Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-27
F[|ER ROHLFS NOT
SERIOUSLY Injured
Fracture Sustained in Practice
Keeps Him Out Of Races
in France
lECOINTE NOW FAV0RITE
BY the Associated Press


iuries of Roland Rohlfs, one of the
American entrants for the James Cor
don Bennett international aviation cup,
sustained in a practice fight last eve
ming, are not as serious as at first
feared. This was revealed by an X-ray
examination of the American aviator
today.
The examination showed the injuries
consisted chiefly of slight fracture Of
tbe shoulder. with bruises and scratches.
Roi1fs probably will be able to leave
the hospital Wednesday. The accident
prevents him taking part in the races
tomorrow.
At the time of the accident Rohlfs
was flying his Texas Wildcat" air
plane. which crashed to the ground.
The Texas Wildcat" belongs to s.
+. J. Cox, an oil man Of, Houston,
Tex, and was built after designs de-
veloped by his own engineers.
Rohlfs had flown from the Villacoub-
lay airdrome, distance of sixty miles,
and was landing here at speed of al
most two miles a minute when the
wheels struck a rough spot and col
lapsed. The machine turned turtle and
the fusilage was broken off just behind
'nG ".ns .o,. 80 .L ..,. F..
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nons;dered IN ressrvo and hoS NV. ho.s mas
comnIetelv tnned nv "L No rnnno nau ny Thn uetn
T. aiso tbe rnservo n;,ot c. ~. Coo,nus t.,
III" DAYTON Wr;obt ronb;nn ms u.h;SSt lily,
iii T bo aoyvn bv nnuord NJ 10; Mn.Ch WI.
a.. mI conto;r ,n 70 w Sohaaii ~ ue hoHn
tor t %pm thp raco '''n''''e'' are ''aoy
'Ot Sod; ,d 7 ocointo,s ,os.o.f,,, ,o,,,.s
his %ieunort a;rn,ann in Srndnn,n nns vi
,nSte n decide wb;cb tbroa Eroa.,, ,';n AZ
tors will comnetn in tbe Jarns ronda.
Ronnett internat;ona, av;atinn o,n u',uon raoa
oonsod nil Tho Amer;can Hyars VII ,,';t
na"yoG his nerformanca 70 cormra,,'Iato "mv T
h;,,, h,t .bov orn at;i, " o.elst a'uia.e n
viii Will heat him sum "A' 'ne'
rho oninion of tbc Amor;oo,s nc ~
niresscd today Is that Tho ,non a' ,,ho
Wins tomorrow n be dafeats T Iano;"to
will know he has bocn IN = st;e eo'h'e' ~oon
Immediately after tbe conn,ns;o,, e
tho French trials Howard n R;nahout u
tbo Amor;can Arar n,hn ,,;,i liza
navton Wright macbino tooh th po'
and and gave n snlendid .xh;b;t;o ane al az
narcntIv DESIRING to show r,,n,nrs thn.
bis mocb;no Los J;tEn,,,t,, j., '.: Lia.
turns are Sroundless., His time over the
snort course was ABOUT 100 miles an
nor'' ne iIiuae perIect ianding:
=. Na!nnaili inc Dritish nyer,
gave MS MartinsydG twenty, minute
airing YESTERDAY. Harry u. Hawker,
, wno was 70 ny ooPwl.h machlhe, mas
Oeen aennlteis Scrstcned..
map.ain ". w. oGhroeder, the Amer
1snn ay'ator' !nneu up ms Ner"ille-
rachaLa, 1u. dla NOT lea'e Tue ground;
rrenGn plots stahalhg nearly seemed
greatly impressed Dy the roar or the
nlolor' lecolhte eNciaiming: III make
tHie tH, fniIov nTe 10 ph up nt ahe same III tlme a
'h,s iei!ow' lie VIII use up all the air.
Lecointe II now an even money favor,
us, with captain Schroeder second
ch0ice'
porar,t po,ei @ machine, piiotea oy
arooton a.ao', I saLe Lne iIhpressi9h OF muSh
]soundina ] sptGo tSa 'num tmr, 'nt Tpau; araui.'
WON'T S ~Srv '"1 ,.;do 5a'n d; La aI Morhidghe' ,'
meters III " had ,oS,Hs ,;soo,nO SeEurai @ hito
from Jeath w%en h"u h;s 'Eus maoh;nn trapS esrapg
over oS bo Iondod "'' nh"'H'he 'urneu
Will no raoord, ,uo l.o,. =,
contc's time 1I7 r;ioe Mere q, pIonun' hnm ~, e
inc rho tnrn into onns;Sioaat;n ;i an nourI'ak. tk
distance, is pronounced remarkable'
New York, Sept. 27.-(By A. P.)-
Demands that the officials in charge of
the Gordon Bennett international air
pane race. to start tomorrow at
Etampes, France. Immediately desig-
nate another landing field and modify