STATEMENT OF THE OWN ERSHIP MAN-
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION. ETC,,_ RB.
QUIRED BY THE ACTS OF CONuRESS
OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AND MARCH 3,
METAL TYPER DISCS
1933
Of The COIN MAO-UNE REVIEW published
monthly at Los Angeles·, California for October 1,
1946.
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tion, the per-game cost is about $500.
In selecting equipment, the novice should
pay heed to the following questions:
I. Is the runway of sufficient length? It
should be at least ten feet-anything less
means the player has no control of the ball,
which jeopardizes the skill element and
discourages repeat play.
2. Is the game fundamentally sound?
3. Do its scoring principles breed in-
feriority? The game should allow the
average player to attain two-thirds of the
total possible score. Anything less and his
ego simply cannot stand the gaff.
Choicest locations are residential bars
and taverns, and recreational zones. The
competitive challenge of the game is one
of its strongest drawing points. This is
especially apparent in neighborhood loca-
tions. Everybody knows everybody else and
everyone is sure he can beat everyone else.
So play is spirited and prolonged. And at
a nominal cost, a good time is had by all-
even the loser.
The skyrocketing popularity of bowling
alleys during the past decade has made it-
self felt in coin-operated games similarly
patterned. Bowling alleys are good loca-
tions because people waiting their crack
at the ten-pins can warm up and generally
entertain themselves during the interim.
Bowling games are ego-feeders. A per-
son who looks foolish on a regulation alley
can perform with aplomb on the miniature
device. Then, too, special shoes are not
needed, less time is required to play a
game, and the work-out is not as strenuous.
Bowling games are primarily mechanical
and not electrical, which means that re-
pairs are at a minimum and "out of order"
signs rarities. As they are skill games, the
operator need not worry that adverse legis-
lature will knock him out of business over-
night.
Jobbers are now offering immediate de-
livery of new equipment.
Following is a monthly balance sheet,
based on an average operation:
Receipts
Ten games @ $30 per week·-················Sl200
Less 50% location commission.·-··· 600
Net Gross ········-·······-·······-···-···S 600
Expenses
Car maintenance ········------S 30
Depreciation (over three years) .. ·-······· 125
Parts, etc. ········-··- - - - - - - - ·· 30
Insurance ( Public Liability)····-······-··· 5
Total Expenses ···- ···-·······--·······-····$190
Net Profit ·······-·····-····- · - - -···$410
• Nine months ago the roll.down type of
game began moving in on runway devices.
But because the basic appeal of the latter
is so much stronger, because it affords more
exercise and tests control and skill to the
utmost, the replacement pendulum swung
back. All indic4tions are that it will con•
tinue to swing as long as the thrill of com•
petitive sports remains an integral part of
the American scene.
Lo.s
ANGBLBS
Before me, a notary public in and for the Stat.e
and county aforesaid, personally appeared Paul W.
Blackford, who, having been duly sworn according
to law, deposes and says that he is the publisher of
the COIN MACHINE REVIEW and that the fot.
lowing is, to the best of his knowledge and belief,
a true statement of the ownership , management (and
if a daily paper, the circulation) , etc., of the afore•
said publication for the date shown in the above
caption, required by the Act of A ugust 24, 1912 ,
as amended by the Act of March 3, 1933, embodied
in section '.537, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed
on the reverse of this form , to wit:
1 . That the names and addresses of the publisher,
editor, managing editor, and business managen are :
Publisher--Paul W . Blackford, 1115 Venice
Blvd ., Los Angeles 15 . Editor-Paul W . Blaclcford ,
1115 Venice Blvd ., Los Angeles 15.
.2 . That the owner is: (If owned by a corpora-
tion, its name and address must be stated and also
immediately thereunder the names and addresses of
stodcholders owning or holding one per cent or more
of total amount of stock. If not owned by a cor•
poration, the names and addresses of the individual
owners must be given. If owned by a firm , company ,
or other unincorporated concern, its name and address,
as well as those of each individual member, m\l.\t be
given.
Paul W . Blackford, 1115 Venice Blvd. , Lo.
Angeles 15 .
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3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and
other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent
or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or
other securities are: (If there are none, so state. )
None.
4. That the two paragraphs n ext above, giving the
names of the owners, stockholders , and securiry
holders, if any, contain not only the list of stock•
holders and security holders as they appear upon the
books of the company but also, in cases where the
stockholder or security holder appears upon the books
of the company as truste.e or in any other fiduciary
relation, the name of the person or corporation for
whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the
said two paragraphs contain statements embracing
affiant' s full lcriowledge and belief as to the circum•
stances and conditions under which stockholders and
security holders who do not appear upon the books
of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities
in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner ;
and this affi.ant has no reason to believe that any
other person, association, or corporation h as any
interest direct or indirect in the said stock, or other
securities than as so stated by him.
5 . That the average number of copies of each
issue of this publication sold or d istributed, through
the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the
twelve montlu preceding the date shown above is
...................... H••···················· (This information is re•
quired from publishers of daily, weekly, semi•weekly
and tri•weekly publications only. )
PAUL W . BLACKFORD,
(Signature of editor, publisher,
business manager, or owner. )
Swom to and subscribed ,before me this 25th day
of September, 1946.
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(SBAt)
JENNER S . WILSON .
Notary Public.
(My commission expires March 22 , 1949.)
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