Play Meter

The)' co uld apply the ruling we rec ived in ew York
right now if the ' wanted to . I' m so anxiou that the
follow through on it. If you speak to an of the people
involved in th a t ca e in ew York. the y hould g t the
Los ngels verdict. whi h was appeal d b th cit and
taken to the a liforni a Supreme oun and which wa
upheld .
PLA Y M ET E R: How did ou g t inv Ived in that ca e
initially ?
WILLI A M : The law er for the di tributor a ked
me and thank od I did . You se I wa the onl
pingame designer working in Los ngel in 1939 , who
was still living and d signing. 0 I could how the
judge .
PLAY Meler; Ilow did ou go about con in ing- the
judge th a t it ",'as , in fact , not a game of chan e , but a
game of , kill ?
WILLIA M : Ju s t hone ty. We went through prac ·
tically every game that ha
ver b n built and w nt in
detail.
hene er the prosecuting allorne
would
object, th judge would ' et him down and tell him he
wasn ' t th e authorit ," Mr . Williams is the authority ." I
knew if I was honest with that judg , hi fairmind d ·
nes and int n e de ire to learn all there wa to know
about th mach in would help us win him over.
hy , he d la yed the trial two week 0 that he could
dig S I the 2 14 · page brief th attorn
had prepared . I
knew if he listened to th e t timon as c10s Iy as h read
the briefs . we 'd have a chance .
PLA Y M ET E R: What were ome of the detail the
allorneys asked ou to g t yo u to give p rtinent
testimony?
W ILLI A M : The main thing wa , " What i th
differen e b twe n a 19 39 gam and a gam toda ? " I
ha I myoid drawing and pi tur s and aid , " Here 's
how I design d th m . I had kill up at th top , our
honor . But a the ball progressed down the field , ou
had no control oth r than hilling of lh sid of th tabl
if the tilt was se t lib ral. Y u could guide the ball a
lillie , but it was most!
hanc .
" J;3ut now . designing the tables toda y with th
nipp r , you till ha e the kill at the top and with th
nipper , you ca n do all kinds f thing . " W had three
gam s in the courtro m and I d m n trated to him .
Th n I open d them up and howed th re w r no
hidden gimmick . The pros utin all rn
thought he
has me at one point be au e th game the
nt in had
those match numb r featur s ,
lie thought. " Oh , bo , I got him now , Here ' s a
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