December,
THE
1932
COIN
MACHINE
JOURNAL
11
T o u rn a m e n t
Appeals to Operators
Committee Simplifies Rules— Prepares Set-up
While O p e r a t o r s Await Final Instructions
^HE announcement of the
first National Pin Game
Tournament was received
by operators, jobbers and manu
facturers as one of the greatest
ideas ever developed in this in
dustry.
Chairman Paul Gerber, of the
National Pin Game Tournament
Committee, has been swamped
with requests for information re
garding this event. A number of
new machines have been added to
the official list and the handicaps
have been revised so as to give
operators a better setup in run
ning off their local tournaments.
The material is being rapidly
assembled and before the holidays
are over operators throughout the
country will have started running
off their local meets.
Operators Like Idea
As soon as the announcement
was made, operator C. M. Coat-
ney, who runs some 200 machines
in central Illinois, drove up to
Chicago to see the Chairman and
get set for the tournament. Coat-
ney has divided his territory into
sections and will run playoffs
throughout his route. The best
players will be assembled in
Champaign at some convenient
place and date, prior to the big
annual Coin Machine Show, in an
effort to find a player eligible for
the national playoff.
contender for. the national cham
pion.
Starts Game-O-Thon
Operator H. R. Green of Chi
cago has already launched his
own individual tournament in the
form of an endurance pm game
contest. This “ Game-O-Thon
as he is pleased to call it, got off
to a good start at 2 o’clock, Sat
urday, December 10, at the
Rainbo Gardens, one of the pleas
ure' palaces of that city. Nine
girls were entered in t h e contest
and will play continuously for the
endurance championship. There
is also a men’s division, where
men and boys compete for honors
in the endurance contest.
The event is being staged in
conjunction with the Walk-A-
Thon now being conducted at the
Rainbo Gardens. The endurance
game contest has the support of
several fraternal and church or
ganizations. Aside from attract
ing a large number of players, it
is also attracting a great many
spectators. Operator Green hopes
to develop a champion of national
caliber *~o compete in the Na
tional Tournament.
The committee has been busy
checking the qualifications of vari
ous machines so that there will be
no unfair advantages and that all
Coast Operators Back Idea
A group of Pacific Coast op
erators identified with the Pacific
Coast Operators Machine Associ
ation have gone together in a
body and will promote their tour
nament in an effort to develop a
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will have an equal rating in the
final playoff. They are also prepar
ing material for promotional mat
ter, such as pennants for use in
store windows and score cards.
Several manufacturers have al
ready circularized their operators
and jobbers lists pointing out the
possibilities this event holds in pro
moting the play on various
games.
When advised that the idea of
a tournafnent was met with some
opposition by some publishers,
the committee deplored the fact
that the publishers, who should
have this industry’s interests at
heart, should refuse to cooperate
and endeavor to make it a suc
cess.
The committee has no idea of
monopolizing any machine or the
operation of any game. The pro
posal was made simply to stimu
late a playing interest and to ulti
mately establish the pin games on
a permanent foundation, similar
to the popularity of billiards,
bowling, even golf and ping-pong.
It is true, no one will make any
money out of the venture but the
rivalry created and publicity that
the event will draw will serve to
give games a dignity and stand
ing which they deserve.
The Chicago Operators Asso
ciation, better known as the
Independent Coin Machine Oper
ators of Illinois, of which Harry
B. Gibson and Fred Mann are
executive heads have planned to
run tournaments among their op
erators, which is one indication
that the idea is worthy of con
sideration of all operators.
The suggestion has been made
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