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To help prevent the stick from slipping when it hits the ball.
*Added - The chalk increases friction and is very important to be applied to the cue tip for anything other that a perfect center stroke to the cue ball.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThe cue tip is leather, and after a while it gets shiny through usage,
so chalk makes it rougher so the tip grips the ball better,
and making contact does not slide off and cause a mis-cue.
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