The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
POLICE GAMES
MOST EXCITING
SPORTOFYEAR
Swarm of Airplanes and
1000 Soldiers Add to
Novelties.
PERSHING'S MEN THERE
De Palma Breaks 10 Mile Mo-
tor Record and Department
Riders Thrill Thr0ng.
~ GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.


ny GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.
M. ,,rr.s. ,roud that ever wit
messed sporting eFeh' VI iouo "
Gmes-a throng estimated at lbo'ooo
by trained newspaper experts, but an
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foiice commissioned rreue'eN "a
Wallis, who also said that $4,000 auto
mobiles. occupying $50 acres of park
inc snace were on the grounds
.amr,aa tic sbeenshead Raw speed
r. ers, ~ the two
way yes'eiu"y .ne -. n.,,.o r.
nelo days OF the I'VE" ioih o''e
partment.
For the entertainment OF the great
est throng ever jammed into an en-
closure fifty-two army airplanes from
kfineo,a did n dizzy deryish dance in
kne SKY naiph ue aAa' .ne
tirnes around the great two mile howl
o. :, ra,y ,yor,d,s ton milo automobile
s.o1os. orool, r,dors fron,
oou vi 49, .,.,h,.,e,s
sne hhouI'eu sauau saw
or Cossack ana rough rlolng that mao
the spectators hearts in their mouths;
900 soldiers with infantry, machine
gun and field artillery, engaged in a
sham hattie that gave the onlookers
s,,,h, ,deo ~ what tho 200 of
49,, - ,,a.a. ,,voI,dod
eIehine u,onu s ~ o.. ~
Noihe ironi rIanee, WHY paSseu II.
view before GOV. whitman. hao peen
through In the far on fields along the
Somme.
Eighteen athletic events including run
ming. jumping. weight throwing, tugs
of war. bicycle and motorcycle racing,
with / 500 police and police reserve ath-
letes competing; an exhibition of Swedish
calisthenics by the women police re-
serves. drill by the stalwart young
men of the school OF recruits. an exhibi-
ton by the almost human police dogs.
music by the Police Band. Police Glee
CLUB ana Famous operatic singers-these
and many other things furnished an en-
tertainment de luxe
."
Probably of greatest interest to the
army of spectators that stormed the
6heepshead Bay stadium was the aerial
evolutions of the various squadrons OF
De Haviland battle planes. Curtiss scout
ana battle planes. and the one giant
Caproni from Mineoia under command OF
Capt. Harvey.
They came In two troops. First. far
IN the distant sky Ike flock of wild
geese coaid De seen tne nrst troop. FROM
epecKs ehey grew piaihiy visible untii l,
was seen 'ne hrst detachment ihciuoeo
-FOUR squaorons or SIX plains each'
QuicKiy tney were foiio"eo by announcer
troop Oh -FOUR SIX pane squaurohs' TWO
accompanying planes ana the giant
Sap,ohi; A.. 5000
4. "ehu anu We e e
.no anplahes, WIN ''e sun n,Inel,ne o,'
'neir wings III lhey iooheu me sh,,ins
silver, presented UP thele III the olue
amazing were 'he eNoiu'iohs periorhheu
there' hish ABOVE the heaos Oh the
watching thousands.
Ihree COMBAT planes ascended ABOUT
TWO mics 10 stage pseudo COMBAT
twi.ted sn,raIled and rriss-crossed AT
maximum speed. with the slow burning
powder streaming from their wakes and
forming tails and streamers to mark
their evolutions. The Immelman turn.
the nose dive and all the difficult aero
battles of the air were performed by the
three combat planes as well as by twelve
others. who staged an aerial circus half
a mile to rhe east Spectators gasped
as they saw the planes twist ad turn
6utter like leaves of paper or drop at
terrific speed in spinning dives.
While some OF the aSronauts still were
doing their dizzy dancing In the sky
Ralph De Palma. the worlds sneed king
and Dario Resta. European chamnion'
answered the call to most for their
special ten mile automobile match. Resta
won the toss and took the pole. A cir
cult of the great two mile saucer for a
flying start found the Resta Special ont
IF gear and Dario signalled the officials
FOR a delay. While the mechanics were
mning I'D Resta's car, De PALMA shot
out on the straight for a time trial
against the worlds ten mile circular
track record of 5:172-5. he es-
tablished over the same course in the
international Automobile Sweepstakes
n week ago.
Liberty MOTOR Makes Good Again.
Circling the sweeping curves like a
striking hawk and shooting down the
long straightaway at a clip the eve
pcarcely could follow the Liberty Motor
driven Packard Of De Palma Ave tines
skimmed the great board saucer and shot
across the line in the wonderful figures
Of 8 :O7 3-5, nine and four-ffths seconds
faster than the worlds connective
record De Palma made last Saturday
For the ten miles De Palma maintained
an average pace of 1T miles an hour
Once more the noted italian America n
proved the Liberty Motor the best on
earth.
NV tho TINA ro p,Ir,a hod a,,,,.s ii,
,i,ns via, posto,a 60 80 s' i's
Dar,o shot ont On Tho traol %. anu n'a
s,a,ch n,i,s ~ o. ior his
ni,awaa Nj" htn - anna, AS usual, halpn
naIs t,a n.os IT, y. 90 60, ~ VIE IRON. ana