Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-26
Army Plane Wins
 First Pulitzer Trophy
Lieut.. Mosley Covered 132 Miles at an Average Speed of 17S Miles an Hour.

Mineola, L. L. Nov. 25.-Flying at d speed of virtually three miles a minute, Lieutenant c. c. Mosley, piloting an American-made Verville-Packard army plane, won the first Pulitzer trophy aeronautical race here today against field of 34 starters. He covered the course of slightly over 1S2 miles in A minutes, 29 and 57-100 seconds, an av- craze speed of approximately IFS miles an hour.
 Officials of the Aero Club of America, which conducted the race, first having estimated the course as 40 miles in length, announced immediately after the race that Mosley's average speed was 1884 miles an hour, a new worlds rec ord. However, careful re-scaling of the official map tonight showed that the laps were slightly more than g miles in length, instead of S5, the average speed on the corrected length being cut down 10 miles an hour. It is expected that a survey of the course will be made in order that exact computations may be established.
 The present worlds aviation speed record is held by Sadi' Lacointe win her of the recent Gordon Bennett trophy race in France, who averaged 1S7 miles an hour in a special contest at Villa
 
 won the international trophy. Captain H. l.. Hartney, flying ar American army Thomas Morse machine came in second, covering the course il | 47 minutes and 3-100 seconds. Alber Acosta, a civilian, won third place witt l his Italian-made Ansaldo S. ". A. ma
 chine. His time was 51 minutes
 57 62-100 seconds. This was the onl,
 one of the eleven foreign-made machine
 entered to finish among the first ten.
 Seven machines met with accidents dur l ing the day and were unable to finish al
 though in no case was the pilot seriousl ! injured. Just before the race started a
 army airplane piloted by Lieutenant C
 G. Kelly, which lad just alighted afte
 a practice spin, collided with a nav
 plane piloted by Lieutenant J. F. Wolfel
 who was just about to take off" Thre l of Kelly's teeth were knocked out an | Wolfer's hand was cut
 The course was from Mineola' to Wan
 tagh, then to Babylon and back to Mir
 cola. Owing to a northerly wind, tn
 plan of having the machines start groups of three to seven and cross tn barrier simultaneously, was abandonet The aviators, having to take off in tn , wind, were forced to make a sharp tur } after crossing the starting mark. Men
 
 , serious accidents might happen if se' eral machines tried to cut corners {
 the same time, the outside machine a 5 so being placed at a disadvantage b. cause of being forced to make a wide f turn.
 Q Two protests are likely to be mao : against some of the winners. Offici; s time keepers declared that Albert Aco e ta, civilian flyer, waile manoeuverir e for position, crossed the starting line al t then circled, crossed again and start on the course. His second starting tin . was the one used in the official estimate Members of the contest committee al . heard unofficially that the plane pilot t by Lieutenant J. P Roullot, winner the De Haviland class, had been altere h contrary to regulations governing t : contest
 = It was a great day for the army. s addition to placing seven of it's I'm = among the first ten, the army won pl ,, vate fight from the navy when represe d tatives of the enlisted men of each e = gagged in a little battle of fisticuffs b = fore the grandstand. A sailor was wal l. ing past when he accidentally knock l. off the hat of a soldier on guard dut e the headgear falling in pool of watt e Instantly the soldier gave battle and W
 
 ance when the combatants were seps e ated General Pershing laughed wi ,- glee as he watched the performance | if Secretary Daniels scoWled bit and Sa J. nothing. Summary:
 = First prize,- possession of Pulitzer u IT phy for one year, gold plaque, $1,S0O. n Liberty bonds; second prize S900 in L d erty bonds, silver plaque; third pr $ $500 in Liberty bonds. bronze plaque
 Distance 132 miles, four laps of y miles.
 t. 1. Lieut.. c. c. Mosley, U. S. A. l. Verville machine .... .... 44:29 d 2. Capt. H. E. Hartney, U. S. g. A, Packard, Thomas Morse 47:O0' $ 3. Albert Acosta (ciyilian) An h saldo (talian) .........: 55:57 o 4. Lieut. St Clair Street, U. S. II A., Orenco ...-.......... 52:z' ,n 5. Lieut. A Laverents, U. s. x- N, Vought .... ........ 55:39 le 6. Lieut.. John P. Roultot, U. le S. A, De Haviland ...... s56:O6 h. T. L1ept Carl Eliason, U. S. A, IS De Havilland ........... 56:O9 r. 8. Lieut. J. B. Wright, U. s. A,
 De Havilland .........-.. 56:52 UT g. Lieut.. Charles M. Cummings, A U. S. A, De Havilland =. 57:O8 e. 10. Lieut. D. J. Conly. U. S. N, O. De Havilland .... ....... 57:4O e. Contest Committee Invitation Class of Prize: Aero Club aviation trophy. ms 1. Captain H. E. Hartney, U. le S. A, .. ..-... 47:OO p- De Havilland Class. First Prize $40 ed 1. Lieut. John P. Roullot, U. it's S. A. .. ........... 56:06 It. Vough Class. First Prize s4OO.
 1. Lieutenant A. Laverents, U. he s. N. .......... 55:3 h. S. E.-5-Class. First Prize s4O0 le,I1. Capt Maxwell Kirby, U. S.