Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-12
TARHEEL AVIATOR
DECLARED WINNER
BY FLYING CLUB.
Actual Time Consumed i'm
Travelling Not Yet Of
ficially Checked.
TOUCHES WESTERN POINT
AHEAD OF MINEOLA LANDING
Lieutenant Maynard's Unofficial
Time Given as IS Hours
and ~ Minutes.
RETURN FLIGHT IN DOUBT
Men In Charge Of Contest May select
Route Through South to
Avoid Storms. 81
RETURN FLIGHT IN DOUBT
Men In Charge Of Contest May seIecb
Route Through South to
Avoid Storms. l
tRy Associated pras.1

tBy Associated Press1
NEW YORK. Oct 11.-Lieutenang
Belvin W. Maynard. the dying par
son." won the first coast to coast leg /.
OF the army air race 1T was announced%
tonight by officials of the American
Flying Tub. which assisted the army
in the conduct OF the race.
His actual flying time for the s.7oi9
miles from Roosevelt Field, MtneoIa.
N. Y. to San Francisco. had not been
officially checked late tonight, reports
OF the time he spent at the Reno.
New, control station having failed to
reach headquarters here, but it wane
stated By flying club officials that they
Maynard rst IN thu rht aeSn..
While Lieutenant Emil KEEL touched I
seconds before Major Carl spats in
Spat.z was credited with second honoFs.
minutes behind Lieutcnant Riel. 'nfe e.
Await OnciaI. Records.
Lieutenant Maynard's total elapsed
time was given unofficially tonight az
utes; MAJOR spatss fteiG mss ss s,. %in
three hours on forty-one minutes, and
Only the anofiiciai e ELAPSED tim.
could tSs be given and the results Of tho 1
y" TaC6-a0tnQl
flying time and handicap time-muSs
reports. was stated by club otieiaIs.
the army air service at Washington
that the return trips OF the planes
was intimated at the American Fix;,nr e
Club tonight that the race might not
be continued and that should it be.
stages through the South in an EFFORT
20 ayoid the severe weather encoun-
tess em IN the ), West.
GERS OF the army air service were in
conference tonight on the matter. ac-
tH the Contest o n Mi99tseetter member Of
result of the conference might not
be announced until tomorrow.
Safety Fields Needed. -
Asked by Colonel Miller II he could
Major Spatz said he could, but that
he would I'D not want to try it. He said
dition he feared the plane e' ITSELF tse c had
been put to too great strain
go adse extent al tna the yi1E fields
spaz if single zoe mo smad p Miaass
continental work. landing fields should
be built at 2oO-miles Intervals but
that If em two or three motored machines
would not be needed.
He declared however. what really
Highway about 100 feet aAn WiSe to be
built by The government for use in IN
ed that With n wRs line He ees sSpa In
Se.ls not Sssone 1851 and could hiIi msEs
conditions co., had beer, good for the trip.
N the Rockies. they had to fly only
o a f aet t ab0X oss s1lrSad track il
Vim Of =
Binghamton and New York. the weather
Maynard !. !; I.d frst flyer e eomp!e.e fhs
WIS hsr sh two 81 sssa
word was received her husband had
reached the Pacific Coast.
"FIYrNG PARsoN. TENTH
STARTER ATT MINEoLA
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Oct. IL
Guessing the eontnspt s7ol miles in
and ffty-hve and one half seconds, acs
tual dying time. Lieutenant Belvin W. !.
took first honors by few hours IN
the first lap of the double transconti-
mental airp Ss reliability rage by
NJ; Pacific time, today.
atart from Mi Mineeia n y last We'd
required slightly less than seven hours
time more than three days for the
trip without flying between sunset and
sunrise. and after losing several hours :
at Cheyenne on account Of radiator
trouble. In addition, he was required
to rest half hour at each control sta.
ton. -,
The nearest competitor on the west.
pound half OF the roun trip across
America was Captain II. C. Drayton, (
who was forcde to land at I.ovelock,
Nevada. late today on the way TO Reno,
Snowstorms I'm Mountains.
As the last two eastbound fiers Ieft
San Francisco just before 10 O'Clock,
Eastern time. on Wednesday, they re.
CURED three days plus an afternoon
Tor their trip. inpeded somewhat By
snowStorms In the Rocky Mountains
Following closely on the heels OF
Captain Drayton were Lieutenant L. s..
Webster, Captain j. o. Donaldson and
LIEUTENANT Anderson Pearson, Jr.
The first landed at Salduro.. Utah. at
1903 T. NJ. mountain time. and Captain
Donaldson arrived three minutes later.
same station at 5:22 p. NJ.
Lieutenant e. NJ. Manzelman. pilot
OF tho sixth airplane In the western
race, reached Salt Lake City after dark n
tonight but landed without misi,ap in
field near the city. Captain Harry
Smith. who loft Cheyenne, Wyominxs
ss-ia, .s-- II. &c., < VI ~ Il d. ..fIJAGs