Marketplace
Issue: 1974 August 30 - Page 8
MARKETPLACE
NEWSLETTER
PAGE 8, AUGUST 30, 1974
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Richard Benneu Wearily Take1 Another Shot During Pinball Marathon
Pinball K ing Lasts 80 Hours
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Alter 80 ho\11'$ of non-stop playing,
Richard Bennett ended his sohtary pin-
ball game and was promptly taken home
to s leep
Ben11t1t's feat has made him champion
or a pinball marathon held at Arcade 5.
618 Church Sl The sponsored marathon
was organized to raise funds for the U-M
Mental Health Research ln s utull'
(MlllU) Joe Bustamante, Arcade 5·~
mamu:er says morP than S400 was
raised
'JWentY•5"Ven pl~ers . two of thl'm fe·
male, IOok part 1n the marathon . Most
wt're students at U-M or P1onrer, Huron
or Bellevtlle high schools Their ages
ranged rrom 15 to 22
.41 the same ume as Ann Arbor';,
marathon. 1 i.umlar one wa;, being held
al Arcadr 5 at Union 1..ake Wht>n the
'manager there called Custamentr lo say
his champion had given up after 74
houn, Smnl'tt decided to stop at thl' 80·
hour mark Earlier he had said hi' would
do hll> belit to conUnue If the \Jn1on Lake
man was abo ;,Ull going
E1¢1ty hours al conlmuou' pinball
playmg u. IJ0."51b1Y a world record, say;,
Bustamante HI' hill> contactl'd the Gui·
ness Book or Records' agent> 1n New
Yortt who have asked him to send detail•
which they will forward to England lo
see ii Bennett has. m fact. broken a r e-
cord
At a less s1gnlllcant level. score re-
cords were broken on all Arcade 5's pin·
ball machine<. in the course or the mar• ·
lhon. Earhcr, Bennt>ll broke;, records on
two machines (although his s let'py play
certainly was not of rt'COrd·break1ng
standard) and another player. Vince Suo-
mala, broko! one m achine's record five
urnes.
Elsewhere in the arcade, a lime record
on the football machine "'as also created
Two men played that machine non-stop
tor %4 hours. toward;, the end s imply nip·
ping the ll'Ven 35 in;,tructed by a g1rl-
frleod. as the players were seated on the
noor and could not S«' the r1eld
Conbnuous play was possible during
the marathon as parllc1panl~ could eat
or VJSit the bathroom between turns on
the machines The champion even found
time to wru;h h1~ hair between turns On-
IY at the end was only one player on a
machine. Regulations forbade pep pills,
but a good deal or corr re was taken
The rules also pre,·ented players hold-
ing the ball m one spot to gatn rest lime
There were stnct hm1ts on how long the
ball could remain motionless.
Benne«. the champion. 1;, a JS.year-old
P1oooer Htgh School student Towards
lhe end or his ordeal hi' sat ou t~lde -
whN·r tht• machine had been moved -
and drank endl~ t'\IP> or rorret- bN,.een
cigarelles, as he slruJU:IPd on he had
raten W<'ll in lhe last few days. he u1d ,
Bu'>tamante had ewn co<>kPd him a
steak
" I 'm not tired I was a lonl! lllne 31(0,
but not now . &>nnell mumbled wearily
Ill' add!'d that the middle or the nights
and e3rly mornings were the tought'Sl to
'>lay awakt·
B<·nnett wru. the last to entl•r lhe mara .
thon Ill' had not really mtendt'd to take
part. he s111d. bul he knew a lot or the
participants and finally dt'C1ded lo 101n
them lie al'-«1 menuoned that he'd been
unable to sleep, and 'Ml he must have
been a"'ake ror .. en o\'er 100 hour•
Olht'r long stayers in the marathon.
rrom the longest down wen• Gary Mere·
d1th. Vince Suomala, Steve Tt»ke , Tom
C:ala, Jun Blaha and Mike Pluto
Manager Bustamante 1s v1•ry pleased
with lht• way the maratho n went
He plan~ lo run more to raise lurther
funds for the lhe MHRJ. which he say•
ha> hm1led money sources.
ThP Institute b a unit of ' the Medical
SChool'i. pi.ych1alry department ll ear-
n~ oul research on bram behavior and
on procedun..,, for the pn!venllon and
cure of mental llln~es.
NEWSLETTER
PAGE 8, AUGUST 30, 1974
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Richard Benneu Wearily Take1 Another Shot During Pinball Marathon
Pinball K ing Lasts 80 Hours
c~~a.7~=:J1
Alter 80 ho\11'$ of non-stop playing,
Richard Bennett ended his sohtary pin-
ball game and was promptly taken home
to s leep
Ben11t1t's feat has made him champion
or a pinball marathon held at Arcade 5.
618 Church Sl The sponsored marathon
was organized to raise funds for the U-M
Mental Health Research ln s utull'
(MlllU) Joe Bustamante, Arcade 5·~
mamu:er says morP than S400 was
raised
'JWentY•5"Ven pl~ers . two of thl'm fe·
male, IOok part 1n the marathon . Most
wt're students at U-M or P1onrer, Huron
or Bellevtlle high schools Their ages
ranged rrom 15 to 22
.41 the same ume as Ann Arbor';,
marathon. 1 i.umlar one wa;, being held
al Arcadr 5 at Union 1..ake Wht>n the
'manager there called Custamentr lo say
his champion had given up after 74
houn, Smnl'tt decided to stop at thl' 80·
hour mark Earlier he had said hi' would
do hll> belit to conUnue If the \Jn1on Lake
man was abo ;,Ull going
E1¢1ty hours al conlmuou' pinball
playmg u. IJ0."51b1Y a world record, say;,
Bustamante HI' hill> contactl'd the Gui·
ness Book or Records' agent> 1n New
Yortt who have asked him to send detail•
which they will forward to England lo
see ii Bennett has. m fact. broken a r e-
cord
At a less s1gnlllcant level. score re-
cords were broken on all Arcade 5's pin·
ball machine<. in the course or the mar• ·
lhon. Earhcr, Bennt>ll broke;, records on
two machines (although his s let'py play
certainly was not of rt'COrd·break1ng
standard) and another player. Vince Suo-
mala, broko! one m achine's record five
urnes.
Elsewhere in the arcade, a lime record
on the football machine "'as also created
Two men played that machine non-stop
tor %4 hours. toward;, the end s imply nip·
ping the ll'Ven 35 in;,tructed by a g1rl-
frleod. as the players were seated on the
noor and could not S«' the r1eld
Conbnuous play was possible during
the marathon as parllc1panl~ could eat
or VJSit the bathroom between turns on
the machines The champion even found
time to wru;h h1~ hair between turns On-
IY at the end was only one player on a
machine. Regulations forbade pep pills,
but a good deal or corr re was taken
The rules also pre,·ented players hold-
ing the ball m one spot to gatn rest lime
There were stnct hm1ts on how long the
ball could remain motionless.
Benne«. the champion. 1;, a JS.year-old
P1oooer Htgh School student Towards
lhe end or his ordeal hi' sat ou t~lde -
whN·r tht• machine had been moved -
and drank endl~ t'\IP> or rorret- bN,.een
cigarelles, as he slruJU:IPd on he had
raten W<'ll in lhe last few days. he u1d ,
Bu'>tamante had ewn co<>kPd him a
steak
" I 'm not tired I was a lonl! lllne 31(0,
but not now . &>nnell mumbled wearily
Ill' add!'d that the middle or the nights
and e3rly mornings were the tought'Sl to
'>lay awakt·
B<·nnett wru. the last to entl•r lhe mara .
thon Ill' had not really mtendt'd to take
part. he s111d. bul he knew a lot or the
participants and finally dt'C1ded lo 101n
them lie al'-«1 menuoned that he'd been
unable to sleep, and 'Ml he must have
been a"'ake ror .. en o\'er 100 hour•
Olht'r long stayers in the marathon.
rrom the longest down wen• Gary Mere·
d1th. Vince Suomala, Steve Tt»ke , Tom
C:ala, Jun Blaha and Mike Pluto
Manager Bustamante 1s v1•ry pleased
with lht• way the maratho n went
He plan~ lo run more to raise lurther
funds for the lhe MHRJ. which he say•
ha> hm1led money sources.
ThP Institute b a unit of ' the Medical
SChool'i. pi.ych1alry department ll ear-
n~ oul research on bram behavior and
on procedun..,, for the pn!venllon and
cure of mental llln~es.
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