Back World's Series Champion Model

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IPDB Baseball IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Baseball used

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technology_generation
pure-mechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1934 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
6720 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (8 fields)
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Rock-ola Manufacturing Corporation used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6720/image-1.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The games in this listing have the four-word name "World's Series Champion Model" at top of playfield. The upper playfield shows a spread of six chrome rails to define five lanes marked "Hit", "Strike", "Ball", or "Out". The middle playfield does not show patent numbers. According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball, Volumes 1 and 2, 'World's Series' appeared at the February 1934 Coin Machine Expo in Chicago while test games arrived to distributors in March and April. When actual production began in May, the upper playfield was modified, replacing the chrome rails with pins, as a way to reduce fabrication time and materials costs, and was issued as Rock-ola's 1934 'World's Series (Second Model)'. We have seen one game that appeared to be a "transitional" game, having the four-word name but having the playfield of the Second Model with pins and patent numbers. Design Patent DE90,927 [GAME DEVICE] applied for August-5-1933, issued October-24-1933 to David C. Rockola. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 1 cent or 5 cent play, 15 balls, 3 outs per game. Advertised as 28 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 42 inches high. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog rock-ola-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog worlds-series-champion-model used
name
Flipcommons Catalog World's Series Champion Model used
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Flipcommons Catalog worlds-series-champion-model used