The Billboard 1917-06-16: Vol 29 Iss 24 (1917-06-16)

JUNE 16, 1917 67 FIVE SKEE BALL ALLEYS Installed in Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia Philadelphia, June 9.—The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company bas purchased five skee ball illeys from the J, D. Este Company, manufaeturers of the skee ball and score ball games, and has installed them on the midway of their Willow Grove Park. Big business is being done with them. BOB SUSINI INJURED While rehearsing a new act for the Pawnee ill Show, at Lana Park, Coney Island, N. Y., June 6. Robert Susini misjudged a fall and was seriously injured. The new act represents a pioneer (Bob Susim), who, in escaping from a hand of Indians, is chased to the top of a cliff and jumps. In back of the scenery is a net mto which Bob was to light, but instead he hit the edge and was tossed onto the pavement, fracturing his spine, it is believed. He was taken to the Coney Island Hospital. It Its thought tbere is little chance for his recovery. ey SUPERIOR SHOWS Business Fairly Good in Milton, Pa. Milton, Pa., June 9.—Milton has proven to be a fairly good town for the Superior Shows this time, altho the weather has been nothing to brag about. Rain has visited the shows every day at least a part of the time, whil a storm drove the people off the midway Wednesday night in the midst of a big play. Manager Wolfe signed one of the best bands in the carnival business this morning when he secured the signature of Sousa Liberatory and his Royal Italian Band to a contract. The band joins the show in Jersey Shore Sunday afternoon. Last week the show did fairly well in Emportum. Tuesday was a big day for the showfolks, as quite a few registered here, altho many of the concession folks registered last week In Emporium and sent their registration cards to their homes, Manager Wolfe has streamers of Amertcan Flags flying from every one of his big panel fronts now, and it makes an imposing appearance on the midway. Sig. Kinsella’s two ball games have been remodeled a little. and now he has two good frame-ups, The shows have all been getting thetr share of the money, and Frank Sullivan is think. ing of buying a roadster. Things look mighty good in Jersey Shore for a good week. Jimmy Goldie, Manager Wolfe’s advance man, reports everything In a flourishing condition there. Mrs, Max Linderman took a flying trip to New York last week from Emporium, rejoining the show here. Charley Auerbach visited Philadelphia this week. Percy Martin, Manager Wolfe’s general agent, has been busy the past week completing the final details of the Southern fairs the Supertor Shows will play. He has booked a long season for the shows, Louie Getz has been getting a little better break and his swell juice joint is now getting a nice play. Leiberwitz and Linderman have had a little trouble getting chickens and ducks for their big poultry wheel, but a trip to Williamsport this week by Joe Leiberwitz put them in touch with plenty of stock. THE BACKMAN ANIMAL SHOW Champaign, Ill., June 7.—The Backman Animal Show ie playing Champaign, under the auspices of the militia and doing nicely on the streets, George Donovan, who was taken seriously ill last week in Danville, has now recovered, and is again on the front of the show, making his own inimitable openings. , Madame Golda, with her high-school horses, is getting much praise from press and public for the really excellent work she does, and Captain “Curly’’ Wilson, the intrepid, continues to startle and astonish the natives with the lions and bears. The riding puma is a big hit, and probably the sensation of the program. Tim Buckley's dogs and ponies are the height of animal intelligence, whilet the rest of the performance is well taken care of, the clowning being practically good and the various other performers all up in their work. Jobn T. Backman is looking forward to the big dates at the State fairs, for, with the mammoth show he has this year, it should be easy sailing for him where the crowds congregate. PARKER’S GREATEST SHOWS To Play Three Weeks’ Engagement in . Detroit —_—— June 7.—The Parker on the South Side, a delightful spot, this week, but. as usual, the weather man got twisted and let the rain come down in toray was a little better, but still Wednesday Old Sol came ont in all his glory, dried up the grounds, and oh, what a crowd that night: everyone hungry for 8 time, and, from the business done by all of the shows, the crowd surely had It. Tonight the weather is still in the show's favor, and so is the big crowd, and the reminder of the week looks like big business. day next the company opens in Detroit for three weeks, under very strong auspices. Sunday last was Capt. H. 8. Tyler's birth ‘ay. He says he is twenty, but all are still fuessing. But one thing can be said, that as ‘'e train pulled out for La Fayette and he sat in the office of his private car smoking a big cigar he looked like he was as happy and contented as any man of twenty. Little think. ing of what was in surprise for him as the train was jogging along at twenty-five miles an hour, Jerry Barnes put his head in the door, The Billboard You have not seen a Novelty IN 25 YEAR that could be equalled to the “ACME AUTOMATIC CIGARETTE CASE” One of the flashiest and most useful articles on the market. High nickel plated. Ejects cigarettes one at a time, auto matically; just pull the trigger. Fill it once, you won't have to’ open it again. 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RHOADS, a prominent amusement man, who has had fourteen years of experience in operating all kinds of amusement devices In many different localities, recently purchased four Skee-Ball Alleys from us for Sarsonia 5 Reading, Pa. The day after installing them, May 7, 1917, he wrote us as follows: “I opened Skee-Ball yesterday, cold and cloudy, and the people did not arrive until 2:30 and left before 6:00, but there was not a second in that time that at least a dozen were not awaiting their turn to play. During this time (3 hours and 20 minutes) the receipts were $41.20 for the four alleys, each alley averaging better than a game a minute “I am so tickled that I am going to try and arrange to enlarge the building to install two to four more alleys. Skee-Ball, I figure, will pay larger returns on the money invested than anything I run. With kindest personal regards, etc.”” £ Mr. Rhoads has since advised us that the following Sunday was clear and his earnings on the four alleys for that day amounted to $84.20. He has since given us an additional order. it must be remembered that these earnings were made before the regular opening of the park season. WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. The J.D. Este Co. 1530 Sansom St. PHILADELPHIA Users of infringing games will be prosecuted and are liable to injunction and for profits and triple damages. over his head and laid a_ beautiful mounted walking stick in his lap. Was Cap surprised? He sure was. He already had receivel champagne from General Agent Green and many presents from others, but the cane was uprexpected. It is a work of art. Yon ought to see Cap walk around the Pleasure Trail wearing it and you would say be was a happy man. Cap had so many presents that he lost count and said: ‘‘My next birthday will be, iet’s see better make it July G—that will be just afte: a big day.”” The cane was a gift from the above-mentioned friends. Everything ix about tle big show, except Parker's silver came around the Trained Wild Anim:t Arena is under the manacement of C. C. Clark The Hagenbeck-Wallace Cirets was close by today and severs! teok an afterneon off and went over and enjoyed the shew. Note—Wher the train call is given every bedy is on time.—F. A. WARREN, RUBIN & CHERRY SHOWS The Rubin & Cherry Shows are sailing along getting their share of the wet weather, witn just enough good weather to keep everyone from growling. ‘This show has the honor of being recognized as one of the cleanest and best earnival companies playing the Southwest, and their systein of management is winning them much praise. The company is going inte Soenthern Illinois, and, with good weather, will be heard of. The outfit travels in its own train of twenty cars, Rubin Gruberg and his secretary spent Tues day andl Wednesday in St. Louis, where he is having a private car rebuilt for private family use, The caravan carries twelve shows, Whip. merry-go-round and ferris wheel, two free acts and an Italian band of twelve pieces. The \nimal Show is featured. Twenty-five conces sions complete the midway. Sedalia, Mo., has preven very good. Executive staff: Rubin Gruberg and W. 8. Cherry, proprietors; Rubin Gruberg, general manager; W. S. Cherry, general agent: Frank Ss. Reed, secretary and treasurer; J. D. Bentley, pomoter; Happy Wale, special agent; Paulsen, trainmaster and lot superintendent. The show is booked for twenty-two weeks, playing under Business Clubs, Red Cross Seeleties, Home-Comings and State and County Fairs, and at getting these contracts Ay Cherry is hard to beat. Paris, Ill, is booked for July 4 week, and it is said that Mr. Gruberg will have an aeroplane flight for the big week, —HAP?PY. ROGERS GREATER SHOWS The Rogers Greater Shows have been playing West Virginia for the past few weeks, and. altho rain has been the rule, everyone has got something. There is so much competition in this territory that it takes a wise man to find spots that have not had two or three shows this season. At that tho, Harry Small, the pilot of the Rogers Shows, has been keeping away from the rest. Sophia, altho a small town, was a surprise in spite of the rain. On Friday, at 3 p.m., a small tornado visited the show ant blew down several tents, including the plant top. Mrs, Lauther’s merry-go-round and the ‘49 Camp did nicely all week. McDade’s Tenin-One has been holding its own. Mrs. David McDade is taking a rest and has gone to her home on a visit. Mullins this week is proving a good one. Harris’ ferris wheel is getting good play. The line-up of shows and concessions ix about the same and everything still has the appearance of newness rather than that of a show that has been out winter and summer for six years. The line-up includes six shows, two rides and about thirty concessions. The show plays Matoaka, W. Va., week of June 11, under the Fire Department.—MRS. oO. J. L. TROUPER-SOLDIER WEDS Harry MeGowen, of Vincennes, ind., band leader with Shipp & Feltus’ South American Rand, and more recently on the Mexican Border as a member of the First Regiment Band, was married to Ethyl Tisdale, of Terre Haute. MeGowen expects his discharge from service soon and will locate with his bride in Indiana. *o"ewed hv the Velaire Bros., Eddie Williams, Johnny (Kline and Al Myers. reached | ie eT ©SCORE ALL ——PATENT APPLIED FOR—— A roll down game with an automatic scoring device. hall, with practically only three hours’ play daily, the first week’s receipts were $160.15. accomplished in a good hour on Saturday last. THE J. D. ESTE CO., temous'Skee ‘Bat Alleys ONE OF THE FOUR PLACES WHERE THE GAME IS MAKING A HIT AT CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK Ten Balls—Ten Cents—No Blanks. SCORE-BALL IS A KID COUSIN TO SKEE BALL AND A REAL WINNER FOR PARKS, FAIRS, RESORTS, CARNIVALS AND CONCESSIONERS. THE FOLLOWING LETTER SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: “New York City, June 1, 1917.—The four Score-Ball Games installed by me at the,Dancing Carnival, Grand Central Palace, New York City, have been in operation over a week now, so I will take this opportunity to report on the business. The four games can take in $20.00 in one hour. I am sending you an additional order for four more games. 1530 Sansom St., Philadelphia, Pa. Operated in a dance This was ALFRED PAINTER, Proprietor.” ee aaa st nai I OE LANE SAE Pires cim peg eae, TTF POMEL Ty MOIS Gi em Byers Baa aw et oes