Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
CROWELL IN WRECK
AS AIR RACE BEGINS
Plane Falls $50 Feet, but As
sistant Secretary Of War
Escapes Injury
C0AST-T0-C0kST SKY DERBY

Mineoia' n - 'ct' O. A' "''I'"''
piloted by Lieutenant Maurice Cleary
and CARRYING Bonedict Crower assist
,,,,,,o,,,r
en' SECRETARY VI wa
fell from height of loo feet shor'!
before noon today and was wrecked. It
-, ,,.;a. aa,,.,, Nv rrovcll and
Anu'N uP''"e -,
lieutenant O'eurN "''' 'O"'''
up. but were otherwise unhurt
Mr.. Crowcll served as official starter
A. ..,,.,,r.i,,,,,.o1 dorhv the
vi '"' "'i''
greatest aviation contest III history III
which nearly 100 army airplanes are
,.-.;o;no+;,r Abort .ixtv Of them
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'"i ''u 'o'''
uis"' ~ ,..
Inc others are coming NV '''''
Francisco and will go back to the IA
rific coast.
Tho ossi.tor, .,.,.retarr Of war do
,;dod 70 +oko n hrief aight after most
~ tho oontast,n,s mad started He and
Tioutenopt CIoorv were strained in the
machine but climbed out uDadod n
foU seconds aftar il had crashed to
the earth. The war officials first re
mark after regaining his feet was;
'I'm sorry the ride was SO short 1t
was certainly one Of the shortest on
record"
The machine had been in the all
less than a minute. MIR. Crowell said
he would make a fight in another ma
II. 10, tbo
The pilot, explaining tho accident
said the engine stopped and in order
TO avoid running into a hangar and IN
juring number of persons he wa
forced TO turn his machine abruptly
around with the result that 1t topplet
over. The wrecked machlhe was no
In the race.
Machle Is First to start
r;.,,,o,.,+ p NacbIe in , ~,
uaviIand.4 a machine cuuipped with a
f;S,..r r,o+or was tha FIRST 70 Ieav,
M;nooio starting at o 10 n. M. Ser
,eont Jesse n. Mcclure accompaniet
st-,
anil, ooh;,,o +ool ,bo ai. Il
o,;ol,r o,;r,hoJ 70 bigh attitude ont
':tt; fa,,. ,,;r,,+os 1.os Lost n view
The crowd on Roosevelt Field was kept
back distance OF nearly d "l,lt M ,IT" -,
the starting point anu N"s u apn..9s" -, -,
army lhe9'eHselS " vi Inv IT.. no,,I[
Ii.oonnai orirr 70 the haze
not De ul9ce' neu rrnrtno,
Lleulehant Solo 1 Va oot ovay
was tne secohu " 1'ta eo,iaued Ton.
st o'io d. =" rahnn. oI4. Nnio,
tenant H. o 1io,toront u
narry Shhtn, Go,to,r II g Drsv
~ NSll,s' 70 I:o,,.onnut CoIorol r !
on' 90. No;or u T Y Miller
W 90. r;o,torort II w. MAYNARD
Az r,o,,,r,odore T. f q. Charl
"a. a.
top. -, OF hod raocbod BINGHAM
'h,ee pane .,a,. nd ~ 1o,14
Ton py ~ GioIN aIiI tIor+roy mr.
rohker' 'uIi'vn ~
riVeo a1 H,n,.o.d rooobod Ro
to 10 1o.1s n'cIock carving
German police dog.
Ten machines, all of which few in
northvesterly direction. had left Roose
Volt 6eld by o 80 A. NJ. maintaining
snead Of 100 TO $50 miles an hour
Flying Conditions EAceheht
Because of the fine flying condition
army officials predicted many Of tn
contestants would reach Cleveland b,
n;rhtfsU
Tha roco oives the false impression
.hat oo-ioI octiyitv in the United state
:. rrooto- than arvwbere else in tn
- so;d Nr CroweII
,;otors ;s Gov tbe r,,rnosa os test
aliahi,it,, g tLo r1aros on
rug ~. .' !,ta,as. =; ,.o,,r,,;t;nr fo,. ~
stimuiatins in'eies' III ''' "'''-e -'' -
ar serVice' s.,..,
len alnereh' types ol ii"entne' W.
Represented III the en'ties As 20 -"
seen active service On tne oa.''C i.on
Ihree OF the planes enter! a.e ''a ma "a
fokkers, captured almost lntat. "H u
italian machines also are entered.
Will Test Liberty Motor
Mos, of the American entries a,
.ouinncd with the famous Liberty mot,
developed by America during the wa
The race will afford II good opportuni
tn test its qualities against the be
types of foreign makes
Although prizes totaling 500, 900 hi
been offered by the American Flyir
Club and private individuals for Il
winners of the contest, Major "ener
Charles i. Menoher' chlet OF the arm
air service mas rG1eu ~ lha. 'ney tou ,
not oe accepteu' " %''t'"u.. -'0
ever tnat tnere "ou'I aL pr '"''Ne' .
three conipetlttons ,i ,"ln Hn..;t;o, m"H 8