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1TRACK BURNERS TOCOMPETE JULYRose City Motorcycle Club toPut on Ail-Star RacingProgramme.BESTWEST WILL RACESpecial Contest Betnwn Fd Brrreth anti Dult;tv Fnrnum for Cham*plon-tiip of Xorlliwost Will HeOne of Bay’s Features.4The Decorat I n day motorcycle rare aheld at ihe Hour City Speedway underthe »u spices of the Hoar City Motnrcy* tie Club, proved to tie such a •«)««*both i« spr^d rurrs und Su a financialway that the club has decided to stag* Knottier ttll-ft ir mdRd meet at ttiO Itoae City track on Sunday. July It. There w-re 10 trace* on the Decorationdaj progfAmme end every our van jvthriller.Thr racing committee has arranired 11 raco* for the Julv h inert and every one promlar* to be a* g*uad «« the last art Sevrral thousand af'-’fd fan* at-tended thr last races and stuck from start to finish. An a usual run race* have alwuys drawn Kood enotttbcrowds, but the races itismselvr* havo hem run off in such a poor way u getting them started and so rn that they could not be repeated v* ry often. Th..i y ea r’r racing mi*?t proved to b* an exception and the events were run off ono after another without a single hitch.Wmifrn Alar* to Alert.Dusty Farnom, former North west nndthe present Far-Wrucrn epecd champion. failed to run lo form cm May 30, having a lot of trouble w ith hi* machine and waa unable to get started. Ed Berr. t?t took moet of live big ravet and outrode Farnun- each time and wound up by winning the Northwest champion-ship. Dusty Jiaked for another chance the day after the meet und h» Will now* get the opportunity to redeem him* self and win back tb* Northwest championship. as Berreth wilt put It at stake.There is a probability of having otrn Special race at least between Firuum and Berreth to sc:tie the ijuestlon ofI supremacy between the two siar motor* t’yck rid- r* of she WVst.I Hed Williams, of Boise. Idaho, who R|n wa» the ihirk horse” of the Decoration.® day raci « remained In i ortUnd ar- i isworking for thr Harley-Davidson people. He ha* been giving hi* speedy machine a thorough groinu over nml 111have It in prime a bnpc for the races on July 34. Wilhams :»* a lt;J irvil.-vil rider and gave the large crowd many a.ihHlt in hi* fir** ni»rfarm;inr. herr-
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, Jun 30, 1918
Page 15
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