Billiards Digest April 2000

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
26 Bowling and billiards industry leaders meet to greet the future.<br>
28 Diamond pulls off the perfect trifecta in Derby City. by Melissa Jakubowski<br>
38 BD Polls back the curtain on the new WPBA Management. by Mike Panozzo<br>
50 Cover Story: Robots, computers and machines, Oh my! by Karl Lueders<br>
54 Q&A with the Pros: Where's your first cue?<br>
81 Steepleton's cashes in on Kentucky's billiard crop. by Kristin Pires<br>

<b>COLUMNS</b><br>
12 From the Publisher by Mike Panozzo<br>
88 Tips & Shafts by George Fels<br>

<b>DEPARTMENTS</b><br>
4 Yesteryear<br>
6 Mailbag<br>
9 BD News<br>
10 Advertiser's Index<br>
65 Chronicles by Mike Shamos<br>
68 Tournaments<br>
70 Calendar<br>
71 Scoreboard<br>
73 Rankings<br>
76 Marketplace<br>
78 Media Review<br>
80 Billiards Business<br>
82 Wing Shots<br>
86 You Make the Call<br>
87 Felt Forum<br>

<b>Instruction</b><br>
14 Mike Sigel<br>
16 Larry Schwartz<br>
18 Fran Crimi<br>
20 Bob Jewett<br>
24 Grady Mathews<br>
79 Trick Shots