New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
.BEACHEY FLIES IN GALE.
Wins Blue Hill and Boston Light
Contests.
CUMMINGS DROPS IN BAY
Monoplane Tumbles 800 Feet,
but Aviator Escapes with
Cuts and Bruises.

t,etor sent During a tricky thirty
Iii. southwest wind. which made most of
,,, other contestants remain in the hang
avs Lincoln Beschey drove his Curtiss BIZ
,,o,e dfteen miles 70 the Blue Hill OBJ
,atorv and return and later swept over
.hc .hirtv-thrce mile Boston Light course,
:, easy winner of both features OF the
harvard Boston aero meet al the S1uan-
,,r, Field to-day With two other firstS
and second in minor events. this afternoon.
paarbev brought 81 goo In prize money
hack 10 the Curtiss camp Tonight he
,cst for Wheeling, W. Va. TO I'LL an en-
gagcment-
Although young gale was sweeping the
sols when the starting bomb was exploded
This afternoon Beachey entered the figure
eight speed contest. making five laps in
Q minutes 81 seconds. As none Of the other
sviators dared 10 so W. Beachey imme-
6istclv entered the understanding event
also. ard broke the record OF the field in
thai event. his time being S 5-5 seconds,
eorrared with the 10 seconds made by Tom
sopwith yesterday
Only One to Make Flight.
with the calling Of the 'cross-counuy
fight Of fifteen miles around Blue Hill,
Reachev again was the only aviator to
make the flight. the high wind and the
virgin forest Of the great Blue Hill Reser-
walton looking too dangerous 10 the other
Niers. Eugene Ely started. but soon
gave ur.
Beacaey's time was % minutes and -
seconds for the entire distance. With the
sun directly in his eyes and battling
against the strong wind. il took Beachey
a little more than fifteen minutes to make
th, first half Of his journey, but with the
wine behind him he skinned through The
al back 20 the field, a distance Of seven
and a half miles I'm five minutes.
The wind fell 10 twenty miles when the
Boston Light 1ieht was called. Again
Besc1ev was the first away and he
wr,rled across the finish line the winner
I'm gs minutes IS seconds. seven minutes
slower than the record established by Sop
with Yesterday. Earle Ovington. in a
Blerot monoplane. was second IN Al
minutes q seconds The bomb dropping
contest went to Harry y. Atwood. Beachey
took second prize.
The first serious accident on Squantum
TieId occurred this forenoon. when Joseph
Cummings. jr., Of East Boston, fell
200 feet into Dorchester Bay. and narrowly
e.caped drowning He suffered severe
on, on his face. but tonight he was rest
in- comfortably.
DazzIed by the Sun.
When cummings started up to-day the
sun was half way 20 the zenith and the
Wind was light He made a circle OF the
fold and then started out over the water.
he said afterWard that the sun got IN his
eve. and before ne realized it the mono
pIsoe was diving for the water.
several saw him make the plunge and
ono NJ the mechanics. who was taking
morning swim. started 10 his aid. A whale
boat also was lowered from the revenue
cutter Gresham. and was soon al the place
cummings had worked himself free Of his
machine for a Bleriot operators seat is
entered through the top. but one of the
fviug blades Of the propeller struck Cum
mnss before it stopped. He was swim
ming for the shore when the Gresham
vhsleboat reached him and took him the
rest Of the way.
Throughout the meeting last year, and
through the three days Of scheduled fly
ne I'm the last week, during which there
have been several hundred flights, the &C
..dents. until Cummings fell to-day. have
been confined 20 81 ght bumps on alighting