Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-06-04

IN all Pal "
" ,a and motorcycle fields.
DNy.i have been formed, contests
CluIp CIncted at hundreds of points
euns su,na nriyate and restricted to
sUa' s,,,S members while others have
cluD onen to the public and have
peen rbt contestants from miles
Dluu1 T as we'll as great throngs OF
sSSt "atotors. And as the season is
s1rdIv sr we'll started yet. this may
T. 10 taken as an indication that the
Drorram ~ will be packed full OF hot
pV s os soon as summer weather
saon,os S'. a bit more settled and the
Dasther man settles down to be
reasonable.
An example of the scale upon
which the season has been laun-
'hod is the Capistrano Hill. Climb
s saoortlv held in California. Tho
,ha machines were confronted
Nv % grade five hundred feet long
and as steep as 76 percent at some
nortions. the winner of the free
~ all event shot over the top in
"a Ak seconds and broke all pre-
r,ous records for the hill. other
motorcycle riders did almost as
we'll and provided the spectators
with an abundance of thrills as
thew shot up the grassy, unmani-
eured hillside on their rearing,
,moking machines. More than 30
nOO people came out to watch the
events, and lined UP the slopes of
the hill in crowds.
The first motorcycle vehicle to
ascend Mt. Hood this year is a
medium-weight motorcycle ridden
by Ed Carlson, of Portland, Ore,
who plowed deep snow a consid-
erable part of the journey to reach
his destination. BY this feat he
won the handsome trophy that
had been put up as prize for the
first machine to make the ascent
Of the mountain each year.
Floyd H. Dreyer, who won the
s5-mile sidecar championship last
season in the fastest time ever
made with such a machine on a
dirt track, has gone to Denver on
his honeymoon. The wedding took
place few days before he left
Ohio the bride having been Miss
nellie HOyer. Dreyer plans to re-
main in Colorado indefinitely, and
may take part in several speed ev-
ents in the mile-high country be-
fore returning to the east for the
summer.
The bicycle championship of the
city Of Buffalo was clinched by
lgnatius Gronkowski at the recent
race meet held at the 74th Regi-
ment armory in that city when he
took the deciding points in the fl
nal events of the championship ser
les. He won the final heat of the
one-mile handicap from scratch,
after breaking his own three
iourths mile record in a prelimin-
ary heat, which he won by cover
ing the distance in one minute 35
S-5 seconds.
Sldecar races have come to be
regarded as the most interesting
and thrilling events on the card at
motorcycle race meets, due to the
nigh speed and spectacular action
made possible by the improved
construction of the machine. The
better types of sidecars are now
made so that they can be steered
around the turns without skidd-
ing or slowing down, the motor
eyele to which the sidecar is at
ached leaning toward the pole
IKE a bicycle rider turning a.
curve, and this style of riding has
proved very popular with the fans.
lne possibilities of this class of
speeO work are shown by the fact
'la' ernest Price, who won the
wO-mlle sidecar championship at
AsauFille, Mass, last year, made
~ average speed of 65 miles per
lour In that event, and had also
''' mark of ten miles in nine
minutes ten seconds at Cleveland,
suen using a sidecar outfit using
Is same flexible construction in
~ chassis and a torpedo shape
tpeedster BODY
As a result of this great popu-
, ,..'y Oh sidecar sport, race promo
,. -. are Planning to make such con
NJ, ~ 'ne feature of their programs
~ ~ sumner, and promise to dis
-. ,'s succession of thrill produ-
A ~ mat has never been equalled
V 'ae dirt-track circuits.
s.O'Oreycle enthusiasm are in
,. s'sd by the appearance of a
\ make Of motorcycle in which
&c, -'orporated a four-cylinder
h,.,.'.s0 e0 motor containing many
sh features. 1t is produc-
3 !. : q eastern city and is said
u,s' y unusually quiet and vibra-
IA Operation.
Sis se,e, : example of the efficiency ,
IA s a motorcycles and side
is,lsr --s .;., aided police forces in
4 ~ NTH the crime situation.
tsssr1s.sord made by the police
b /, .sats .s Of Detroit and vicin-
hrs ~. ,sp,lng motor equipment.