Play Meter
Issue: 1978 May 15 - Vol 4 Num 9 - Page 3
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Staff
Tournam ents:
A Step-by·Step Approach .............. 22
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
Want to put on a tournament, but you don't know how to
go about it? Herb Gross, an experienced tournament
organizer, supplies a step-by-step procedure which
should get you on the right track.
David Pierson
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Gene Beley
DickWelu
Art Direction:
Katey Schwark
Staff Cartoonist :
Norm Rockwell
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representatives :
Ralph C. Lally II
Debbie Barnes
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , May 15,1978. Volume
4, No. 9. Copyright 1978 by Skybird
Publishing Company . PLAY METER
is published semi-monthly on the first
and third Fridays of the month .
Publishing offices : 112 North Road-
way, New Orleans, La. 70124, P.O.
Box 24170, New Orleans, La . 70184 .
Tel. . 504 / 282-0261 . Subscription
rates: U.S . and Canada - $25; Europe
and Japan - $45; elsewhere - $50 .
One order subscription : 2-9, $20
each ; 10-24, $17 each; 25 or more ,
$15 each . Advertising rates available
on request. No part of this magazine
may be reproduced without expres-
sed permission. The editors are not
responsible for unsolicited manu -
scripts . Second-class postage paid at
New Orleans 70113 . Postmaster:
Send Form 3579 to PLAY METER,
P.O. Box 24170, New Orleans, La .
70184.
European office : PLAY METER Pro-
motions, 15 Great North Road,
Brookmans Park , AL 9 6 LV,
Hertfordshire, England .
PLAY METER , May, 1978
How 'Bout League Play? ............ 29
League play. it works for bowling alleys, why wouldn't it
work for you? Joe McCarthy. a foosball distributor who is
experienced in the field of league play. gives some helpful
advice on how to Set up your own foosball league
between locations.
Promotion Tips lOr Some Other
Ways to Skin the Cat) ................. 40
Managing Editor David Pierson has done a little
brainstorming and researching on the subject of
promotions and tournaments and has come up with
about a dozen possibilities and suggestions which might
work for you.
Some Laws of Nature They
N ever Taught You in Science Class .... 48
Zany Dick Welu has done a little research himself; but, as
usual, his mind was somewhere else. This time our roving
reporter has uncovered some provocative laws of nature
which rival even Murphy's Law.
Head-Scratching
on Pinball Tournaments ............... 57
Roger C. Sharpe offers some suggestions on how to run
a pinball tournament.
From the Editor ........................ 4
Mailbox ................ . . . ............ 6
Coinm an of the Month .................. 8
Operating ............................. 16
Manufacturing ........................ 24
Mus ic ................................ 33
o istrib
g ......................... . . 44
.. , S utin
C orner
........................ 51
C rltlC
Technical Topics ...................... 54
New Products .................. . ..... 63
Classified ............................. 67
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IIIJlm
V olum e 4, No. 9
May1S,1978
IIIID
~I.AY
••••••••••••••••••••••••••
•• •• • •• • ••• • ••••••••••
Staff
Tournam ents:
A Step-by·Step Approach .............. 22
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
Want to put on a tournament, but you don't know how to
go about it? Herb Gross, an experienced tournament
organizer, supplies a step-by-step procedure which
should get you on the right track.
David Pierson
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Gene Beley
DickWelu
Art Direction:
Katey Schwark
Staff Cartoonist :
Norm Rockwell
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representatives :
Ralph C. Lally II
Debbie Barnes
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , May 15,1978. Volume
4, No. 9. Copyright 1978 by Skybird
Publishing Company . PLAY METER
is published semi-monthly on the first
and third Fridays of the month .
Publishing offices : 112 North Road-
way, New Orleans, La. 70124, P.O.
Box 24170, New Orleans, La . 70184 .
Tel. . 504 / 282-0261 . Subscription
rates: U.S . and Canada - $25; Europe
and Japan - $45; elsewhere - $50 .
One order subscription : 2-9, $20
each ; 10-24, $17 each; 25 or more ,
$15 each . Advertising rates available
on request. No part of this magazine
may be reproduced without expres-
sed permission. The editors are not
responsible for unsolicited manu -
scripts . Second-class postage paid at
New Orleans 70113 . Postmaster:
Send Form 3579 to PLAY METER,
P.O. Box 24170, New Orleans, La .
70184.
European office : PLAY METER Pro-
motions, 15 Great North Road,
Brookmans Park , AL 9 6 LV,
Hertfordshire, England .
PLAY METER , May, 1978
How 'Bout League Play? ............ 29
League play. it works for bowling alleys, why wouldn't it
work for you? Joe McCarthy. a foosball distributor who is
experienced in the field of league play. gives some helpful
advice on how to Set up your own foosball league
between locations.
Promotion Tips lOr Some Other
Ways to Skin the Cat) ................. 40
Managing Editor David Pierson has done a little
brainstorming and researching on the subject of
promotions and tournaments and has come up with
about a dozen possibilities and suggestions which might
work for you.
Some Laws of Nature They
N ever Taught You in Science Class .... 48
Zany Dick Welu has done a little research himself; but, as
usual, his mind was somewhere else. This time our roving
reporter has uncovered some provocative laws of nature
which rival even Murphy's Law.
Head-Scratching
on Pinball Tournaments ............... 57
Roger C. Sharpe offers some suggestions on how to run
a pinball tournament.
From the Editor ........................ 4
Mailbox ................ . . . ............ 6
Coinm an of the Month .................. 8
Operating ............................. 16
Manufacturing ........................ 24
Mus ic ................................ 33
o istrib
g ......................... . . 44
.. , S utin
C orner
........................ 51
C rltlC
Technical Topics ...................... 54
New Products .................. . ..... 63
Classified ............................. 67
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