Play Meter

CHNELLER: Yes . I think th a t an thing toda must
be promoted .
PLA Y METER : 0 would you sa that bumper pool i
past due insofar a being promoted ?
CHNELLER: Yes , that i true . But wherever ou
ha e pool tab les you can put in a bumper pool table . It
takes up little room and th pur ha e pri e i low and
th e entertainment alue is 0 great. You don ' t have to
be an expert to pia it ither.
PLA Y METER: 0 what do yo u think is going to
happen .t bumper pool ?
CHNELLER I think th at a lot mor op rator should
r a lize the alu e of it and that there are a lot of p opl
who want to pia
bump r pool .. a new crop of
pia er .. who ar just dis 0 ering bumper pool. It
u uall ta kes about to 10 yea r to get that new rop of
pla yer because th average gu who b gins going to
bars when he is I keep on going until he i 2 or o .
W e ll , h goes even aft r that , but he goes I .
frequentl a nd with hi wife roth r couples in a mor
Maid a tmo ph re o
hen did
Billiards start to
PLA Y METER:
diver ify into other product totall unr lat d to pool
a nd wh y?
CHNELLER:
hy? B ause of our efficien y on
our produ t build · up , OK . 0 all we had to do was to
xpand our product line and we had a natural
di tribution .
It was ver logi al move to make .
PLAY METER : What was yo ur first mo e away from
the conve ntional pool table ?
CH ELLER: It wa tabl soccer and w ca lled it
Pro · occer. That is th one with the telescopic rods.
s we ca n sec today , occer i being promoted heavil .
. cc r came in and went out. H re i a pha e that came
in a nd went out th e n a ll of a udden it cam back to th e
European g n lation .. s tud nt who wer traveling
through . urope . Thus thi s game became a ommon
ground on which the could comp t . It ha gone great
g un s ever since . I think it till need more promotion .
PLAY METER : I think that one of the big thing that
helped table occ r was the promotional I m nt uch
a the type ou initiated ba k in the ' 60' . The ame
thing that helped pool i
helping table socc r .
CHNELLER:
ell , it is the sam sort of thing with
th air hockey tournaments .
That became more
popular in co llege s and other area of ta ems .
PLAY METER: Is that game g ing through a
decline ?
CHNELLER : 0 , I think it is oming bac k again . It
de lined for a little whil . They were worried about th
noise an d a ll th e jumping pu ks , but th at ha been
overco me.
. have quieter pucks and there i no
jumping and there arc more pia' r field now . Aerojet
Ilockey is here to s ta y. A pla ye r on that game can ent
his fru s tra tion s against ociety .
1975 INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION
CONRAD HILTON HOTEL
CHICAGO
OCTOBER T1-18-19
SUPER UBI COCKTAIL TABLE
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1, 2, or 4 Players
Free Game Option
Joy Stick Controls
19" Motorola Monitor
Attractively Styled All Mica
Cabinet
• Hinged Locked Top Opens
For Service
One Quarter For One Player Against Table;
One Quarter For Two Players Against Each
Other; Two Quarters For Four Players.
United Billiards Inc.
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51 Progress St. , Union , N.J . 07083
(201) 686 ·7030
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