Back All-American Automatic Base Ball Game

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    credit
    George H. Miner — Design
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Amusement Machine Corporation of America, Ltd.
    ipdb_id
    6107
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    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6107/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6107/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6107/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6107/image-4.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    3 outs for 5 cents. Pitching is automatic. The player only needs to bat. Patent No. 2,064,025 [GAME APPARATUS] filed January 12, 1932. Granted December 15, 1936 to George H. Miner, Inventor.
    ipdb.notes
    The Popular Mechanics article shown here indicates two people can play this game, but likely they mean each person plays a solo game then they compare scores. The manufacturer ad shown here does not indicate this game is 2-player. Compare this game to Amusement Machine Corporation, Ltd.'s 1931 'The All-American Baseball Game'. Designer George H. Miner, who disliked air travel, died in a plane crash ten miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 7, 1935, on his return trip to Chicago after flying to Los Angeles to make arrangements for his brother's funeral. Miner was chief engineer (and a designer) at Bally at the time of his death. He did not live to see his patent filing for this game get approved.
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Sports
    theme
    Baseball
    year
    1929