ball ball with hole to stick finger into it to simplify moves
 		1933
Expert Manipulative Magic
21
Production of Four Solid Billiard Balls without using a Shell "very rapid and effective"
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
74
Walter B. Gibson Ball-Istics four balls appear one by one and vanish again
Related to
  • corrections and improvements on p. 28
 Mar. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 4)
13
Jean Hugard Ball Magic
  • Hand to Hand Finger Transfer
  • The Roll Finger Production
  • Production of Four Solid Balls Without the Use of a Shell
 		Sep. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 4)
347
Jean Hugard Ball Magic (Continued) two routines with billiard balls, glasses, handkerchief
  • 1. Dyeing a Ball
  • 2. A magical transposition
 		Oct. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)
357
Herb Poppleton The Easy Comedy Golf Ball Routine with Ireland's Golf Balls, shell and in combination with egg bag
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
8
Jerry Hornak Master Billiard Ball Routine using two shells on one ball
 		1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
15
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
197
Frank Garcia The One to Four with Solid Balls
1960
Billiard Balls
17
Karrell Fox Foxy Climax one ball becomes four, then all vanish, with handkerchief four ball gaff, see p. 342 for ideas by Dan Tong
 		Feb. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 377)
335
Tony Slydini Ball Vanish in the Hands ball vanishes and reappears multiple times, ball with thread loop
  • Slydini "Touches"
Related to 1966
Slydini Encores
67
Paul Maurer Billardball Vermehrung und Wanderung with shells
 		1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 6)
83
David Berglas, Lewis Ganson, Ralph W. Hull The Master Move For 'The Homing Ball' moves for ball and cone
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
182
Ellison Poland, Tony Anverdi, Aaron Black A Ball and Silk Routine billiard ball appears in center of silk, travels around, penetrates handkerchief, changes color, balances on edge of silk, vanishes
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
19
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
18
Mike Rogers Elusive Sphere longer manipulative ball and silk combination in which ball repeatedly vanishes and reappears
 		July 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 9)
545
Peter "Peki" Kinnigkeit Was rollt denn da? with four different colored balls
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
22
Dick Zimmerman Surprise Ball Routine eight balls are produced, then all change colors, loop ball
 		1973
Creative Magic
4
Patrick Page One to Four Manipulation
1976
The Big Book of Magic
108
Patrick Page One to Eight Manipulation two shells
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
113
Ralph W. Hull Kegel und Ball ball and cone
Also published here
  • Ralph W. Hull's "The Homing Ball" in "Smart Magic", 1935.
 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 4)
112
Richard Kaufman Mirror Image routine, four balls appear, color changing elements, nesting shells
 		1977
Balls!
8
Richard Kaufman Colorific routine, four balls appear, color changing elements, with handkerchief
 		1977
Balls!
16
Richard Kaufman, Albert Warby Rainbow Visions eight ball routine, different colors
 		1977
Balls!
34
Al Leech A Rainbow Routine billiard ball routine
 		1980
Al Leech's Legacy
83
Danny Korem, Tony Slydini The UDT Paper Cone and Ball Routine pendulum holdout
Related to 1980
The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II
28
John Ramsay Comedy Billiard Ball Routine four balls, with a hat, at the end balls vanish from hat and appear in performer's mouth
1 - Preliminary
2 - Production of the First Ball
3 - The Ball Penetrates the Hat
4 - Ball Travels to Hat
5 - Production of Second Ball
6 - Ball Behind the Back
7 - Production of Third Ball
8 - Production of Fourth Ball
9 - Disposal of Four Balls in the Hat
10- The Balls Appear in the Mouth
 		1982
The Ramsay Finale
9
Dai Vernon Tuch, Ball und Kegel
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Sep. 1951
 Apr. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
26
Nelson Lyford Vollkommen Unerwartet billiard ball routine with - wait for it - a change bag
 		Jan. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
154
Karl Fulves Joggled balls vanish and appear during juggling, posed as problem
 		1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
248
Danny Archer Balls routine with small rubber balls that appear, vanish and change
 		1994
Working Alone
2
Harry Riser Ball, Cone, and Box Routine with credit information
Related to 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
154
Harry Riser The Golf Lesson one golf ball multiplies to five, no shell
 		1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
240
Harry Riser The Close-Up Billiard Ball Routine with shell
Also published here
  • MUM, Jan. 1988
 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
257
Michael Stroud Eyeball, Silk & Wand routine where a silk, a wand, and a giant eyeball appear and disappear in rapid succession
 		Sep. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
78
Miguel Aparicio Variaciones del Cono y la Bola with handkerchief, variations
Inspired by 2003
La Magia Española del Siglo XX
187
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it outwards
Inspired byAlso published here 2004
Deserting the Legion
10
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it Outward
Related toAlso published here 2010
Vortex
141
John Gaughan Conradi's Original Billiard Ball Illusion
  • The Chamber of Secrets
mechanical stand with slide
 		July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
18
John Gaughan Sucker Billiard Ball Box
  • The Chamber of Secrets
die box type apparatus with billiard ball
 		Sep. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9)
18
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
62
Tom Gagnon A Ballsy Discovery card names written on billiard ball, ball spun on smooth surface with cup over it, it comes to rest with selection on top, crazy cue ball (weighted)
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
432
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
61
Ricardo Harada Invisible Transposition of a Ball cone and ball routine, on table
Related to Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
58