South-Paw

South-Paw, manufactured by the Genco Manufacturing Company of Chicago in June 1941, is a single-player, flipperless electro-mechanical pinball machine with a baseball theme, reflecting the sport's enduring popularity in pre-war America.

Gameplay centers on 20 scoring bumpers spread across the playfield, a substantial number for the era that would have rewarded players with frequent, fast-paced scoring as the ball ricocheted between them. As a flipperless design, play relies on the angle and timing of the plunge rather than active flipper control.

Little specific information survives about South-Paw's designer or the details of its artwork, but as a baseball-themed EM machine from the early 1940s, it stands as a representative example of Genco's sports-themed output during the period leading up to America's entry into World War II.