Play Meter
Issue: 1985 September 15 - Vol 11 Num 17 - Page 13
Time $20.000 Four State Champion-
ships and other Pub Time promotions.
contact No mac Ltd .. 90 I Armstrong St..
Algonquin. Illinois 60102. Telephone
312/ 658-6166 or toll-tree 800/ 323-
0449.
•
Steve Walton
John Barone
Data East promotes
Walton and Barone
Steve Walton has been promoted
to vice president of sales and market-
ing tor Data East of Santa Clara. Cali-
fornia . Walton was previously Data
East's eastern sales manager based in
Atlanta. Georgia.
Walton will be responsible tor all
sales and marketing of Data East's
coin-op division in Santa Clara. Cali-
fornia. His background is in operat-
ing and manufacturing. Steve and
his family will be relocating to Cali-
fornia.
John Barone has been promoted to
director of sales and marketing.
reporting to Walton. Barone joined
Data East earlier this year and pre-
viously held various sales/ marketing
positions with Exidy.
According to Bob Lloyd. president
of Data East USA "We have two very
experienced coin-op professionals
heading up our sales efforts. They both
work well with our distributors and
understand the operating business.'' •
phone repairman. installer. and main-
tenance executive. said. "No invest-
mentis required by Fiesta Mart. Vend-
A -Phone will supply. install. maintain.
and retain ownership of the equip-
ment. Fiesta. as provider of the pay
phone locations. will be paid over 20
percent commission compared to 4 to
I 0 percent allocated by Bell." The
replacement of Bell Telephone equip-
ment with Vend-A -Phone units Is
expected to at least double Fiesta's
pay phone revenues.
Installation has been completed at
the first of the 13 Fiesta stores. where.
according to Oliver. the transition has
been smooth. with operations and
revenues meeting expectations.
The Fiesta Mart contract is a result
of last summer's FCC ruling allowing
private pay phone ownership. giving
states the right to establish rules and
rates governing the operation of non-
Bell equipment.
Vend-A -Phone also has signed
agreements with the Kroger Co .. the
nation's second largest food chain.
and Gulf Oil Corp. The company is
currently negotiating similar agree-
ments with over a dozen other Houston
area firms.
•
Soccer players set
Guinness records
John Morgan. a table soccer player
from Salt Lake City. Utah. blasted a pull
kick shot through an electronic gauge.
Dynameter. at the speed of 28.2 miles
per hour. setting the record for the
fastest shot for the 1985 edition of the
Guinness Book of World Records.
Translating 28.2 miles per hour to
496 inches per second. on a standard
soccer table. the defensive player
would only have one-hundredth of a
second to react to a shot coming at
him at that speed.
The competition to determine the
fastest shot. and other contests for
Gulnness records. was held in con-
junction with the Dynamo $5.000 Salt
Lake City Open July 5-7 at Madrid's
Billiard on ten Dynamo soccer tables
provided by Mountain Coin Machine
Distributing in Salt Lake.
To determine who would be listed
in the Guinness book as the best
forward and best goalie lor 1985.
statistics were kept on the players
competing in the Open Doubles
event. Current world champion Tony
Bacon won the best overall forward
slats by completing an average of 62
percent of his passes from his left hand
to his right hand. and by scoring 49
percent of his shots.
Past world champion Mike Bowers
took the honors lor best goalie. He
blocked an amazing 77 percent of his
opponents' shots and either cleared or
scored the ball from the back 69 per-
cent of the times he possessed it.
The table soccer statistics will be
listed in the Guinness Book of World
Records for the first time this year. due
to ell oris of Walter Day. Twin Galaxies
Scoreboard. who has been respon-
sible lor listing the top video game
record holders in the Guinness book
during the last two years.
Vend-A-Phone
signs agreement
Vend-A-Phone. Inc .. Houston. Texas.
a marketer of pay telephones and pay
phone systems. has signed a live-year
contract with Fiesta Mart. Inc.. a
Southwestern supermarket chain. to
install private pay telephones in 13
Fiesta supermarkets in the metro-
politan Houston area. The tlve-year
agreement contains an automatic
five-year renewal clause.
Vend -A -Phone president Guy
Oliver. a veteran Bell System pay
PtA Y Mffifl.. September 1 5. 1985
Bacon (right) was named Best Forward for the Guinness Book of World Records.
13
ships and other Pub Time promotions.
contact No mac Ltd .. 90 I Armstrong St..
Algonquin. Illinois 60102. Telephone
312/ 658-6166 or toll-tree 800/ 323-
0449.
•
Steve Walton
John Barone
Data East promotes
Walton and Barone
Steve Walton has been promoted
to vice president of sales and market-
ing tor Data East of Santa Clara. Cali-
fornia . Walton was previously Data
East's eastern sales manager based in
Atlanta. Georgia.
Walton will be responsible tor all
sales and marketing of Data East's
coin-op division in Santa Clara. Cali-
fornia. His background is in operat-
ing and manufacturing. Steve and
his family will be relocating to Cali-
fornia.
John Barone has been promoted to
director of sales and marketing.
reporting to Walton. Barone joined
Data East earlier this year and pre-
viously held various sales/ marketing
positions with Exidy.
According to Bob Lloyd. president
of Data East USA "We have two very
experienced coin-op professionals
heading up our sales efforts. They both
work well with our distributors and
understand the operating business.'' •
phone repairman. installer. and main-
tenance executive. said. "No invest-
mentis required by Fiesta Mart. Vend-
A -Phone will supply. install. maintain.
and retain ownership of the equip-
ment. Fiesta. as provider of the pay
phone locations. will be paid over 20
percent commission compared to 4 to
I 0 percent allocated by Bell." The
replacement of Bell Telephone equip-
ment with Vend-A -Phone units Is
expected to at least double Fiesta's
pay phone revenues.
Installation has been completed at
the first of the 13 Fiesta stores. where.
according to Oliver. the transition has
been smooth. with operations and
revenues meeting expectations.
The Fiesta Mart contract is a result
of last summer's FCC ruling allowing
private pay phone ownership. giving
states the right to establish rules and
rates governing the operation of non-
Bell equipment.
Vend-A -Phone also has signed
agreements with the Kroger Co .. the
nation's second largest food chain.
and Gulf Oil Corp. The company is
currently negotiating similar agree-
ments with over a dozen other Houston
area firms.
•
Soccer players set
Guinness records
John Morgan. a table soccer player
from Salt Lake City. Utah. blasted a pull
kick shot through an electronic gauge.
Dynameter. at the speed of 28.2 miles
per hour. setting the record for the
fastest shot for the 1985 edition of the
Guinness Book of World Records.
Translating 28.2 miles per hour to
496 inches per second. on a standard
soccer table. the defensive player
would only have one-hundredth of a
second to react to a shot coming at
him at that speed.
The competition to determine the
fastest shot. and other contests for
Gulnness records. was held in con-
junction with the Dynamo $5.000 Salt
Lake City Open July 5-7 at Madrid's
Billiard on ten Dynamo soccer tables
provided by Mountain Coin Machine
Distributing in Salt Lake.
To determine who would be listed
in the Guinness book as the best
forward and best goalie lor 1985.
statistics were kept on the players
competing in the Open Doubles
event. Current world champion Tony
Bacon won the best overall forward
slats by completing an average of 62
percent of his passes from his left hand
to his right hand. and by scoring 49
percent of his shots.
Past world champion Mike Bowers
took the honors lor best goalie. He
blocked an amazing 77 percent of his
opponents' shots and either cleared or
scored the ball from the back 69 per-
cent of the times he possessed it.
The table soccer statistics will be
listed in the Guinness Book of World
Records for the first time this year. due
to ell oris of Walter Day. Twin Galaxies
Scoreboard. who has been respon-
sible lor listing the top video game
record holders in the Guinness book
during the last two years.
Vend-A-Phone
signs agreement
Vend-A-Phone. Inc .. Houston. Texas.
a marketer of pay telephones and pay
phone systems. has signed a live-year
contract with Fiesta Mart. Inc.. a
Southwestern supermarket chain. to
install private pay telephones in 13
Fiesta supermarkets in the metro-
politan Houston area. The tlve-year
agreement contains an automatic
five-year renewal clause.
Vend -A -Phone president Guy
Oliver. a veteran Bell System pay
PtA Y Mffifl.. September 1 5. 1985
Bacon (right) was named Best Forward for the Guinness Book of World Records.
13
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