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REET i\'RUMP—ELEVEN PIKCS9o play and mate In three movfi, kfn* on gK: t. qor-n on KKt3» Kftii and ER5. bishop on QBK. a KT* and gKtf*. pawn* on g.i, . t*l«.jr* .Mi QB4. Ijnr-: or KBS, blshopr -k n lt;1 KRd, knUi.tii on K3 and ens on K5, Q\ Qu:. QKtik QH4. PHOBLEV NO- lt;74.Ki. i. tilaicr lt;Public Uodrer).soys th^t this !* n -cm of the r. It lit n [irt:c problem which la ibvbiy better than tar author. Itfinely difficult position.kins on KD- ttu-r.n on KKifi. V4 and QB3, btahopi on QKtT and ht on Chilli* on Kl, rook on K3. blahop on t on gK:r» arid wRi pawns or.SPEEDSTERS EAGERFDR ANNUAL DACESDecoration Day MotorcycleEvents Promise to Be ofExtra High Class.FEATURES TO BE ADDEDBalloon Ascension and Bicycle Race*to Be Included In Programme. Champion* Hope tc» Break Speed Record?.mproved the conn;ruction- It haa Tiifre !• p*p • nourh In tin* c-'i.i* j: kn :t satisfy _!i of you. * at the fc. *uty of » Bearer; why% y of a ch'tis problem. espo-one befnr* pouf *3© to It! Thera rhlne t » do your Thinking for you; AVt iu *:et down I© downright hard «ju win thia prJse-II.AI'K- Kt v: -V T'Pl 'eyThl* year's annual motorcycle rare* at the Rose City flpeedway on Decoration day, May 30, promise to be ^tmia of the greatest speed event* of the kind ever staged In Portland. An exceptionally good programme of r.u- j has been lined up by Fred .1 Wyatt. I chairman of the raciriir committee of iho Rose City Motorcycle Club, underwhore auspices the Decoration day nn lt;H i being staged. As a n-w feature this year and an added attraction there will be several bicycle races for different distances preceding the motorcycleraces.Another feature which *Vyatt Is figuring on is a balloon n scans I on with atriple parachute drop and probably aft airplane exhibition.A number of the best riders in the West have sent in their entry blanks and the speed fans will witness a formidable array of racini talent inaction uq MayRacer* Practice on Course.The local speed demon* are burning up the Rose City Speedway - v.-rui nights a week and every Sunday afternoon. The circular mile track has scraped, rolled and oiled several U?ma within the last few weeks and Is In fine condition. Otto Walker holds the mile record on the speedway, traveling that distance In a race against time €4 2-5 seconds two years ago.Crev*aton made a mile in 45 seconds In one lap of a five-mil© race. Monty dnivf* went the distance in *: ond * last year All of the above three famous speedsters are now serving UntU dam.“Dusty” Famum, present Far West-lt;arn champion. In a letter to Wyatt, sum that ho w|U do the mile a gain si tlmu in *45 seconds or bust” Famum is one of the greatest riders in the country nmi cleaned up everything in Hi* Northwest and West last year. Dusty'* will b© hero Decoration day with b* lls. He was the star of last year's and 1k confident that he will rcpt at again this year.There will be three bicycle races between 1 and 2 o'clock—half mile, nuloand five miles.Novice* to Compete.The motorcycle races will be 5, Id and 15-miic professional events, and between 13 and 15 professional r.vcra will be waiting for the gun. There willhe a one-mllo novice race for fully equipped machines with Hhfh handlebar s. the machines to be dipped with three-inch tires and three speed*.Th© big event of the day will be a20-mile stock race, open to all. Th* machines muni be 61 cubic inches uf leas.The racln* committee Is alsb Irvine
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, May 12, 1918
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