a lot of the old brunswick tables were oversized 8fts, Sports king, Anniversary's, Ive run into the same problem with them the slate has a looks like a seam in the slate and is not repairable from what ive seen, I have one now the slate is good but i had another one and a anniversary that were bad, but if you shop around for old tables that need allot of repairs and the slate is still good then buy it for the sports king, thats what i did for my tables because the slates were pretty interchangeable just look for each one is 33"x53" each slate. hope this helps, thanks gary