Evening star., 1919-10-11
Interest in Eastbound Races.

would vie in interest with the per-
formance of the ''sky pilot" in his un-
exampled westward flight. Lieut.
Maynard this morning had but SIS
miles of his journey left. after flying
2.1S3 in three days. The eastbound
trio. headed until late yesterday by
Capt Smith, had $50 miles to fly to-
day to MiAeola. They had covered
2,051 miles from San Francisco.
The entries this morning. except for
at Bryan and nine who stopped at the
Cleveland control, were strung out in
ones and twos from the farthest point
reached in the west by Lieut.. May
nard to Buffalo, N. Y, on the east.
The Chicago control station today
had been moved from Ashburn Field.
flooded by rains yesterday, to Grant
Park, on the lake front. Besides its
poor condition, the flyers complained
that Ashburn Field was hard to To-
cate.
First at Green River, Wyoming.
The first racing aviator to land at
the Green River, Wyo., control sta
ton was Lieut.. r. S. Worthington,
who stopped there yesterday. Lack
of completion of that station for
time held up, leading eastbound flyers.
who finally were permitted to pro-
coed without touching there. The
pilots now past the point Will be
forced to make up the thirty-minute
rest period before alighting at either
end Of their trip.
Upon his arrival at Chicago today
from Bryan. Lieut.. j. P. Roulette. fly
ing a De Haviland 4, faced possible
disqualification for failing to circle
over the control field at his overnight
stop.
Arrivals at Western Points.
Mai. J. c. P. Bartholf Of Mather
Field, driving an SE-5 plane. arrived
at Omaha, from st. Paul, Neb., at
9:5O:35.
Lieut.. E. NJ. Mazelman, piane No. 80,
arrived at st. Paul. Neb., from Omaha.
at S:45 am. and departed at 9:15. Maj.
Harry Smith, plane No. 29, arrived at
st. Paul, Neb.. from Omaha, at 9:15
and left for North Platte at 9:45
o'clock.
who was compelled to land last night
at Stillwell, Ind, arrived at Chicago
at 8:11 am.
Lieut.. r. S. worthington. eastward
bound, arrived at Chicago from Rock
Island. ILL.,, at 500 am, after making
the trip in one hour and five minutes.
Bad Weather in Ohio.
Because of weather conditions at
Bryan, Ohio, only one Of the eleven
est-bound transcontinental flyers
the air. Lieut.. H. w. Sheridan. de
Haviland 4, left for Chicago at 8
o'clock.
At Buffalo today a steady downpour
of rain and low visibility again held
up the transcontinental flyers. Lieut..
G. Gale. with plane No. 46. arrived at
Buffalo. from Rochester, making the
sixth west-bound machine at Curtiss
Field. The others are Nos 36. Beau;
105, Maughan; 10, Gish; Al. Kirkpat-
rick, and 1O1. Taylor.
Lieut.. ]. G. williams. No. 25, who
left Rochester late yesterday after
noon, was forced down near Center
vile.
Lieut.. L. S. Webster, driving de
Haviland plane. No. Is, landed at
Cheyenne at S:56 this morning on his
west-bound flight. This is the third
west t-bound plane to alight at Chey-
enne and the first since Capt. Drayton
arrived there yesterday afternoon.
Lieut.. Fred c. Nelson arrived from
the weather between Bryan and Chi
cago very bad. He encountered nu-
merous rains on the way.
Col John N. Reynolds. who landed
in a wheat field near Buchanan, Mich,
yesterday, arrived at Grant Park at
1907 am. He was not pulled out of
the mud, but took off directly from
the field with his observer, Lieut.. r.
B. Bagby. sitting on the back end of
the fuselage to facilitate leaving the
ground.
Lieut. S. w. Torney, westbound, ar
rived at Grant Park at 1897 am.
Lieut.. ]. P. Roulett arrived at 11:42
hor
from Bryan, Ohio. at 11:52 am: Lieut..
H. E. Queens arrived from Rock Is
land. ILL.,, at 1856 am: Lieut. w. f.
Brown arrived from Bryan. Ohio, at
1853 am; Col. John Reynolds left
for Rock Island. ILL.,, at 1857 am.