Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-05
TO HOLD WORLDS
! BIGGEST AIR MEET.
Oakland Aviator Says Los An
ueIes Tournament Win Be
Greatest Ever Held
Mr.. YOUNG ENTHUSIASTIC
Currents and Conditions Declared
More Favorable Here Than
at Anywhere Else
Mr.. YOUNG ENTHUSIASTIC

'Tm here to fly, and fly I will If l
have to null off an aviation meet OF
NV own" said Aviator J. c. Mars OF
Oakland. who arrived in Los Angeles
Yesterday to join the Curtiss flyers VINO
are now here.
"I,os Angeles isl have always
claimed even when l was flying IN paI-
loons-the finest place in the world Tor
aviation. 1t is the coming metropolis
of the aviation world, and I have come
here this time to fly in this beautltul
climate. l do not know much about
what has been done so far-but, take 1t
from me, there will be an aviation meet
in Los Angeles Christmas week, IL l
have to do all the flying myself
Mr.. Mars has been at his nome in
Oakland since the close OF ms en-
gagement in Stockton. Unlike seVeral
other local airship men who have re
nounced their allegiance to California
after making successes in the east, ne
still claims the Golden State for ms
home and is a perpetual booster Iof II
He is accompanied by his manager,
r. r. Young of New York city, ana
the latter verified the statement OF Mr..
Mars that a meet would be held in Los
Angeles during Christmas week.
"Things are just beginning to
straighten themselves out, said Mr.
Young, land take on an appearance Oh
real business. Up until now there nave
been a number of organizations ana
promoters figuring on holding the meet
organizations and promoters hostlle
to one another. Gradually these nos
tile forces have been eliminated anu
the whole proposition Is slInllerilIs I'm l5it,
down to a working basis. I will gladly
hack Mr.. Mars in his statement that
there will be meet held here during
the week between Christmas ana New
Year's-a meet which will be the largest
and most successful ever held. Or thlS
fact I am positive. The men under my
management have come here TO n.y.
and fly they will" .,.,a
In speaking of whether a meet TINS
wear would attract the attention and
advertising gained by last years meet,
Mr.. Mars said:
"A meet in Los Angeles during the
coming winter would be as much OF dh
advertiser for this country as the one
last year The attendance at such
meet would be far greater. / even ven
ture to say that the paid attendance
would amount to 100000 in ten days
Sounds big, doesn't it? 1t is big, but l
believe that is what it will be. Why
Los Angeles has a reputation all over
the world-or at least wherever AVA
tion is known, for being able to pull
off successful meets. l have MADE
great many flights since last year, anu
everywhere-when meets are being ar
ranged-the committees spoke Of what
was done in Los Angeles success
fully
'It is the finest place in the world
in which to fly. Air currents as regu-
lar and true as possible can be found
here. and the aviators of the world
know it. why, an aviation meet here
during the coming winter would at
tract tive or six different types of ma
chimes to this city. and the exhibitions
given could not be duplicated l am
positive that Los Angeles, with It's
progress, will not let this opportunity
slip by"