Evening journal., 1922-10-24
GHWEIzER Wins
Sealed time RUN
Gets First Leg on Silver
Trophy Offered by Will
mington Club
BIKERS HAVE FINE
RUN TO READING

The cool weather and early hour
Of leaving. no doubt can be account
ed for the small entry taking part
in the combined sealed time run
aud visit TO the Reading Club Sun
dky. Though only eight machines
checked out at Rodney Square.
there was plenty of close competi-
ton for after totalling all the riders
time and dividing by plumber of rid
els the average of hours. 10 min
utes resulted. william Schweitzer
won FIRST prize. which also entities
ham 70 one leg on the silver trophy,
new held by W. Hambleton..
S6hweitzer's time was six hours,
nine minutes. c. +. Ware, taking
his first competitive run, only re-
Gently joining the association. won
second prize, time six hours, / min
ute. closely followed by Dealer d.
y. Van Size, who took third prize
n the time Of hours fiat. Huber,
who having had tire trouble, even
made the good time OF hours, 81
minutes. Cloud, the last man, leav-
hlg both Wilmington and Reading,
Who experienced tough luck both
ways, must have had either some
ef Whites Dover gas or under-es-
timated the old bus, for in irving
TO make up lost time, he overdid It,
making the trip in 5 hours, 40 min
4tes which put him out Of the prize
winning clasp.
AS a comparison OF the interest
IN motorcycling between the two
cities, the Reading boys met us five
niles out and had twice as many
10 meet us as there were those who
took the trip. Not much chance OF |
Getting lost, with two guides for each |
rider
Upon arriving at the comfortable /
and spacious club rooms they made |
everyone feel like q member or one (
81 the family whether he wanted to
or not Then they surprised the en-
tire bunch by taking them to a res
eaurant and treating them TO a full
course dinner. After dinner speech
as were made by various riders Of
The two clubs.
An interesting and noticeable thing
about the dinner was the presence of
al the Reading dealers and their
families who stayed with and helped
entertain the visitors the entire day.
/, Next on the program. led by Ref
cree Anderson was an extensive trip
Around and about their beautiful
city. taking IN all points OF interest
tncludtpg the factory where the
Reading Standard Motorcycle Is
h.ade. and up 10 the ''Pagoda." on
iop OF Mt Penn which furnishes a
Wonderful view OF tho city and the,
country for miles.
Those who ala not take IN this
trip missed the best run OF the year,
{ beautiful day for riding and the
country along the new concrete high
Fay from Whitford 10 Pottstown Is
worth the trip alone. One viii have
70 go far and wide to surpass the
Hospitality OF the members Of the
tiding motorcycle club which is one
IL the largest and most active in the
country
The announcement regarding our
go III ~NNNs - was AAAN4A0
and they seemed very much inter
esteG From all indications they will
be down here strong, to win the
siver cup for the club with the most
Antries, and intend on also winning
the various events. This ought to
give the local riders and Dealers
scmething to'think about.
n Among those who took in the trip
fere: Dealers, Van Sire and McKin-
ley; d. F. Harrington r. d. Greene,
P. Pruitt. c. f. Ware. W. Sch@eizer.
u F. Huber. c H. Cloud.
hW. Hambleton handled the check
Ing at Wilmington and A. Anderson,
II Reading.
\ The local riders made quite a nit
with their new arm bands. red with
Words Wil-Del engraved in q gray
Hammond, red and gray being the
Cub colors.