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1 • • Bob Robertson playod tho clown and handed out candy to chlldron attondlng the Mother's Day Poker Run. • • • MOTHER'S DAY POKER RUN By Ro be rt O. Fee With a holiday and weathe r workin g a g a i ns t t hem , th e No rwalk Rock et s Motor c ycle Club d re w 140 rid ers to No rwalk for th e ir Mothe r' s Day P ok er Run , Sunday , May 8th. St a rting a t Macklin's Mot orc ycle Servic e, the run ended at a s mall Sant a F e Sp rin gs park. P oker ha nd s were d ealt as th e ride rs c he c ke d in a nd a simple bu t ' de li cious dinne r wa s t he n se rv ed e a c h e nt ra nt . Soup beans , ge ne rously s piced with bites ize hunks of ham wa s the e nt ree of the day, ac companied by tasty cole slaw , ice cream and coffee. A ri ng throw and bean ra ce occupied th e rid ers until the t rop hy presentation s wer e mad e. Beside s the usual a rray of trophi es , the club gave o rchid c ors a ge s and s ome be a utiful hand-cra ft ed leathe r walle ts , purs es a nd note bo oks donated by Ma rion Stoddard , a memb e r of th e No rwalk Rockets . Poker hand winn ers were : Ivan Gay , 1st: Kenn lth lIarrison , 2nd; Robert Ross, 3 rd: E ll is Smith, 4 th and Susan Pederson, 5 th. Ann ette All en won the beautiful Swe e ps ta kes Shell Trophy. Dennis Jam e s gu ess ed the closest to the actual number of beans In a jar and took hom e what easily qual ifi es a s th e most un iqu e trophy o f th e year- the j a r of beans. T he Rockets , who ar e a familyori ent ed club, pla n to make t he Mother' s Day run an a nnu a l affai r. SCRAMBLIN AROUND .. By Maureen Lee A Scrambles columnist wonders - do we all ca re enough to stand togethe r? How would it be if all the professional riders got togethe r and rode the Benefit for Ron Nelson at P rado P ark. May 29th? A number of peopl e havin g influence in our s port think this Is a great Idea and a real .chance to show Columbus tha t the rank-and -file A.M.A. members will stand up for thems e lves when step ped upon. Because these peopl e do have influen ce - so me e ven within the A.M.A. s truc ture - their identity has to be protected. But there is a definite movement locally to get this idea going. Listen in on the " grape vine" an d you 'll hear about it. It is: Get all the profess ional Amateur and Expert riders to back up one of their own, Ronnie Nelson, by riding the Benefit for him. It will help two ways. F irs t, Ronnie will benefit as en try fees Cor the Expert clas s are being donated to him, and second, It could break the local deadlock. The riders who have the coura ge to stand togethe r on this thin g may los e their lic enses , yes - BUT FOR HOW LONG? There will be a scream of prote st from promoters una ble to promote a race with no big names to bring In the crowd. There will be dee p rumblings of discontent from big distributors and manufacturers as they los e a lot of their adv ert is ing punch. Do we sanction re vol ution? Not al ways - but In this case it co uld do some good. Let's get this rule suspended C or the res t of the year, a nd In the meantime , ALL work towa rd a more logical writi ng of the regula tion rega rding professi onals ridi ng in sportsman-class competition. Cha nge it to a workabl e thing - not a discriminatory action against the profes s ional that thi s rule is not completely enforcea ble has a lread y been proved. Skip Van Leeuwe n has his license back. Th ere is an old saying truly cov e ring this situation- "Unlte d we stand, di vided we fal l. " If our riders do s tand up and fig ht , let' s not have a ny in the group who grow chic ken-feathers at the las t minute! Irwildale Drag Raceway HB" Street Class Winner Scralllblers MIC over bikes of 650cc capacity. (e. 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