Automatic Age

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successful Sportland. Giving the players
a “break” but not making the scores too
difficult will turn each player into a booster
for the Sportland. Good advertising is
necessary in every business and the best
advertising for a Sportland is to treat your
patrons in such a manner that those pa­
trons will recommend the Sportland to
their friends and neighbors.
E D IT O R ’ S N O T E : A n y re ader of th is m a g a ­
zine w h o w ishes to o b ta in fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n
how to s ta rt a S p o rtla nd is in v ite d to w rite
to D a v e R o b b ins, w ho w ill be pleased to f u r ­
n ish such in fo rm a tio n w ith o u t a n y o b lig atio n.
M r. R o b b in s is a t the present tim e fin a n cially
interested in several h ig h ly successful S p o rt­
lan d s a n d h is advice w ill be based upo n his
o w n p ra c tic a l experience.
A. B. G. Announces
“Jockey Club”
“Jockey Club” is the name of the newest
release of the A. B. C. Coin Machine Com­
pany of Chicago, announced in this issue.
It is a counter size game employing a new
idea in reel type machines, namely, the use
of racing horses. It is called a racing
game on wheels. This firm, which is man­
aged by one of the old heads in amusement
machine circles, combines the fascination
of racing with that of spinning reels. The
cabinet is of solid oak and has a highly
polished aluminum front. It plays four
coins and shows last coin played.
Texas Operators Get
Second Injunction
Austin, Nov. 4. — State Comptroller
George H. Sheppard and other state tax
and enforcement officers Friday were tem­
porarily restrained from enforcing provi­
sions of a state law requiring payments of
an occupation tax on coin operated ma­
chines in an order handed down by Judge
J. D. Moore in district court here.
The suit attacking validity of the law
was filed by H. I. Drollinger of Harris
County, Joe Day of Austin, and the Electro­
Ball Co., for themselves, and for the Coin­
Operated Vending and Amusement Machine
Association of Texas. The suit also was
filed in behalf of managers, exhibitors and
owners of every coin operated machine of
any type in Texas.
© International Arcade Museum
November, 1933
Marshall Seeburg
Hurt in Grash
Mr. N. Marshall Seeburg, son of
Mr. J. P. Seeburg, founder of the J.
P. Seeburg Corporation, who was in­
jured Friday, November 10th, in an
automobile accident, was resting more
comfortably at the latest report. It
was learned that the injuries were
not as serious as first reported. The
skull was not found to be fractured
as first reports indicated, and there
were no internal injuries. Mr. See­
burg was badly cut about the face and
his hip was fractured. He is recov­
ering at the Franklin Boulevard Hos­
pital, Chicago.
New Coin Devices at
N. A. A. P. Exposition
A number of new coin operated amuse­
ment devices were exhibited this year at
the National Association of A m u s e m e n t
Park convention held the first part of No­
vember at the Palmer House, Chicago.
Among the more outstanding ones were
the “Drop Shot” shown by J. E. Van Tuyl,
inventor; a coin operated bowling alley,
shown by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender
Company; the “Crack Shot” by H. C.
Evans and Company, along with “Saratoga
Sweepstakes” in the new ball gum models;
a coin-released Skee-Ball game of regula­
tion size shown by the National Skee-Ball
Company.
Mr. Wm. Rabkin of the International
Mutoscope Reel Co., Inc., had a booth at
the Show but did not exhibit any of their
many arcade and amusement type ma­
chines. According to Mr. Rabkin, the ex­
pense of bringing them all for a complete
display was not justified.
The “Drop Shot” embodies a revolving
series of targets for the player to shoot at,
each target corresponding with a prize in
the compartment above. It was a beauti­
ful appearing machine and attracted a
large crowd of interested players and spec­
tators.
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