Automatic Age

Issue: 1937 August

SHYVERS
1— S en sa tion a l N e w R u b b er K ick e rs, O rig in ­
a ted in O ur P lant.
2 — O rigin al G O L D S T A R C O M E O N .
3— O rigin al S te p -u p T o ta liz e r .
4 — N e w P r o je c to r S y stem .
- 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - or 1 0 -B a ll Skill G a m e w ith
or w ith o u t P a y o u t; T ic k e ts or P a y ou t Skill
G am e R e co rd e r.
W H Y IN V IT E L A W S U IT S ? W e o w n
th e b a sic K ick e r P aten ts and no o n e
has righ t to bu ild K ick e r G a m es u n ­
less lic e n s e d .
A c c e le r a t e d B um pers are c o v e r e d by
ou r p a te n ts. W e in te n d to p r o t e c t our
righ ts and y o u r c o -o p e r a t io n is u rged .
W e n o t o n ly o rig in a te d K ick ers, b u t
p ro v e d ou r rights in th e F edsral
P a ten t O f f ic e . W e O r ig in a te !
LICENSED BY KEN C. SHYVERS. U.S. PATENT No. 2,087,799
T rem en dou s
W a llo p !
T rem en d ou s
Sock!
T rem en d ou s
E a r n in g s!
K ICK ERS is c o n s id e r e d by g a m e cr itic s to b e th e g r e a te st skill g a m e e v e r b u ilt in th e C oin
M a ch in e In d u stry. T h e artists sto o d s p e llb o u n d fo r hours stu d y in g th e re m a rk a b le resu lt o f th eir labor.
E verythin g m ak es se n se . K ick ers p re s e n te d by b e a u t ifu l c h o ru s girls in a g la m o ro u s , m a g n ific e n t s e ttin g .
T ru ly this is th e in d u stry ’ s first Real W o r k o f A rt.
W o r d s fail us— fo r o n c e w e are d u m fo u n d e d by th e r e c e p tio n g iv en “ K IC K E R S” by th e playing
p u b lic and by th e ord ers p o u rin g in fr o m o p e r a to r s all o v e r th e w o r ld fo r q u a n titie s .
FU R TH ER D E T A IL S O N N E X T PACE
SH Y V E R S M A N U F A C T U R IN G C O M P A N Y
C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS
D A Y A N D N IG H T T H E Y F L A Y A N D S W A Y A N D G R O A N an d G A S P and T H E N P L A Y SOM E M O R E O N
G o ld
I f
S ta r
A n
O r ig in a tio n
F e a tu rin g : ( 1 )
by
K en
16 Live R u b b e r K IC K E R S ;
g re a te r than an O d d s C h a n g e r ; ( 3 )
C . S h yvers
( 2 ) N E W C O L D S T A R FEATURE,
N e w L iftle ss Ball S licer, s h o w in g a t all
tim es balls p la y e d and le ft to p la y ;
(4 )
N e w fin ish on p la y in g fie ld , th e
sm o o th n e s s o f ste e l w ith th e p ro v e n a c tio n o f hard w o o d ; ( 5 ) N e w p r o je c t o r
u n it ( 6 ) Illu m in a te d V isio n E sca la tor; ( 7 ) T h e in d u stry ’ s first real A r t Panel

and real A r t G lass— b e a u tifu l ch o ru s girls in a g la m o ro u s s e t t in g ; ( 8 ) R egular
1 3 / 1 6 " s t e e l b alls, gra d e A , p e r f e c t ; ( 9 ) 1 0 0 0 -h o u r c o n tin u o u s p la y in g te st
has p rov en w ith o u t d o u b t this g a m e ca n ta k e it ;
up to 1 ,1 5 0 by te n s ; ( 1 1 )
is f o o l e d ;
(12)
(10)
L ong s c o r e ru n n in g
Fast, sm a sh in g a c tio n — so q u ic k th e h um an e y e
A c o in b o x h o ld in g $ 8 5 .0 0 .
K ICK ERS o p e r a to r o w n e rs fe e l as w e d o .
T h e g a m e w ill last fo r a lo n g , lo n g tim e w ith o u t re ­
p la c e m e n t in th e b e st and h o tte s t s p o ts.
M en play it fo r th e K ick .
T h e y H olle r, —
play a lo n e .
th ey J u m p , —
W o m e n play it f o r th e T h rills.
th sy J erk , —
th e y T w is t , —
D o th e y H o lle r !
B ody English is m ild .
th e y G roan and th ey G ru n t.
Players n ev er
W h e n th e fir s t ball strik e s th e kisser, th e y flo c k to th e m a ch in e . T h e m a g n e t ic -c r o w d -p u ll o f
KICKERS is g re a te r by far than in any tw o g a m es e v e r b u ilt.
It pulls th e m t o th e g a m e and o n c e th e re , its
ju s t o n e n ick e l a fte r a n o th e r, w ith th e players n ev er sq u a w k in g b e c a u s e th ey d o n ’ t w in . T h e y g ru m b le b e ­
ca u se th ey have to w a it to play it. KICK ERS has th e g re a te st a ssesfs ev er b u ilt in to a g a m e —
THEM .
A P P E A L
A N D
IT H AS
R E S P O N S E
W h a te v e r it is p e o p le w a n t fr o m a g a m e , KICKERS gives
th e m .
T h e y w a lk
fro m
a gam e o f
KICKERS w ith a c o n t e n t e d , h ap py fe e lin g . T h e y le a v e sm ilin g , s a tis fie d th ey g o t w h a t th ey w a n te d . N e x t
day th ey are b a ck fo r m o re .
W h y w a it u n til y ou r c o m p e t it o r c o v e r s y o u r sp o ts w ith KICK ER S.
o u t or h old it b a ck .
tim e .
Y o u c a n n o t k e e p this ga m e
Y o u r sp o ts w ill d e m a n d it, and o n c e on th o s e s p o ts , th e g a m e w ill stay a lo n g , lon g
O rder in 5 0 and 1 0 0 lo ts. W e w ill sh ip y o u so m e ea ch day— ev e ry g a m e is te s t e d and r e c h e c k e d
th o ro u g h ly . T h e y g o in to th e K ICK ER cr a te s , read y to play.
T h e g a m e o f a m illion s h o ts .
N e v e r t w o g a m es a lik e.
g ets g e n e ro u s and g iv e s— th en fr e e z e s up and tea ses
m a ch in e gu n s. A c t io n , b ro th e r ?
and
“ Y o u a in ’ t seen n o th in g y e t .”
w o rk on a s p o t to a p p re c ia te w h a t it has.
w o rk o f art.
D istr ib u te d
b y
Ever ch a n g in g .
to r m e n ts — th en
tears
Ever d iffe r e n t .
lo o se
KICKERS
lik e a b a tte ry o f
B eyon d w o r d s , you m u st s e e KICK ERS at
B e a u tifu l w o m e n p r e s e n te d in a m a g n ific e n t s e ttin g .
A ll
L e a d in g
A real
Jobbers
WIRE, WRITE OR PHONE
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S H Y V E R S
M A N U F A C T U R IN G
2 3 1 5 W E S T H U R O N STREET
W e s t C o a s t D e liv e r ie s :
C O M P A N Y
C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS
1 1 9 W . D en n y W a y , S ea ttle

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