Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-21
FOUR PERFECT SCORES
IN ENDURANCE RUN
Keystone MotorcycIists Get Spills
and Thrills Enroute to and
From Staunton, Va.
RY STATE RIDER

Four perfect scores was the final
result of the tri-state endurance run
to Staunton, Va. and return Saturday
and Sunday. Claude w. Baskin,
Charles Sellers, George L. King and
Ray Light rode the entire distance of
432 miles with perfect cards at every
checking station. A few of the riders
had clean scores until within twelve
or fifteen miles of the city, when they
experienced trouble with tires and
bad roads.
Twenty-Five contestants left the
Keystone Motorcycle Club house, at
Thirteenth and Walnut streets, Sat
urday morning, the first rider starting
at o'clock. Harry Kohl and Irwin
Kohl, riding Pope machine, collided
at Fourth and Market streets, dis
abling their mounts and putting them
out of the race. Edward Vincent was
forced to return on account of engine
trouble. Fifteen riders were perfect
at Chambersburg. Rip Scout rldlng
an Indian, was delayed by tire trouble
and Charles Uhler, riding Thor, eX-
perienced the same trouble, including
a broken frame.
Winchester, the noon control, was
reached with a record of one bad fall
by Jim Welsh, riding a Harley-David-
son. Welsh fell after crossing the
Williamsport (Md.) bridge when at
tempting to ride q gutter close to the
fence. The riders ate dinner at Win
chester and checked from there, ar
irving at Staunton on time after
hazardous trip over fine asphalt roads
eight miles of which were freshly
oiled.
Some Bad Spills
apaip fell in the tar and after
riding the remaining mileage to
Staunton was stuck fast to the saddle
and had to be assisted. Ray Heagy,
riding a Harley-Davidson, had tire
trouble and in making time the tire
punctured and Heagy slammed"
bruising his left arm. George King,
on a Harley-Davidson, and Paul
Novel;, riding an Indian, both fell at
the same curve four miles this side
of Staunton. King cut his face and
arm and Novel; bruised his left leg.
Fifteen riders reached Staunton with
perfect scores.
The riders checked from Staunton
yesterday morning at 6 o'clock and
started at minute intervals on their
return trip. Victor Harlacker, riding
a Thor, accidentally broke the lever
of his two-speed and returned to
Staunton to repair it. Arthur Noff-
singer, riding a Harley-Davidson eX-
perienced tire trouble about eighteen
miles from Staunton and had not re-
turned up until noon to-day. Heagy
again experienced tire trouble.
Before reaching Hagerstown, noon
control, almost every rider experienced
tire trouble. Twelve riders checked
at Hagerstown with perfect scores.
Last Leg Was Hard Riding
The last leg of the journey from
Hagerstown to Harrisburg by way of
Waynesboro and Gettysburg over
three mountains was the tell-tale
route. Three miles from Hagerstown
Merrill Goldman, riding a Reading
Standard, experienced chain trouble.
Dewitt Grove. on an Indian, had tire
trouble. along with Welsh, Heagy and
Harlacker. while crossing the second
mountain. Heagy rode the rim three
miles to Gettysburg after fixing thir-
teen punctures, riding with a perfect
score that far
Welsh fell at a sharp turn. Eisen-
burg. riding a Reading Standard, fell
near Mechanicsburg, and Greenawalt,
riding a. Harley-Davidson, expert
enced his first trouble, a punCture,
three miles from Mechanicsburg. Sew
eral hundred persons greeted the
riders at Market Square yesterday aft
ernoon and a dinner was served at
the clubhouse after their return.
The following riders were entered
in the run: Paul NOVEL;. Harry Kohl,
Irwin Kohl. Victor Marlacker, Charles
Sellers, Claude w Baskin, George
King, Ray Heagy, Charles Uhler. Jim
Welsh, Alfred Eisenberger. Reading:
Vincent, Dewitt Grove, II. Harkel-
rode, Ray Light, ]. F. Greenawalt,
Doehne Peters, Arthur Noffsinger and
Rip Scout