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Fresn oDri ve/Iminute movies20,000 See Annual ClassicAt Laguna Beach; LocalMan Nabs Novice EventSUPPOSE THAT/WAN VlfTH GLASSES DIDNTPUT ME ON THE TRAIN 'IOplotsbjrc? this morning-rfTer saving that VOU AlHE HA FOUND ME LyiNlt;?COM SCI O'IN THE RiSprouts Elder, Fresno rider, thrilled a crowd estimated at more than 20,000 persons when he wonthe open event at the ninth annua!hill climb with a distance of 234 feet 4 inches up the side of one of the steepest hills in Orange county at Laguna Beach yesterday afternoon. The Orange County Motorcycle club, under whose auspices the climb was held, selected ^the hill at Laguna Beach when mo-j \ J A^Il^ / Aiitorcycle riders expressed a desire VY .IISfor a steeper hill. The course at San Juan Capistrano was topped several times during the last twoyears by riders.The climb was filled with action.Soft dirt on tho course, with hidden rocks and ruts, caused theDefend U. SRacket HonorsBERKELET,downfall of more than one ambiti- Wills, natiotalJune 29. women’s■HelentennisIous participant. Somersaulting motorcycles were a common occur-rance and one more than one occasion riders hastily scrambled to one side to avoid being pinned beneath their falling mounts.Two Santa Ana riders won the novice event. Carl Shroeder was first in the event, with a climb of 176 feet, 2 inches. Everett Skaggs,champion, let today to play ineastern toumments, after having won another title, coast women’s champion, in the Pacific coast tennis tournament here.Miss Wills will defend her, clt;thititles, won in the women’s„_________ singles, womm’s doubles and mix-another member of the Orange ed doubles, n the national tour-1 uCounty Motorcycle club, was sec- nament afte* playing in severalond at 172 feet. Art Sparks, Long invitational ourneys and m the ■Beach, took third place, at 16 feet, j wightman tophy matches.5 inches. ! Her mother, Mrs. C. A. Wills, ^The second event, an affair for; accompanied her. flexperts using 61 cubic inch motors, L .—...........-......... jEm OffYesterday’s heroEarl Me-IVi1 |0! nwas won by Dudley Perkins, noted San Francisco rider. Perkins mounted the hill 215 feet, 2 inches.i His nearest competitor in the event, was Sprouts Elder, with a mark of j 210 feet. 2 inches. “Swede” Mat- Ne*Jy' of~ Wishington. whose five j ^son. Oakland professional, took j hitg enabied the Senators to win *third, at 208 feet, 3 inches. j from the Atiletics, 6 to 1, cuttingTom Sifton. San Francisco. latter’s ead to a game and agrabbed first place in the class B haJf before 30,000 rabid capitalexpert divisi.cn for 80 cubic inch motors. Sifton drove his machine191 feet, 3 inches up the side offans.rri'Ia 11theondhill, at 782. -f, Owen Car-oll. former Holy Cross jMickey Lopez was sec- j gtar p}tcbilK his second big league f! feet and Roy Stayner, ■ Kame was jut for eight innings. St. ’who climbed 175 feet, third. ! Louis stopptigFinnegan Speer of San Francisco ; streaiC( 8 to 2.■jpr'finrt nlace winner in the all- _Detroit’s winningwas second place winner in the all star event and he made the secondi ----- . . The Whit? Sox swept the serieshighest mark of the day. Finnegan iaQ(j turned ia their seventh straight rode 216 feet, 2 inches up the hill. victorv beating Cleveland. 8 to 4.TV.f *a f on fhirrl 208 —Thanks to long hits by “Pep“Swede” Matson was third at 208 feet. “Dud” Perkins, who won the61 cubic inch event, had bad luck Young and “Irish” Meusel, the in this contest. His chain broke j Qjants retained first place with a on the first trial and a rock got in g 5 victory over Boston, the road at 204 feet on his second -trial, resulting in a bad spill.Plans for the improvement ofa a1IThe Pirates pounded three Red iw. vuv .......--1 twilers and trod on the heels ofthe course in preparation for the, tbQ winning 5 to 2.event next year were being laid by ^ the members of the Orange County jMotorcycle club today. According| smoothed. The course marked oilV W mm mm* r —— - vto announcement by officers of the organization the course will be planted,to grass after the rocks have been removed and the courseyesterday was 550 feet in length. Professional riders declared the hill to be one of the best in the state for a climbing exhibition.
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Santa Ana Daily Evening Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Mon, Jun 29, 1925
Page 13
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