Althoulh S.C.T.A. officials had eone home the provlous day (ruultlne In a non-event for the few that showed) a quick
r_down 01 the basic rules was announced for riders and Job Corp spectators who decided t~ stick around Sunday.
John DeSoto, one of lIIonteu lIIotors' two fully sponsored molD-cross
riders. Ralncolted and bareheaded, John Is lbolrd I 247cc Cola.
The Kids Watched Curiously Then Went Away
really isn't what Job Corps training is
supposed to be all about, buttt sure beats
sitting around your friendly neighborhood
area of decay - like Watts, East L.A. or
Bell Gardens - wondering when to try
your first mugging.
Anyway, about a dozen trials riders
riding around one of the blacktopped
parking areas, with about a dozen Corpsmen standing there in the cold drizzle.
curious about why these grown ups hadn't
the sense to say to hell with it. and pack
uP and go home to TV and hot toddies as
the Trials officlals had done the day
before. But the die-bard riders who
showed uP were determined to go ahead
and ride what few traps had been laid out.
Then one of the more experienced
riders called the kids into a group along
with the other riders and actually tried to
explain what trials riding was all ab
