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HOME RUN
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The New Outstanding Ball-Gum Vendor, With A Fascinating
Amusement Feature. (It's Legal Everywhere. )
HOME RUN has a brand new and very clever batting arrange-
ment that Is operated by a trigger which bats the ball
through the air.
Player receives a ball of gum every time a penny is inserted,
except when a home run is made: then the home run ball is
displayed just below in a separate pocket. The merchant then
awards the player for skill, the ball is released and falls into
cash box for a record.
HOME RUN is operated with 180 count ball-gum. Striped balls
are used in home run the same as in ordinary ball-gum vendors:
if the player should bat a striped ball into the home run they are
entitled to receive a double award.
HOME RUN vendors have been on location for several weeks'
and have proven to be very successful. their average earning
power has exceeded that of many outstanding amusement
games.
HOME RUN will be a vendor that will stay on location per-
manently because it offers the same appeal as ordinary ball-gum
vendors plus its beauty, attractive design, unique amusement
feature and the extra award for skill. Don't delay, try home run
today-IT'S A HIT!
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OffER
Sample Home Run With Approximately 5,000
Balls Of Gum Only ________________________________________________ $2 4.50
Home Run Without Ball Gum In Lots
Of 10 Or More __________________________________________________________ 19.50 each
ALL ORDERS REQUIRE ONE-THIRD CASH, BALANCE C . O. D.
Manufactured By
VICTOR VENDING CORPORATION
5711 Grand Avenue
N~W Y~RK
NEW YORK-1942 rolls in with a roar,
but it's all for vi<;tory. Coin' machine folk
in New York town are second to none in
remembering Pearl Harbor. Air wardens,
spotters, state guardsmen and many in the
Army and Navy are on the roster of the
men who place machines. Up and down old
Broadway you hear the boys calling, "Buy
a bond. Help Nap the Japs." And the
money of the operators speaks louder than
their words. So let's go! All together!
Keep ' em flying, boys.
In all the clamor and headlines It's good
to see that the police are keeping their
eye on the ball. Anoth er slug ring was
nabbed recently. Federal Judge John W.
Clancy, in meting out prison sentences, laid
it on the line. "We will not stand for sabo-
tage in any form," said the judge. "Using
slugs instead of real coin in coin machines
is sabotage of a mean and sneaky sort."
The Florida hibernators are hiUing town
again. More and more distribs and op-
erators wait for the winter to take their
annual jaunts. This must explain why, in-
stead of a letdown, we have pickups in
trade during the hot spell. But the cold
months in New York zip you up, and many
an operator has reported that he can do
more durfng December and J anuary than
the preceding four months.
Bill Rabkin and Mutoscope said it with
Defense Bonds this Christmas. Salesmen
and mechanics shared in the bonanza. In
. Chicago. Illinois
addition, fruit cakes, bottles of wine,
whetted the palate of Mutoscope's faithful,
proving that morale may be mental but it
doesn't hurt the stomach to get a break, too.
Ditto it also for Leo Willens and U-Need-A-
Pak, and just to show you we haven't run
out of names, Dave Robbins is reliably re-
ported to have invested thousands of dollars
in Defense Bonds for distribution.
Caught hobnobbing on the "Row": Ber-
nie Sossens, American Automatic, Hartford,
Conn.; Hyman Budin, Mike Munves, Dave
Stern, Harry Steinberg, Jack Wise; Joseph
Ull man, Joe Fishman, Marc Munves, Bert
Lane and you guessed it-Lou Goldberg_
In time with the times is Keeney's Sub-
marine, where gobs off tour and admirals
out for their constitutional, take turns ' at
p)aying. This game ca tches the spirit of
the hour. But ray games still pull a big
play-and as for arcades, they're going
strong. Count one more on Broadway and
another arcade furth er uptown in the resi-
den tial district.
Greater recognition to the coin machine
i'ndustry is now more possible than ever,
declared Nat Cohen of Modern Vending,
following a reception held at Modern's quar-
ters. Stated Nat: "In connection with our
Minute Men phonographs we have been
receiving recognition in such orthodox
periodicals as 'Dun's Review.' Further-
more official recognition has come from
National Defense Authorities who have
written us praising the use of machines in
camps. As we informed the authorities, it
is far from our intention to profit from this
national emergency; yet it is only fair that,
in doing our bit, the country is made aware
of our social usefulness. We do not ask
more, and certainly we ought not to re-
ceive less."
Bill Peek has sabotaged his carnation
since Pearl Harbor. Bill, who has a hank·
ering for the Navy and may yet don the
Navy blues, somehow became confused in
associating his carnation with a Japanese
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JANUARY .
1942