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Issue: 1977 May 20 - Vol 3 Num 10 (label 9) - Page 1
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PlAt' ltiETER
Volume 3/ No. 9
May 20, 1977
Dynamo World Soccer Tour Underway
The Dynamo World Soccer Tour-
nament Tour is currently on its
"Southern Swing." The tour kicked
off with a tournament at the exciting
Casino Beach and Resort Hotel
in Pensacola, Florida on February
18, 19 and 20. The most recent stop
on the swing was at Houston,
Texas for a $5,000 event held at
the Ramda Inn-Hobby Airport.
Winners in the May 6-8 event
were Ronnie Lewis and Mario
Garcia of Austin, Texas in Open
Doubles; Mark Crowell of Salinas,
Kansas in Singles; Tom and Terry
Jonas of Balch Springs, Texas in
Mixed Doubles; Sandy Robinson
and Nelva Miles of Waco in
Women's Doubles; Larry Aden and
Delby Bryan of Houston in Novice
Doubles; and David Ruben and
George Garbet of Houston in
Consolation Doubles.
Lewis and Garcia recevied $700
for their Open Doubles win. Other
prize money awarded included $200
for the Mixed Doubles Winners,
$300 for the Singles winner, $100 for
the Novice Doubles winner and $75
for the winners in Women's and
Consolation Doubles.
The tour came to Houston after
the February stop at , Pensacola
Beach and March and April stops at
Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta,
Georgia . The tour's next event is a
$7,500 tournament scheduled for
this weekend, May 20-22, at the El
Tropicano Hotel in San Antonio.
In that event $900 will go to the
winners of the Open Doubles and
$300 to the winners of the Mixed
Doubles . The Singles winner takes
home $450, and the winners of the
Women's, Novice and Consolation
Doubles take home $100.
Among the tour's leading players
so far are Mark Crowell and Ronnie
Lewis. Crowell teamed with Marty
Chase to take second in the Open
Doubles in Florida and win the Open
Doubles in Birmingham. Crowell
also took the singles and teamed
with Diane Queysen to cop the
Mixed Doubles crown in the Ala-
bama meet. In addition to his
Houston win (with Garcia), Lewis
teamed with David Freguson to win
the Open Doubles and with Susan
Muhlbach to win the Mixed Doubles
at the tour opener in Pensacola
Beach.
Following the San Antonio tour-
nament, the Dynamo tour has stops
scheduled for Irving, Texas (outside
Dallas), a $10,000 tournament, June
17-19; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
($5,000), July 8-10; and Kansas
City, Missouri ($7,500), July 29-31.
The "Southern Swing" will close
with a tournament in Fenton,
Missouri (Outside St. Louis) at
which $19,000 worth of cash and
prizes will be offered. Among the
prizes will be three Honda Civic
automobiles. The St. Louis tourna-
ment is scheduled for the Ramada
Inn at 800 South Hiway Drive in
Fenton on August 26-28.
Dynamo officials have declared
themselves pleased with the suc-
cess of the tournaments held so far.
"The tournament momentum is
growing," said John Gillilland,
tournament director for the Texas-
based company, "and Dynamo is
preparing an announcement re-
garding the second leg of its
World Tour."
It is presently hinted that that
"leg" will bring tournaments to
the Midwest and Northern states.
Gillilland has also announced
plans for the establishment of the
World Table Soccer Association, a
professional players group. Yearly
membership dues are $15. Included
with membership are a card, T-shirt
and one year's subscription to
FoosNoos.
Boon Richards, Dynamo sales
service directorL ~orted to us that
sales were brisk in promotional
items. "We have, in addition to our
present shirts, hats, buckles and
patches, introduced special tour-
nament shirts, gloves, hand spray
and visors," Richards said.
All tournament play on Dynamo's
World Soccer Tour is on the new
Dynamo CB model table.
Seeburg Charges
BSR Violated
Patent Rights
Seeburg Corporation of Dela-
ware, a subsidiary of Seeburg
Industries, Inc., announced today
that it has filed suit in the United
States District Court in Chicago
B.S.R. (U.S.A.) Ltd ., a manu-
facturer of phonographs and phono-
graph parts, claiming the latter
company has infringed upon See-
burg patents.
In its complaint Seeburg con-
tends that the B.S . R .' s Accutrac
Model 4000 turntable is an infringe-
ment on the Seeburg sound-track
selection patent and seeks treble
damages, legal costs and an in-
junction halting sales of such
turntable by Accutrac.
Also named a defendant in the
suit is Playback, Inc., a Chicago-
based chain of retail phonograph
and audio equipment stores.
D~[])ru~rn\Y
PlAt' ltiETER
Volume 3/ No. 9
May 20, 1977
Dynamo World Soccer Tour Underway
The Dynamo World Soccer Tour-
nament Tour is currently on its
"Southern Swing." The tour kicked
off with a tournament at the exciting
Casino Beach and Resort Hotel
in Pensacola, Florida on February
18, 19 and 20. The most recent stop
on the swing was at Houston,
Texas for a $5,000 event held at
the Ramda Inn-Hobby Airport.
Winners in the May 6-8 event
were Ronnie Lewis and Mario
Garcia of Austin, Texas in Open
Doubles; Mark Crowell of Salinas,
Kansas in Singles; Tom and Terry
Jonas of Balch Springs, Texas in
Mixed Doubles; Sandy Robinson
and Nelva Miles of Waco in
Women's Doubles; Larry Aden and
Delby Bryan of Houston in Novice
Doubles; and David Ruben and
George Garbet of Houston in
Consolation Doubles.
Lewis and Garcia recevied $700
for their Open Doubles win. Other
prize money awarded included $200
for the Mixed Doubles Winners,
$300 for the Singles winner, $100 for
the Novice Doubles winner and $75
for the winners in Women's and
Consolation Doubles.
The tour came to Houston after
the February stop at , Pensacola
Beach and March and April stops at
Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta,
Georgia . The tour's next event is a
$7,500 tournament scheduled for
this weekend, May 20-22, at the El
Tropicano Hotel in San Antonio.
In that event $900 will go to the
winners of the Open Doubles and
$300 to the winners of the Mixed
Doubles . The Singles winner takes
home $450, and the winners of the
Women's, Novice and Consolation
Doubles take home $100.
Among the tour's leading players
so far are Mark Crowell and Ronnie
Lewis. Crowell teamed with Marty
Chase to take second in the Open
Doubles in Florida and win the Open
Doubles in Birmingham. Crowell
also took the singles and teamed
with Diane Queysen to cop the
Mixed Doubles crown in the Ala-
bama meet. In addition to his
Houston win (with Garcia), Lewis
teamed with David Freguson to win
the Open Doubles and with Susan
Muhlbach to win the Mixed Doubles
at the tour opener in Pensacola
Beach.
Following the San Antonio tour-
nament, the Dynamo tour has stops
scheduled for Irving, Texas (outside
Dallas), a $10,000 tournament, June
17-19; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
($5,000), July 8-10; and Kansas
City, Missouri ($7,500), July 29-31.
The "Southern Swing" will close
with a tournament in Fenton,
Missouri (Outside St. Louis) at
which $19,000 worth of cash and
prizes will be offered. Among the
prizes will be three Honda Civic
automobiles. The St. Louis tourna-
ment is scheduled for the Ramada
Inn at 800 South Hiway Drive in
Fenton on August 26-28.
Dynamo officials have declared
themselves pleased with the suc-
cess of the tournaments held so far.
"The tournament momentum is
growing," said John Gillilland,
tournament director for the Texas-
based company, "and Dynamo is
preparing an announcement re-
garding the second leg of its
World Tour."
It is presently hinted that that
"leg" will bring tournaments to
the Midwest and Northern states.
Gillilland has also announced
plans for the establishment of the
World Table Soccer Association, a
professional players group. Yearly
membership dues are $15. Included
with membership are a card, T-shirt
and one year's subscription to
FoosNoos.
Boon Richards, Dynamo sales
service directorL ~orted to us that
sales were brisk in promotional
items. "We have, in addition to our
present shirts, hats, buckles and
patches, introduced special tour-
nament shirts, gloves, hand spray
and visors," Richards said.
All tournament play on Dynamo's
World Soccer Tour is on the new
Dynamo CB model table.
Seeburg Charges
BSR Violated
Patent Rights
Seeburg Corporation of Dela-
ware, a subsidiary of Seeburg
Industries, Inc., announced today
that it has filed suit in the United
States District Court in Chicago
B.S.R. (U.S.A.) Ltd ., a manu-
facturer of phonographs and phono-
graph parts, claiming the latter
company has infringed upon See-
burg patents.
In its complaint Seeburg con-
tends that the B.S . R .' s Accutrac
Model 4000 turntable is an infringe-
ment on the Seeburg sound-track
selection patent and seeks treble
damages, legal costs and an in-
junction halting sales of such
turntable by Accutrac.
Also named a defendant in the
suit is Playback, Inc., a Chicago-
based chain of retail phonograph
and audio equipment stores.
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