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TTIE MORNING ORtXE SPEED DEMONS TUNING UP FOR TUE DECORATION DAY RACES AT THE ROSE CITY SPEEDWAY.Decoration Day Motorcycle Races Promise to Be Full of Keen Competition.STARS TO VIE FOR HONORSCity Spcedwny to Be Scene ofJLf Igii-t laNa e»t“ Between Best iildcrs in West—Tacoma and Seattle to Send Crowd.The eighth- annual Memorial day motorcycle races will hold the hoard a ai the ftosc City ■ need way tomorrow. th«programme of Id speed evenw beingunder the au*plc«» of the Kfisn City Motorcycle Club. The official* and racing committee of the club are preparing for a large crowd of speed £*n* Th* dirt track lias undergone a thorough packing and oiling proee*® and la In tiptop condition.letters have been received from 6f.title ind Tacoma stating that nearly 200 rider* and enthuslaits will ride to Portland on their cycles for the races, many of them having entered their machines In the various events.Tire race* Jnst year were it great »uc-e- lt;*=, from both a racing and a financial standpoint, and every event wal closely contested from mart to finish, tvitl* the same riders entered this year and with the addition of a number of new speedsters. this year's meet should be *w r-,T•'Dusty” F.iriilmm, holder of the North went B nd Far We stern racingchampion ships, who was the hero of last year*t contest *, is nKiiln enteredthis ydir, anti Ih in fine fettle and 'Turin* tt go. Such well-known riders a- Kd Hcrrlth, Rfd Cogburn and other* will compel-’ with Farnlmm and will undoubtedly give him a run for **thr money.** Thu Hocretary of th** Xtove Oily Motorcycle Club h»* rerrlwd mi trios from all over the Pacific Coast, and rider* md machine* began arriving Mai Sunday and have been tuning Up dully fit the speedway.Locals Train Hard.The local riders have been training hard for nearly two month?, and by the looks of the speed that the home boy* have been making every Sunday they are bound to make things Interesting ftlt;r the beat nf the Invading epeed demon*- it ha* been a common occurrence for the Cortland riders to dick a mile off n Ie®» than SO seconds.The programme of 10 motorcycle rat:**** will commence promptly at 2 V M. A ft an c*Sra added attraction this year there will also be pro-gramme of old-fashioned bicycle races, which will start at 1 P. M.,Th« eafrty of the public has been looked after ly tl e racing committee, v\ ho has written a special request to Chb'f of Police Johnson to have Sergeant Irvin and his motorcycle squad cm deck to keep the crowd* from crossing the track.Motion-picture operators have askedpermission to film tho event.Programme I« Arranged.The racing committee ha* arrangedthe fallowing programme of events;Itnee I—For litf ht ivelaht Vic . eland* only i2 mllMl,««lt;■* 2—2^-H r SI (rlifc weights (2 mile#).Rtt'» 3 Ml, F. BOV le* miles JI.Race 4—t-H. P. strip stock tG mile*!.First Round of Interscholastic Games Played.WASHINGTON TAKES LEAD-bltiltg 1 far Ihe ?*tarf *f m Tr»-Mlle Prm-Hrr '*pln. 2—On Their W nj, S ■*tDmty i smbnui, Northwest anil t’sr-Wmtrrn lt;hnmplon.Ejikt Siilr Player? Take All Matches Entered—(ilrls Put I p fiood Ex-lilbitlons a ittl llui'fl - l uught 1'int* M---ttH mu- ^lum C icih?.letic* at the university preswrlbo that a captain must Uavo won hi® letter in that branch of intercollegiate sport, and. until the •’ A. lt;1 met, nonr o! llje Miitact had ever worn the miliy colors In an intercollegiate meet.Oxi Jack Moiitftjfub of Portland, oneof the three men to win their* letter* this year, was bestowed the honor of captain for the past ifoon, whileEtik* Foster, high point man for Oregon in the one meet of tils year,was selected to head rite 1919 team.The ftret round of irxterchotaM tc b-‘tenuis. which in i*ome cae-oa «a* the dllt; .'emi-fin.,lu. was played on the Mult- don*iiunli Field yesterday afternoon uiu «Pdor the supervision of J. H Mm kle, chairman of the Multnomah teonl* I*' committee. War has not affected ten- prnin very much, and the i;un«i were Ji# much better than in guy year previous tkWashington High School* under the coaching of F. E. Barngan, himself a bn --- ~ --- - — _ Bitp-......—an* ON THf: HIL.V.S FOR TUUOltROW. J* Portland Motorboat Begat %—On 4 r4 the Willamette River; start at II ♦ w. 4 P. M.; course from Hawthorne *4 bridge to Motorboat Ciubh uer. J ^* Motorcycle R*c*»—-Rose City J ** Speedway motorcycle races start *J St 2 V M, Take Ro#e fjly Park J a cars or fptclals to rat e track. 4* Baseball—Vaughn-atrest Park; •SIUMCIPAL GOLF COARSE TO BE CO»PL£TKD BV JTM5 S,Set Charge to lie trronjte! for Iof Course for Each Hound.
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Wed, May 29, 1918
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