Automatic Age

Issue: 1934 May



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It.* , t k a r J o r i r l i n n same of the World's Series. The score is 5 to 3.
Ir 5 r n e o e c l a i n g lt,s tf,e /ast half of the ninth with 2 down. Babe
Ruth's at bat. Three balls and two strikes have been called on him. The tying
runs are on second and third. The winning run is on first . . . . The pitcher
looks ‘round to see that the fielders are in position, He sneaks a cautious
glance at the runners . . , steps into the box . . . quickly draws his arm
back for the pitch, and . . . here it comes
a low curve inside the plate
. . . the mighty Babe swings and , , , ! !
Thrills like th is make baseball America's favorite sport. Fans by the h u n d r e d s of
thousands throng the ball parks every day. The gate receipts for a single season
run up into the millions.
So figure it out for yourself. Just imagine the money-making possibilities of a game
like the WORLD’S SERIES. A game that has all the color and glamour of big
league baseball.
It’s
th e R e a l T h i n g !
The WORLD'S SERIES does everything but talk. It is the only g a m e e v e r i n v ented
*here players actually run fro m bas e to b a s e ! They really hit and run. They strike
°ut and make errors. They walk, and they score. They do everything, in fact, that
jeal/fe'&l| players like Ruth, Cuyler, Simmons, and Gehrig do.
Easy to Pl a y !
Like all great games, the WORLD'S SERIES combines beauty and class with
simplicity of operation. A glance at the playing field tells the player how the game
J^orks. And once he starts, he sticks. He is held by sheer fascination of the game.
He can’t leave it. It'1* just as if he were in a real game, stepping up to the plate,
'ining a homer into thes center field bleachers, being applauded by the crowds as
alking off the field a hero.
he rounds the bases, an
B a s e b a l l S e n s a ti o n !
Sensational is the only word th_ describes this n^
d r a w the c r o w d s and a l w a y s ban
the cash b o x
On/y o n c e in a great while d $ y o u h a v e a cha n
the national a p p e a l of the W O R L D ' S S E R f£]S. So
n °w. S e n d for a s a m p l e m a c h i n e to-day.
the c o m i n g w e e k s a n d m o n t h s !
Make
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game-marvei. It n e v e r fails
with grandstand profits!
to cash in o n a g a m e with
rt s e w i n g u p y o u r territory
of big winnings during
The prices quoted on the WORLD’S SERIES game are based on the cost of materials
prior to the government’s passing inflationary money measures and the National
Industrial Recovery Act. They are, therefore, sub/ect to change without notice.
Prompt action-before prices go up--w ill save you money.
to
You can't lose,
sat i s f i ed. I r y a s a m p l
WORLD’S SERIES game for
Days. If it is not one of the very
best money-makers you ever
had, send it back for a
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NEW “ SCORE BOARD” SYSTEM: Adding to the fascination ofj j
WORLD'S SERIES game is the fact that the playing fie Ia ,s ^oinetf>c
"score board” ! The number of outs is instantly flashed on an a scOj$0^
register. The number of balls in the Runs Pocket show the tota froUble'
a glance. Nothing could be simpler, easier, more fool-proof/ ° r efjjn9
free. Here, indeed, is the ideal way to keep score without 9
mixed up in a mess of totalizing machinery.
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1 R ew ards a re o ffe re d in p o in ts fo r 5 , 6 , 7'^'jl'e f®/
1 0 runs. T h e y ha ve been carefully figured a n d proved r'9 „ \o
w a rd ca rd its e lf is n e a tly set in a rich lo o k in g w o o d frame f
the e b o n y b la c k c a b in e t.
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NEW PLAYING HEIGHT: The overa|| size of the p la y M j,'1.. .
1 9 inches in w id th , 3 8 inches in le n g th , a n d 4 2 inches in nei9
p e rfe ct p la y in g fie ld a t a n e w a n d better pla y i n g height.
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from steel and brass stampings, are interchangeable, and ac
gauged down to 1/1000 of an inch,
C A B I N t I j^ e cat>inef has a special h a n d - r u b b e d e b o n y
silver side trimmings and legs are in the latest set-back skyscraP ^
A 1 ING I! 1 D: -|-he playing field is 5 -ply walnut v e n e ^ ' J a nd
grained , and set off by attractive highly polished aluniin
bronze trimmings.
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P L U N G E R U N I 1 T^is includes the Plunger, Ball-Lift,
Ball-Resf, and Tilting Device. The entire unit is richly encased .CushicI
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Tilting Device is the most dependable ever developed,reg|S
stantly when tilted in any direction.
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Let this HEADLINE game go to bat and make a profit clean^P ^jth j
Be first in your territory to cash in on America's favorite sP° . $cSJ
WORLD’S SERIES game. Write, wire or phone at once! ' c
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