- credit
- Cliff Dumble — Design
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- O. D. Jennings and Company
- ipdb_id
- 2309
- ipdb.image_urls
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- ipdb.notable_features
- 10 balls for 5 cents. The physical improvements of this model, over the standard version, included the addition of aluminum castings and the positive-action pull handle on the side of the cabinet, meant to eliminate missed payouts.
- ipdb.notes
- This game was reissued as O. D. Jennings' 1935 'Improved Sportsman ("Huck Finn")' to have a fishing theme instead of a hunting theme. To distinguish the two, this game became known as the "Sportsman" version because at the top of the playfield is a man holding a rifle instead of a depiction of Mark Twain's Huck Finn as seen in the reissued version.
The legs are round and attach to the cabinet sides. According to the book Pinball 1, the story goes that policemen liked to confiscate this Improved version because the round legs made for good-sized billy clubs, and they would string leather in the drilled holes. The cabinet was advertised as being a "Deluxe size 18 1/2 inches wide by 42 inches long" but not to be confused with their later game, O. D. Jennings' 1937 'Sportsman De Luxe'.
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- electromechanical
- year
- 1935