Arizona republican., 1913-09-14
MOTORCYCLE
 RACE GOSSIP
Evidence of Unfair Treat ment of Machines is Brought to Light Plans for Second and Still Bet ter Race Meet Soon

l Two of the three strongest contend CTS in the motorcycle races of day 1 before yesterday have come to bat with perfectly good alibis Joe O'Con- l rell, the Thor rider, declares his air l inlet was stopped by an unkindly 1 thrust toothpick, and Curley Thomas
 the fast-riding Excelsior man, showed l two badly melted spark plugs to i account for his failure to take every ! thing in sight. These statements ] bring to mind the complaint of Chet | Munson, another Thor rider that his | gas line had been loOsened from the Carburetor before the start of the ! open to-all- singles contest He show l ed the judges the condition of his machine, which baked on the first turn and was out of the race almost before it had picked up it's speed
 There are all sorts of ways of winning races There are likewise l all sorts of ways to lose them. One way to lose d race for another fellow is to tinker with his machine when he's not looking. This is about what happened to the two ThOrs. Thomas reason was simply that he could not set the sort of spark plugs necessary to his fast machine.
 There has been a great deal of admiration extended to Curley Thom- az for the systematic way he rode the races Friday. He showed eX- perience in his every act on the track. No man except him rode the turns properly, while one of the riders actually leaned the wrong way on the bends Curley promises to be in the next races and in the fair pro gram with d machine properly strip ped and tuned to the last note In that event he will be an almost cer- tain winner, for even Paul Heating, winner of the two main events Fri day, admits that his forte is not track racing, but road work He attributes his success to his Indian, rather than to any superiority in riding. Thomas, who is now em- ployed in Mesa, will keep in touch with the Excelsior people, and will have q new EX stock model for his mount in the state fair motorbike races
 Stayton Doris. one of the also rans of the races, leaves on Monday CT his Thor twin for the coast He is going by way of the race route, via San Diego to Los Angeles. where he will enter college this fall. While in San Diego he will represent the Phoenix Motorcycle club in the final negotiations for the San Dego-to- 1 Phoenix road races. He is not equip ping very strongly for the journey | He carries one extra casing wrapped Iii and stuffed into the front forks ] but outside of that and a canteen, he is going just as light as possible Doris expects a hard trip but an en- joyable one At any rate it will be great experience.
 Racing plans continue to foment among the members of the club The riders have seen what their machines will do. They know the track condi- tens. and they are simply wild t1 try out their speeds on a course un- spoiled by dust. Between now and l fair time there will probably be an ether race meet to develop contend CTS for the thrilling tryouts while the 1 crowds are here, and also to produce | bit more revenue toward the local | clubs share in the purses for the l coast Phoenix road race. The same 1 committees will likely act for the l nt Xt race meet, giving the second one 1 the benefit of their experience in the l first and insuring the same or a l greater degree of success in the last l trial before fair time
 Prizes will probably be ready for | the winners by Monday morning. as | the committee will endeavor to make 1 tie awards this afternoon
 
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