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AMARILLO RIDERS TAKEBIG EVENTS ON JULY 4Policy, Rifling First Motorcycle Race, Conies in FromBehind to Win.(Fpc^Dl to Th* Ole* *)Haskell, July 6. Amarillo motor-f, rle i i competing against tie( it-ft m racers jn the Foufhwo t too’-'Hu. Lon's -harr- of the pr *0 money int h* bfp July 4 rare* hlt; -rlt;- ,\iiurriayRain flowed the track bu* thedrivers flashed through In splendid time.lasori Policy. Amarillo. riding H first rao with a Harley-Davidsonmachine • me fr' in behind to v, in?h» twelve and one-half mile feature*/ace in thirteen i in ite^, fwentj .1 . i d one f fth r'Tond. H ram Thomp cn was second in this race and A!'•’i t Jon' s, Oh! ihoTMo City, third. Thwinners rod* Hai Jey-I)avidsor s.In the time triads Rural Murrn Oklahoma City, scored first over h n'-.'irest opponent, Ifiram Thompson, Amarillo. M jrray and Thompsonamre the riders who fought to a bit er finish at the Tri-State fair last fill. Thr* time trials were over two U.ps on a five-i ighths track and Min ray made it in 7 5 3-5 seconds.Thompson's time was one-fifth second slower.Hoy McGee, Amarillo, riding an In dian had prospects of winning Event D, Austrllan Pursuit race when h» caught his foot against the Inside rail. Despite the painful injury, McGee and H. Thompson were tied when flashed at twenty laps.The results: Event IE ten miles: Roy Tho rr i p -m n, La w t o n, Okla.; Prank W. Whim rv, Okmulgee, Okla.; G. I\ Policy, Amarillo. Time 11 tainutes, 2-5 seconds.Event C, twelve and one-half miles: JI. M. Policy, Amarillo; H. F Thompson, Amarillo, second; Albert Jones, Oklahoma City, third. All riding Flarl y Davidson machines:time 13:26 1-5.Event E, Australian pursuit rac Hiram Thompson, Amarillo, Hariey-Davidson; Hoy McGee, Amarillo, Indian, tied; Albert Jones, Oklahoma City, third. Time 13:28 3-5 seconds. Event E, Australian purusit race flagged at live miles: Roy Thompson, Oklahoma City, I [ a r 1 e y - D a v I d son: Frank W, Whinery, Okmulgee, Okla.; Excelsior; Gus Labude, Lawton, Okla., 11 a r 1 e y - D a v i d s o n. T1 m (46:13 2-5 seconds.Consolation race ten miles: JimmR Ray, Dallas, Indian; Gus Labude, sec ond; Elmer Harrington, Amarillo.Time 11;44 seconds.F. L. Peer. Amarillo, managed the races for tho Haskell fair association. Amarillo rac rs and persons attending were: HI ram Thampson, Mason Policy, Roy McGee, Ed King, Georg* Policy, Elmer Herrington, II. A. Hagerman, F. L. Beer, V. L. Cannon,jr., S. O. Brasher, Roger Murphy, Roy C. Beckwith, and Willie Johnson.IIUW r.FMFVEP III,OWN T\TOw in i. j;v \lt; (tmi i vri.n lt;;
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo, Texas, US
Mon, Jul 06, 1925
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