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Iv.XTRACK BURNERS TOCOMPETE JULYRose City Motorcycle Club toStageJuly 4.PROCEEDSill Be AwardAwest Xeit’js' andits.Put on Ail-Star RacingProgramme.BEST IN WEST WILL RACEspecial Contest Between Fd Berreih and “Dutity T’ftnmm for Cliani*plon-dilp of Xorlhuc't Wilt BeOne of Bay’s Features.Club will stac* ourriament next proceeds not hk roaa fund. The e lee* than |1r a* much morent will belay. The « oni-tiiisc*hoi« affair on the IOth icc cc medals have American Bed n a or wuman com! and third II bo certificates atea Golf Asso-ttKThe. Decor a M n day motorcycle rarr*held Ut the Itouf City Speedwuy under the «M-plce* of the Rost* City Motorcycle Club, proved to be such a aoceeapboth it spe^d rare* and In ii I ndnrlalwwy ♦.» nt the club has decided to »ttf«iirmi her all-star rHC-ing meet at theItose City track on Sunday, July It. Thr.e were l© la-'fft on the D^c»ratiork dn rrcstJtmme and every one \» jsup athriller.The racing commit!*** has arrangedII races for the Julv It inert and everyone promW ** to hr n* K**od n« the last set Several thousand apecd fans at-*tended the last races and i*tu*-k from, start to flush. As a usual run race* have always drawn «ooi enou«n crowds. but the ritres iheaiwlven havo h^en run off in such a poor way in getting them started end so or. that they could not bo rep. ist -d very » Den. Thisyear** raclrj? meet proved »o h« *n exception and the event* Were run off on* afier another without a musie bach.Wmirrn Stars to 3Ieet.Dusty Fttrntim. former Northwest and th* present Far-Wr«tcrn **pced champion, failed to run to form on May 50* having a lot of trouble v, Ith his machine and was unable to get started. Ed Bcrreth took mo?*t of the big r.u-re and out rod*- Farnum each time and wound up by winninr the Northwest championship, Dusty asked for another chance the d*y dtcf the meet aid bn Will now gel the opportunity to redeem him*self and win back tb* Northwest cham-plon-hip. as Berreth will put it at stake. There l« a probnblUo of having one special race at least between Fiirmim and Berreth to t • Ml-1 the uueattoR of supremacy betwi-t n the two star motor*Oyclv riders of the West.Bed Williams, of Boise, Idaho, who wa* the ’dark horse” or the Decoration day rat-i - remained in i'ortlanti and is working Cor the Harley-Davldson people. He has been giving his speedy machine a thorough gotnv over and will have It In prime shape for the races on July 14. William* t» m. d i rvile vll ride r and gave the large crowd rr.mf a. thrill in hi* first performance here. Williams gave Dusty Farnuni pinty o:competition at the La Grande ''SpeedEm Up’ races last year arid « am*- nearbeating Dusty In the F .tr-Westernchain pi on eh ip event.A number of new rider* will be entered in the coming meet, many of them from Tacoma and several from Seattle Some races are billed in Tacoma in July and the rncos vrtll ship their machine* rich? over to Portlandlor the meat here,Sonic new speeders have a!*o been uncovered in the ranks of the R«ie City Motorcycle Club and the winnersOf in# hist races will have some ftewcompetition to buck tHJ* time. Nearlyall arrangements have hern completed for the races on July 14 arid the final details wilt be settled at the regular Tuesday night meeting f the Hobo City Motorcycle r'lub nt its ciuhroents nt 8il Broadway, across from the Ben-•on Hotel.The programme of 11 ra^es ha-* already been drat* n up and will bn mailed to motorcycle riders throughout the Northwest this week. Following la the complete list of event* as th*-- will be run on July 14 at the Boae CitySpeedway*
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, Jun 30, 1918
Page 15
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