Harley-Davidson Wins 10-Mile National;
»»» Weatherly Takes Title at Richmond
LEFT at the post at the start of the
race, “Lil’ Joe” Weatherly of Nor-
■^folk, Va., came all the way from last
place to win the 10-Mile National crown,
Sunday, May 28, over a field which in-
cluded four other national champions be-
sides himself. Close behind Joe at the
finish came Chet Dykgraaf of Hammond,
Ind., with Paul Goldsmith, third; Jimmy
Chann, fourth; Leo Anthony, fifth; Ray
Goff, sixth; and Buck Brigance, seventh.
All seven rode Harley-Davidsons, making
it a clean sweep on the Richmond, Va.,
half-mile track. The time was 9 min.,
30.2 secs.
Goldsmith, who hails from St. Clair
Shore, Mich., gave notice of his cham-
pionship intentions witfi a brilliant riding
performance in winning the 5-Mile Ex-
pert Final on Saturday, May 27. Of the
18 events presented during the two-day
program sponsored by the Virginia Motor-
Ji >■
a further feature of this two-day motor-
cycling meet was the club uniform con-
test held Sunday afternoon between track
events. The winning group, out of a
smartly dressed assembly of competing
clubs, was the Norfolk Motorcycle Club.
Saturday’s 3-star, broadsliding activities
were thrill-packed from the first Novice
Heat right up to the checkered flag ending
the 5-Mile Expert Final. Six of the nine
events, including all three Expert events,
produced Harley-Davidson winners.
cycle Clubs, Inc., 13 were won by Har-
ley-Davidson riders.
These were two of the highlights of a
gala weekend which was thoroughly en-
joyed by a great crowd of motorcycling
fans. Many of the visitors found pleasant
entertainment at the Saturday night rally
presented by the Richmond Motorcycle
Club. Two orchestras, a modern dance
band and a hill-billy “combo,” provided
music to suit practically every taste.
Historic places of interest, so plentiful
in and around Richmond, formed the
itinerary of various tours enjoyed by
many visitors to the Cavalier State. And
1. Start of the 10-Mile National! From right'.to
left are Goldsmith, Weatherly, Dykgraaf, ■
Swing, J. Chann, Anthony and Brigance. -■
Dykgraaf finished second in the Na ‘ Ly.
Weatherly accepts congratulations a”“
4. Paul Goldsmith took third in the 10- e ’sujt
’•Lil’ Joe” gets the checkered dag, In^vP-„the
is Chet Dykgraaf. 6. Swing leading ea y
National. Weatherly in back, but coming P
Dementi Photos.
This
were
LXKEWOOD PARK Fairgrounds,
at Atlanta, Georgia, was the mag-
net which attracted motorcyclists
from throughout the Southland on the
weekend of May 20 and 21. For some
riders, it was perhaps their first journey
to an Atlanta tour but for many it meant
the renewal of memories and acquaint-
ances made at the 1949 Lakewood rally
sponsored by
Association,
motorcyclists
invitation of
Davidson Deale
Natives living along the main highways
leading into the Georgia capital first be-
came aware of the unusual motorcycle
activity in their midst on Friday after-
noon. As increasing numbers of rally
visitors rolled by, Atlanta bound, it be-
came evident that something out of the
ordinary was up. Meanwhile the weather
Georgia Motorcycle
year, the southern
coming back at the
Southeastern Harlcy-
Association.
SOUTHEASTERN HARLEY-DAVIDSON
DEALERS STAGE RALLY ATATLANTA
fHE Enthusiast
Open House at Dealer Bert Kennedy’s. Toronto, Canada, was the occasion for a real celebration. Bert
had to "hire a hall" to accommodate the big crowd that came to admire the 1950 Harley-Davidson line.
That’s Bert himself behind the fork of the handsome black Hydra-Glide at the right. Jarrett Photo.
Club ActiCitied
CAVALIER MCY. CLUB, Omaha, Neb. —
Our annual club picnic will be due in a short
time and we are planning a very fine affair.
New club members this month are Louis Mer-
wald, Bud Wilcox and Mike Goodwin. We
were well represented at the Columbus, Ne-
braska, races on May 31. Our best wishes go
to Bill Merwald for a speedy recovery.
Hob Goldin, Rep.
4862 So. 17th St.
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WAUKESHA MCY. CLUB, Waukesha, Wis.
— Good riding weather here lately has boosted
our membership. We now have a total of 32
active riders. Five new Hydra-Glide' Harley-
Davidsons have been added to the club. We
have two hillclimbers now, Ollie Hereens and
Vic Davies. We were well represented at the
State Rally and helped out with the race on
Sunday. Thanks again to the Harley-David-
son dealers. Our hillclimb is July 31. Will
we be seeing you ?
Duane Sweeney
Route 3, Box 236
LIMA MCY. CLUB, Lima, Ohio — Top
honors in our club Treasure Hunt went to
Bob Decker. The hunt was put on by Jia
Miner. The winner must now put on
next event. Dewey Laughlin was second a
Paul Webb third. „
Thelma Webb, ReP-
1126 S. Central Ave.
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BLACK HAWK MCY. CLUB aUXIL^^
Waterloo, Iowa — Despite the wet season as
club colors have been seen in such s - ‘ _
Texas, Illinois and Minnesota, and ou ]ots
petition riders have been bringing i?3Ster
of the well-known bacon. Our an?[1. *0Ur
Run trophy went to the Kenneth K elgu‘njays
field meet was rained out for two . c]ub
in a row. A lifetime membership in ran
has been awarded to Tom Guynn
, j / Myrtle
Hard work and enthusiasm is reWar ]uable g‘rl
Essman (right), receives “most v
award" from Virginia Klein at Wa AUXiliarV-
The girls are members of the Blackhawk
July, 1950
of 20 years riding and always a willing
worker. He has been a member of the club
since 1934- Yours truly was honored recently
with the Most Valuable Girl award, and I
can’t begin to thank the club enough. IT
always be grateful.
Myrtle Essman, Rep.
Route 4, Sutton Addition
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PORT STOCKTON MCY. CLUB, INC.,
Stockton, Calif. — We’re now in our new
clubhouse at 728 S. Laurel Street. Meetings
are held each Wednesday night at 8:15 P.M.
Officers are: Eddie Anderson, pres.; Doc Baci-
galupi, vice-pres.; Sharkey Alvarez, road
capt.; Wanda Bacigalupi, sec’y; Ann Gulick,
treas.; Tommy Wester, sgt. at arms; and
Rudy Andres, ref. The bowling team we spon-
sored came through first on April 20. And so
we celebrated with an Italian dinner at the
clubhouse. Our Roy Andres is sliding the old
corners again with Gil Ramirez coming out
for short track and several others with wishful
gleams in their eyes. We had a good poker
run recently, with Mrs. Pollard taking first
and Tommy Souza second.
Wanda Bacigalupi, Sec’y
728 S’. Laurel Street
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MADISON MCY. CLUB, Madison 5, Wis. —
Our grand old man of motorcycling,. Ray
Tursky celebrated his birthday on April 22.
To make the event a success, a party was held.
Harold Bielke’s birthday was the day before
and three of the auxiliary members had theirs
near that date so it was a real five star meet.
New member in the club is Roger Brown.
To increase membership and interest and at-
tendance, short social rides are held on al-
Spring Open House at Dealer Leonard Andres
Stockton, Calif., store brought out a banner crowd
of enthusiasts. Here are the lucky ones who
happened to be present when the photographer
showed up. Leonard is in the middle of the front row
wearing a Harley-Davidson competition sweater.
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ternate meeting nights following the meetings,
i reasure Hunts, Wiener Roasts and Scavenger
Hunts and such events are all in order. Mem-
bers take turns in planning the rides. July 4
is the date set for our day time short track
race at Angell Park Speedway at Sun Prairie.
Congratulations to club members, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Sherman on their recent marriage.
Calvin Hageman, Cor. Sec’y
Belleville, Wisconsin
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MERCED MCY. CLUB, Merced, Calif. —
Meetings are held on Tuesday nights at 8:00
P.M. at the Merced Cyclery, 1621 “M” Street.
Visitors are welcome. After the May 23
meeting, we rode out to Lake Yosemite for a
wiener roast. Once a month, we have a sur-
prise night. No one knows, except the com-
mittee what’s in store.
Juanella Fairbank, Club Rep.
P. O. Box 574
ROCHESTER SPORT RIDERS MCY. CLUB,
Rochester 9, New York — Mel Craft was the
high scorer of the day at our trials on May 21.
Other winners in the various classes were
Valentine, La Brun, and Eisenhower. Finish-
ing behind Eisenhower were Worsek, Cole,
Frosini, Meyers, Fiegel, Wheaton, also Ed.
Kuivenen, Roxman, Kohl and Ruth Kuivenen.
Thanks to all those who turned out to help
us make the run successful.
Ross Agnello, Sec’y
208 Hayward Avenue
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BAY CITY MCY. CLUB, INC., San Francis-
co 24, Calif. — Outstanding among our April
activities was the visit to the Salinas Ramblers
Hillclimb and two weeks later our yearly steak
feed at San Mateo National Park. Our con-
gratulations to Bob and Dottie Herman on
the birth of a bouncing baby girl. Clubmember
Frank (Buckethead) Butello took one of his
famous shortcuts and wound up in North Caro-
lina. Winners in our closed club hillclimb
JUST as a powerful magnifying glass "blows up" a tiny detail on
a picture, so does this Sheffield Precisionaire air gage "stretch
out" or magnify dimensions of a number of machined parts at the
Harley-Davidson Factory, enabling the operator to maintain close toler-
ances. Eleven of these amazing gages are in use — one model with
such great amplification that a one-thousandth inch dimension appears
as two inches on the scale! So supersensitive is the gage, which oper-
ates from the plant's regular compressed air supply, that if a hair
(measuring only three-thousandth of an inch) were placed in the gage,
the cork-like float would bounce way off the scale! Another of the
many tools of science used by Harley-Davidson to rigidly control
quality in the manufacture of the world's most dependable motorcycles.
these missing jackets, please write to them at
13 East Elm Street, Conshohocken, Pennsyl-
vania.
Grace Gross, Club Re-p.
Box 65
PARK CITY MCY. CLUB, INC., Bridgeport
8, Conn. — A recent welcome visitor to the
Club was William Hill of the Meriden Club.
We also acknowledge a nice letter received
from Joan and Elaine Mayberry of Australia
who are patiently waiting to see the new
Hydra-Glide Harley-Davidsons. Beautiful
cards have also been arriving from Leonard
Russi from Japan. Andy Kovacs now has twin
boys. Congratulations!
Herb Hansmann, Sec’y
29 Jane St.
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MEMPHIS MCY. CLUB, Memphis, Tenn. —
We attended a great party and field meet
April 15 and 16 staged by the Memphis
Harley-Davidson. Mr. B. W. Barfield, local
dealer gave his Spring Opening party on the
15th and a field meet the following day. The
following week we had a get-together to build
a barbecue pit at the club grounds. Late in
the evening we enjoyed a club ride to a
nearby small town for a chicken dinner.
//. I Fat kins, rep.
235 Poplar Ave.
ROCKFORD MCY. CLUB, Rockford, Ill. -
We had our semi-annual election of officers
recently and they are as follows: Eddie Maffei,
pres.; LeRoy Garman, vice-pres.; Fred Stuhl-
mann, sec’y; Harold Kegel, cor res, sec’y; Bob
Heins and James White, road captains; Bob
Kegel, ref. At present, we are having a new
membership drive. We have had several
good events lately including an Easter egg
hunt which was won by Eddie Maffai. During
the winter season our bowling team did very
well, and we would like to challenge any other
motorcycle club that has a team to a good
bowling match. Perhaps this can’t be arranged
until next fall or winter, but some of you hot
shots keep it in mind. We find bowling is a
wonderful way to maintain club interest and
keep the gang together.
Fred Stu hl mann, Sec’y
1010 18/// Avenue
OKLAHOMA CITY MCY. CLUB, Oklahoma
City 3, Okla. — We are just getting a good
start on our spring and summer activities.
Had a letter recently from Al Borer the tour-
master for the Northwest Ohio Motorcycle
Association in which he outlines a tour that
city is planning for August with a stop-over
here in town. They will be here on Wednes-
day night, August 16, which we will look
forward to with pleasure. We will try to do
all in our power to make their visit as pleasant
July, 1950
as possible,
are ge»‘ng
We now have 37 members and
new ones right along.
Barney Fudge, Rep.
601 N. JF. 3rd St.
MIAMI COUNTY MCY. CLUB, Troy, Ohio
_ We now have our A.M.A. charter. Our
officers are: Tillie Snapp, pres.; Clarence
Harshman, vice-pres.; Harold Florence, sec’y;
Don Oakes, treas.; Roscoe Long, road capt.;
Sherman Van Kirk, ref.; Wayne Van Kirk,
sgt.-at-arms; Leia Florence, club rep. We
meet on Tuesday nights at 8:00 o’clock at the
Harley-Davidson store operated by “Pop”
Smith.
Leia Florence, Club Rep.
603 Dakota St.
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GREATER PITTSBURGH MCY. CLUB,
INC, Pittsburgh, Pa. — 3000 fans attended
our June 11 hillclimb. Winners of the four
events were Andy Baycura, Howard Mitzel, J.
Raupach and J. Hemmis. Mitzel made the
best time of 6.68 seconds. The hill was 180
ft. long with better than a 67° grade.
IF. R. Hoftneisler, pres.
1+ Federal St.
AUGUSTA MCY. CLUB, INC, Augusta,
Georgia — First place in our Reliability Run
and Field Meet went to Robert Walker.
Other finishers were George Johnston, Freddie
Fulcher, J. C. Cooper and Earl Davis. Fulcher
won the Dig-Out Race, Pushing the Motor
Backwards Race, Slow Race and the Boot
Race. Johnston took the Barrel Roll, Henry
Waagner won the Greasy Board contest, Pat
and Loraine Johnson won the Potato Round
Hundreds of local motorcycle enthusiasts were on
hand for the Open House party at Memphis Tenn.,
staged by Dealer B. W. Barfield. Popular "B.W."
ts shown, wearing gray jacket, standing directly
in back of the saddle of the Hydra-Glide.
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Race while Vic Crenshaw was tops in the
Bull Dogging contest. J. A. Carter won the
distance jump. Thanks to the Greenwood,
South Carolina club for helping us in judging
the events. New officers are: Bill Masters,
pres.; J. C. Cooper, vice-pres.; George John-
ston, treas.; Warren Jackson, sec’y; Freddy
Fulcher, road capt.; Dewey Newman, Sr,
director; Earl Davis, ref. and the writer,
club rep.
Joy Presley, Club Rep.
P. 0. Box 822
TRI-CITY MCY. CLUB, INC, Rock Island,
III. — In our successful hillclimb June 14
Dean Kelsey of Iowa Falls, Iowa placed in
four events. Joe DeBaker of Moline took the
45-Expert and Herb Lambert of Georgetown
copped the 80-Expert. We have received our
100% club pledges from Muffler Mike, and
are starting to get some favorable publicity
in the newspapers. Many of our clubmem-
bers participated in a reliability run held by
the Davenport and Clinton, Iowa, Harley-
Davidson dealers June 11. The course cov-
ered about 48 miles. The run ended at Eagle
Point Park in Clinton where we all enjoyed
a wiener roast.
Bob Johnson, rep.
1417 Fifth Ave. {rear)
RAMAPO MCY. CLUB, Monsey, New York
— Our officers are: Roy Stanton, pres.; Bill
Mulholland, vice-pres.; Mike Wolanski, sec’y;
Ed Gavora, treas.; Wayne Haring, road capt.
We held our annual banquet April 18 at the
Hotel St. George, which was a gala affair in
the history of our club. Our spring reliability
run was held in conjunction with the Miracle
Riders Club of Newburgh on May 7. The
course was 130 miles long covering roads,
woods, mud and mountains. Rod Coates of
T«»r«f»v Snort Riders was high, Bub Tra-
A fleet of Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide police motorcycles go into
service on the busy streets of the Buckeye Capital — Columbus, Ohio.
At the extreme right are Lt. Wm. Carney and Inspector Tom Scully.