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Show Tool and Billiards. ' Champion Schaffer and his bride are I visiting in Chicago. Efforts are being made at Phlladel- 1 phia to advance the price of brilliards to fifty cents per hour and five cents per ball for pool. There are fourteen entries in the handicap pool tournament at the Owl Club, St. Albans, Vt. A handsome silver cup. surmounted by a golden owl, is the prize, aud is to be oontested for annually. Carter and Ives are practicing for their balk line match, which takes place in Milwaukee in October next, .lacob Shaefer and Eugene Day are belli be-lli ml Ives, while John Callahan and August I'liess, of Milwaukee, are hacking hack-ing Carter. The stakeholder is the Chicago house of the U., H., C. Co. Frank C. Ives, "the Naonleon of PetosUie." and Martin .M 11 lien, of C levelund, Ohio, are again agitating their proposed match, which was given life through the memorable four-handed four-handed giime played in Cleveland last May, when Shaefer and Mullen defeated de-feated Ives and Shaw, after permitting the latter to win the lirst game. |