Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-10-13
May Protest if Major
Spatz Gets Second
Place in Long Race

blngEamtOn, the last control, al
though this was not authorized by
the commanding officer at Bingham
ton.
Asked Five Minute Delay.
When the signal was given at
Binghamton for the start of the last
Jump to Mineola, Major Spatz,
who was not ready. is said to have
requested Lieut.. KEEL to wait 10
minutes for him. According to the
lieutenant, compromise of FIVE
minutes was effected. although it
was Cup to the commanding officer
at the Binghamton control to deter
mine Tie time for starting"
This Unauthorized" handicap, &C
cording to flying club officials, would
be sufficient to offset the combined
start OF three minutes and FIVE sec
ends Lieutenant KEEL had at San
Francisco and the ajor's 20 seconds
advantage over the lieutenant in
landing at Hazelhurst field and
! give Lieutenant Keil the race by
two minutes and IS seconds. Off
cial figures on the race are not yet
available. ..a.
Don't Fly on Sunday.
Under the rules Sunday flying is
not allowed, so that east and west
bound flyers rested today.
The return flight will be under
taken according to the same rules
and regulations which governed the
first half, the War department tele-
graphed the American Flying club
today.
Contestants who have completed
the first half of the round trip will
remain at the terminus control not
less than 48 hours nor more than 90
hours. In case contestants cannot
depart at the end of 90 hours in time
to make the first stop before sunset,
he may be held until morning.
The air service officers are to be
held responsible that adequate sup
plies are on hand at each control.
Split seconds will not be used in re-
porting arrivals and departures No
new contestsn, will be permitted.
The last two flyers to make the
start from Mineola expect to take
off in the morning. They are 1t.
Alexander M. Roberts and 1t.
George c. Mcdonald. driving Num-
bers "a and IS respectively, both D.
H.-Four planes.
Capt. Lowell H. Smith, who is at
Rochester, is expected to reach Min
cola tomorrow.
| Say Spatz Made Best Time.
| According to officials of the flying
club tonight, Major Spatz led Lieu
tenant Kiel in actual flying time by
81 seconds, having been in the air
since leaving San Francisco but Is
hours, 10 minutes and a. seconds.
Lieutenant Kiel's actual flying time
was given as 26 hours, IA minutes
and IS seconds.
While neither of the flyers would
discuss the controversy of the sec
ond place tonight, in gathering at
the American Flying club, Major
| Spatz paid a tribute to Lieutenant
| Kiel for the mastery manner" in
which he had organized the aerial
forest fire patrol in the states of
Oregon and California, where "he
achieved such fine results that. the
people of Montana and Nevada have
requested he be assigned to the Or
ganization of similar service in
| those two states"
Put Machines in Trim.
San Francisco. CAL, Oct. H.
Five westbound aviators in the
army transcontinental air race were
in position tonight to reach their
destination here tomorrow, while
six more were in Nebraska, with
prospects of finishing the race
Tuesday. All had the advantage of
days cessation of flying and put
ting their machines in trim for a
final dash.
Capt. Harry Drayton, No. AZ, re-
tanned his position second to Lieut.;
B. w. Maynard, the flying parson,'
who reached here shortly after noon
yesterday, but after a forced land
ing late yesterday at Lovelock,
New, about 337 miles east of here
Captain Drayton reported his ma
chine had been slightly damaged
which may delay his start tomor-
row.
Closely on the heels of Captain
Drayton, Lieut.. l.. S. Webster, No
Is; Capt. J. O. Donaldson, No. 50
and Lieut.. Alex Pearson, jr., passed
Sunday at Salduro. Utah, 5lS miles
east of San Francisco Lieut.. E. M
Manzelman, No. 80, was at Salt
Lake City. Whereabouts of Capt
Harry Smith had not been reported
after he left Cheyenne, Wyo., al
2:07 p. M, mountain time, yesterday
with Lieutenant Manzelman.
Those in Nebraska.
Those in Nebraska tonight were
Lieut.. Col. T. S. Bowen, No. %. a.
Sidney; Lieut.. G. R. Newman, No
1O8, the only marine corps entry il
the race, at North Platte; Col. yohr
Reynolds. No. Ia; Lieut.. S. w. Tor
aey, No. SO, and Lieut.. Fred S. Mel
son, No. E, at St. Paul, Neb.. anc
Lieut.. H. D. Norris, No. 81, a
Omaha.
Two Of the Pacific coast entries
Mai. Carl Spatz and Lieut.. E. c
Kiel, reached Mineola yesterday, no
long after Lieutenant Maynard ar
rived in San Francisco, and Col. H
H. Arnold, head of the western de
partment air service, said last nigh
that there might be surprise whei
the official flying time for all three
was announced.
Five others of the IS who starte'
from San Francisco Wednesday ar
still in the race. Three of them ap
parently had prospects of complet
ing their trip to Mineola tomorrow
! They are: Capt. Lowell H. Smith
No. S., at Rochester, N. Y; Lieut.
R. S. Warrington. No. &c. ant
Lieut.. H. E. Queen, No. 81, at Cleve