Play Meter
Issue: 1977 September 14 - Vol 3 Num 18 - Page 1
September14, 1977Volume3/No.18
Pool tournament is nation's largest
All across Ohio, a $25,000 coin-
operated 8-Ball Tournament is un-
der way. Sponsored by U .S.
Billiards and Shaffer Distributing
Company with offices in Columbus
and Cleveland, this event is consid-
ered the nation's largest, with 29
operators and 200 taverns, bowling
alleys and arcades participating .
A nine week qualifying tourna -
ment is now under way at each
location . with the winners meeting
for the ~25 , 000 Tournament Playofi
in Columbus on October 1st and 2nd
at the Columbus Hilton Inn .
Ohio coin operators participating
include: Hughes Music Co ., Spring-
field ; Supreme Novelty, Springfield;
Laughlin Music Co ., Chillicothe;
Modern Music Co ., Columbus;
Acme Music Systems, Niles; J.C .
S . Enterprises, Dayton; Pioneer
Service, Inc., Cincinnati; J. & V .
Coin Co ., Newcomerstown ; A . Van
Brackel & Sons, Defiance; Auto-
matic Music Co. , Painesville; Falcon
Vending, Washington C.H.; Roy
Gwrge Music, Painesville; Elum
Music Co ., Massillon; Bell Music
Co ., Akron ; Ace Amusement Co .,
Dayton; R.C. Music Co ., Lancaster;
Hopkins Music Co ., Galion; Big City
Game Room, Columbus; Castle
Music Co ., Akron; Celina Music
Co ., Cel ina ; Acme Miami Vend ing,
Dayton ; Robison Music Co. , New-
Seeburg sale planned
Seeburg Industries, Inc . has
reached an agreement in principle to
sell the business and certain assets
of its Chicago-based products divi-
sion.
Louis J. Nicastro, chairman of
Seeburg, said the company would
retain owners~ip of the products
division's Chicago plant together
with its machinery and equipment,
and that all of these would be leased
to the purchaser.
The products division manufac-
tures coin -operated phonographs
and post-mix vending equipment .
The purchaser, Nicastro revealed,
is a company that will be organized
by a group of independent Seeburg
distributors. Under the terms of the
agreement, the group will acquire
approximately $7.3 million of prod-
ucts division a·;sets for cash, notes.
and assumptio 1 of current liabilities.
According to Allan Meltzer, an
attorney hanc ling the case, the
purchasing body has not yet formed
under a corporate name or elected a
leadership. " The buyer, " he said,
"is still somewhat an amorphous
body, and the o;ompany officials are
also semi-anonymous."
The transact ion, which is subject
to the exec Jtion of definitive
agreements an j, finally, to ratifica-
tion by the Seeburg board of
directors, will 110t affect Seeburg's
other operatiors . Seeburg will con-
tinue - through its Choice-Vend,
Williams Electronics, Oualitone,
King Musical Instrument, and enter-
tainment divisions - to manufacture
and market bottle and can vending
machines, coin-operated amuse-
ment games, hearing aids, and
musical instruments, and operate a
theater-in-the-round .
ark ; W K Corporation, Columbus;
Captain
Fantastic,
Columbus;
l aughlin Music Co. , Athens ; San-
born VP.nding , Nelsonville; Tora
Music C:> ., Columbus; Gem Music
Co., Dayton; and Findlay Music
Co., Findlay.
According to Chuck Farmer,
Shaffer Director of Marketing,
operators report that locations are
enthusiastic about the increased
business and the state-wide tour-
nament is boosting pool table
revenue significantly.
Trophies, pool cues with carrying
cases and elaborate Tournament Kit
supportive literature have been
distributed to all the participating
locations throughout Ohio.
AMOA schedules
mechanics schools
W ith the recent success of three
other mechanics schools,
the
AMOA has scheduled two more
schools for Indiana and North
Carolina .
The Indiana school, which is
currently in progress, is running
from September 12-21 at the Best
Western Motel in Indianapolis,
Indiana. The North Carolina school
will be held later this month in either
Raleigh or Charlotte. Dates on that
school have been set for September
26 through October 5.
Don Mil'er will be the instructor
for both st!ssions. He has over 30
years experience i<1 coin machines
and was formerly owner of a coin
machine school in Denver, Colora-
do . The AMOA schools will special-
ize in schematic reading and how to
apply that knowledge to the ma-
chines.
Pool tournament is nation's largest
All across Ohio, a $25,000 coin-
operated 8-Ball Tournament is un-
der way. Sponsored by U .S.
Billiards and Shaffer Distributing
Company with offices in Columbus
and Cleveland, this event is consid-
ered the nation's largest, with 29
operators and 200 taverns, bowling
alleys and arcades participating .
A nine week qualifying tourna -
ment is now under way at each
location . with the winners meeting
for the ~25 , 000 Tournament Playofi
in Columbus on October 1st and 2nd
at the Columbus Hilton Inn .
Ohio coin operators participating
include: Hughes Music Co ., Spring-
field ; Supreme Novelty, Springfield;
Laughlin Music Co ., Chillicothe;
Modern Music Co ., Columbus;
Acme Music Systems, Niles; J.C .
S . Enterprises, Dayton; Pioneer
Service, Inc., Cincinnati; J. & V .
Coin Co ., Newcomerstown ; A . Van
Brackel & Sons, Defiance; Auto-
matic Music Co. , Painesville; Falcon
Vending, Washington C.H.; Roy
Gwrge Music, Painesville; Elum
Music Co ., Massillon; Bell Music
Co ., Akron ; Ace Amusement Co .,
Dayton; R.C. Music Co ., Lancaster;
Hopkins Music Co ., Galion; Big City
Game Room, Columbus; Castle
Music Co ., Akron; Celina Music
Co ., Cel ina ; Acme Miami Vend ing,
Dayton ; Robison Music Co. , New-
Seeburg sale planned
Seeburg Industries, Inc . has
reached an agreement in principle to
sell the business and certain assets
of its Chicago-based products divi-
sion.
Louis J. Nicastro, chairman of
Seeburg, said the company would
retain owners~ip of the products
division's Chicago plant together
with its machinery and equipment,
and that all of these would be leased
to the purchaser.
The products division manufac-
tures coin -operated phonographs
and post-mix vending equipment .
The purchaser, Nicastro revealed,
is a company that will be organized
by a group of independent Seeburg
distributors. Under the terms of the
agreement, the group will acquire
approximately $7.3 million of prod-
ucts division a·;sets for cash, notes.
and assumptio 1 of current liabilities.
According to Allan Meltzer, an
attorney hanc ling the case, the
purchasing body has not yet formed
under a corporate name or elected a
leadership. " The buyer, " he said,
"is still somewhat an amorphous
body, and the o;ompany officials are
also semi-anonymous."
The transact ion, which is subject
to the exec Jtion of definitive
agreements an j, finally, to ratifica-
tion by the Seeburg board of
directors, will 110t affect Seeburg's
other operatiors . Seeburg will con-
tinue - through its Choice-Vend,
Williams Electronics, Oualitone,
King Musical Instrument, and enter-
tainment divisions - to manufacture
and market bottle and can vending
machines, coin-operated amuse-
ment games, hearing aids, and
musical instruments, and operate a
theater-in-the-round .
ark ; W K Corporation, Columbus;
Captain
Fantastic,
Columbus;
l aughlin Music Co. , Athens ; San-
born VP.nding , Nelsonville; Tora
Music C:> ., Columbus; Gem Music
Co., Dayton; and Findlay Music
Co., Findlay.
According to Chuck Farmer,
Shaffer Director of Marketing,
operators report that locations are
enthusiastic about the increased
business and the state-wide tour-
nament is boosting pool table
revenue significantly.
Trophies, pool cues with carrying
cases and elaborate Tournament Kit
supportive literature have been
distributed to all the participating
locations throughout Ohio.
AMOA schedules
mechanics schools
W ith the recent success of three
other mechanics schools,
the
AMOA has scheduled two more
schools for Indiana and North
Carolina .
The Indiana school, which is
currently in progress, is running
from September 12-21 at the Best
Western Motel in Indianapolis,
Indiana. The North Carolina school
will be held later this month in either
Raleigh or Charlotte. Dates on that
school have been set for September
26 through October 5.
Don Mil'er will be the instructor
for both st!ssions. He has over 30
years experience i<1 coin machines
and was formerly owner of a coin
machine school in Denver, Colora-
do . The AMOA schools will special-
ize in schematic reading and how to
apply that knowledge to the ma-
chines.
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