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CYCLISTSTORICE TODAYTwelve Contestants Leave La Grandecouraged by 1913 Defeats.at 1 P. M. firr It u ii to Baker.LA GRANDE, Or.t July £6.—(Special.) —Tomorrow is to b* a big any tu Eastern Oregon motorcycle history. Twelvo conttiVtAOtB, representing manyof this leading of motor cycles,will at 1:30 o'clock leu vo the fair grounds track after one swing around the half-mile course:; and head for Baker In one of the most novel races that Eastern Oregon has ever seen.The machines will d-purt at regular intervals of five minutes. The course between La Grande and Baker ha* herncarefully staked out with flags anil pointers, so that the riders may know when dangerous road conditions urine,and traffic in general may be careful in narrow dottles and canyons that the racers pass through.At Hot Lake, Union, North Powder. Haines and Baker the riders must report to station judges. There can be no cut-offs. These Judges will telephone in the relative standings of thecontestants at each place. At Baker the cntcH tan Ik must stop five minuter* for rest and the Commercial Club w ill bo host there during that time. The riders will be allowed refreshing drinksand baths -during that period.While the racers are away there I1* to be a programme on the race course of the fair grounds. The contcHtants for the motorcycle race are:(1) Howard Ceddee, La Grande, 7 horsepower Tourist Indian; ill Tracy Hoi lister. La Grande, 6 horsepower Flying Merkel; f3) FL Zweifel, La Grand©,i* horsepower Dayton; *4) Oriey Bicg. Baker. 7 horsepower Excelsior; (5) J. M. Kohl. La Grande, 7 horsepower Day-ton; fOi I, .G. Olson. Ontario. 7 her no*power Indian; (7 J. K. Rt'nard, Bak^r.7 horsepower Indian; *5) M. G. Hill. La Grande. 7 horsepower Excedslor; (9) A. F. Hug. Biffin, 7 horsepower Tndlan; (10) Walter Parker, Island City, 7 horsepower Excel*!or; (11) C. L. Rose, Portland. 7 horsepower Excelsior; ft2) O. Walker, Pendleton, 7 horsepower Excelsior.1915 EVENTS NOW ATTRACTPortland Company May Enlcr in1911 Local Events If EngineHolds Out, but Big Preparations Made for World’s Pair.Despite the losing of all races this year, the Oregon Speed Boat Company, which owns the Oregon Wolf and the other Wolff creation®, will not ceiiM lie activities, but may take a vacation of one year and then have the productof their best effort® to run In thePanama-Pacific races at the San Kran-cisco fair In 191S.•’Whether we have a boat next year depends entirely upon how the engine Is holding out, said George Shepherd, one of the principal shareholders of the company, •’The first thing after we hold a meeting will be the exactdetermination of where we stand. Ifthe engine is In fair condition wo may hut id a boat for local competition In 1914, but E urn safe tn saying that for this year we have finished our activities.When I was at Ban Francisco, at the time of the visit of Sir Thomas Llpton. we pledged ourselves to have a boat in the races provided they are staged. Now it seem* that they will be held,so it is Up to us to deliver boat.We wore the originator^ of the sport on the Pacific Coast. Now, with everything going fine, it would seem out of the way for us to cult, so even If we la not have boats as a company, wemay hdvo boats individually. However. the speedboat company will notdisintegrate for several years,•The company has been a financial drain since its organisation. There wereflv** of in It orterln ullv. a fid txn to
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, Jul 27, 1913
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