Automatic Age

February, 1940
95
AUTOMATIC AGE
slow hook th a t ju s t ambles up the
alley and calm ly nudges the No. 1
and No. 3 pins for a neat strike.
This is p a rt of the triple control
player has over the ball— control
over aim , control over speed, control
over hook, ‘E n g lis h ’ or curve. A n d
this
control is, the
reason why
players are flocking to B ally Alley
wherever it is placed on location.”
Jo in s W u r litz e r E x port D ivision
Gal— Y ou w on’t go to Heaven if
you kiss me.
Guy— No, b u t you w ill.
I ’m an
expex*t.
CHARMS
No L ead— No J u n k
60c Per Gross
Prepaid
Eastern Automatic Mdse. Co.
350 M ulberry
N ew ark, N . J.
WILL BUY FOR CASH!
M. G. Hammergren, General Sales M anager for the Rudolph W urlitzer Company,
cordially shakes the hand of Lee Hadin, congratulating him on his appointment as
export sales manager for the W urlitzer phonograph division
Lee H a d in of the R udolph W u r ­
litzer org anization has been appointed
export sales m anager of W u r litz e r ’s
Phonograph Division. I t w ill be up to
him to spread the slogan, “ W u r ­
litzer’s the W in n e r /’ into foreign
countries
where W u rlitze rs, w ith
their b e a u tifu l appearance and ex­
ceptional tone quality , w ill a ttrac t
the interest of foreign en tertainm e nt
enthusiasts.
Before jo in in g the W u rlitz e r or­
ganization, M r. H ad in was fo r eight
years D istrict Sales M anager of the
Philco R adio & Television Conpora-
“Mile-a-Minute” Ball on
Bally Alley
A n interesting sidelight on the
B ally A lley game recently revealed
by R a y Moloney, president o f B a lly
M fg. Com pany concerns the speed of
the bow ling ball. “ A lth o u g h there is
a certain am o unt of E in ste in to my
calculations,”
Moloney
explained,
the figures do show a terrific speed
certainly greater th an ever before
attained in any coin operated m a ­
chine. This is due to the m an ne r in
which the ball is propelled. A m a g ­
netized ba ll is held in a m agnetic
clutch” and rotated a t a rate of
,000 to 15,000 revolutions per m in ­
ute. The scientific lads at the factory
tell me th a t the ba ll is then storing
UP a charge of kinetic energy, ju s t
as a storage battery is charged w ith
tion. F or fourteen years M r. H ad in
has had wide experience in the sales
and m erchandising end o f the ap ­
PH ON O GRA PH S, SCALES, CO N ­
S O L E S and S L O T M A C H IN E S .
W R IT E — S ta tin g w hat you have and lowest price.
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D n I L R
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Thames
Street
N e w p o r t , R h o d e Is la n d
pliance field.
“ W ith the beauty and m any fine
features of the new 1940 W u rlitze r s,
says Lee H a d in , “ the W u rlitz e r ex­
port trade is bound to increase.
These (beautiful machines, w ith their
g lam our illu m in a tio n , visible record
changers and wide-range tone plus
24 records a ttra c t attention w her­
ever they are shown.” M r. H ad in
has already taken up his new duties
fo r W u rlitze r.
electric energy. W hen the trig ge r is
released, thus releasing the ball from
the m agnetic “ clutch” device, th a t
stored up energy goes to work and
propels the b a ll.”
“ TOPS FOR ’ 40”
say progressive operators
from b order to border.
The b a ll diam eter is one and a
h a lf inch, so the circum ference is a
little less th a n fo u r and three quarter
inches. In other words, one revolu­
tion propels the ball about an inch
and three quarters. T ak in g the m a x i­
m um speed o f 15,000 r.p.m ., the ball
travels 70,686 inches or 5,890 feet
per m inute.
O f course, the science
sharks, who are alw ays ta k in g the
jo y out of life, say th a t the coeffi­
cient of frictio n cuts this down con­
siderably, b u t the fact rem ains th a t
the ball really travels.”
“ O n the other hand, the player can,
if he desires, release the ball for a
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