The Berkeley Daily Gazette announces the Berkeley Motorcycle Club will hold their annual hill climb with the best of the Pacific Coast riders in attendance.
"Roaring motors zoom up the side of Franklin Canyon, near Pinole, tomorrow. Every so often a gasp escapes the thousands of onlookers as a motorcyclist loops the loop, tossing its rider unceremoniously."
So begins the program for the annual hill climb race sponsored by the Berkeley Motorcycle Club. The race features the "classiest" riders on the Pacific Coast including Walter "Swede" Mattson and Windy Lindstrom from Oakland, Gene Ryan of Seattle, L.A.'s Al Majors and Bob Keller, the San Jose legend Sam Arena plus Bill Rook and Dudley Perkins of San Francisco. Nearly 20,000 people attend.
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