Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-28
FRENCH AVIATOR WINS
BENNETT TROPHY RACE
Z Sadi Lecointe Covers 300-Kilo-
meter (lS6.3 mile) Course
in l.06.l7 Is.
By. Associated Press 10 Evcry E~suspt

BY AaHur1afcu Frr~s tr Every bNsuspt
Esarnpes, France, Sept. 2s.-Sadi Ie-
cointe. the famous French aviator today
won the international lairplane race for the
JamesGordon Bennett trophy. He cover
ed the course of 300 kilometres or 1868
mixes in ono hour, six minutes, IL Id
seconds. + F. Raynham, the sole British
representative, withdrew after covering
the first lap.
Lecointe finished in one hour, SIX
minutes, II Is seconds.
De Romanet, after spending 20 nsn-
utes adjusting his machine, reentered the
race and finished in one hour, 80 minutes,
53 2-5 seconds.
Howard N. Rhinehart, and Major r..
w. Schroeder. the American entries,
both were forced 10 abandon the race
shortly after starting because of difficulty
with the mechanism of their machines.
Kirsch of the French team withdrew after
covering 200 kilometres. Captain DE
Romanet of France, the only competitor
beside Lecointe TO finish the race COM
pleted the cotrrse In one hour, 80 minute
So 2-5 seconds.
Etarnpes, Sept 2S.-After the inter
national airplane race for the James
Gordon Bennett trophy had been IN
progress less than an hour today the con-
test had narrowed down to a possible
three competitors, one of them Major
r. w. Schroeder, the second American
entrant. who started at 2.37 :O03-5. Sadi-
Lecointe made his first hundred hlo-
metres IN 21 minutes 60 3-5 second.
De Romanet, one of the French com
petitors, withdrew after the second
lap. Kirsch. second Frenchman, with
drew after making 200 kilometres IN As
minutes 2 seconds.
The only competitor remaining IN flights
at this time was the French entrant
Sadi Lecointe. who had made 200 kilo-
metres IN 43 minutes AZ 3-5 seconds, a
new worlds record.
There remained F. P. Raynham, the
| sole British competitor, who, with all
the entrants save Sadi Lecornte out of the
running, was still waiting to start.
| Major Schroeder shortly afterward
also was eliminated, withdrawing after
| flying 100 kilometres because of ignition
| trouble. Howard Rinehart, the Other
| American, withdrew shortly after starting
because Of difficulty with the steering
mechanism The Americans thus wer,
| out of the race.
EtampeS, sept, Zo.-I He HNIilatloHa
air plane race for the James Gordon Ben
nett trophy, after having been delayee
several hours by adverse weather condi-
tions, was started shortly after 1.3t
| O'Clock this afternoon. Kirsch, one of th'
/ three French entrants flying Nieupor
machine, took the air and crossed th'
starting line at ] 81 o'clock.
The weather which had been cloudy
and damp, cleared after noon. The SUI
s<,gae out of hiding and the visibility which
| ka1 been so poor that the airnen eonsid
| cred il too dangerous to fly improved
rapidly.
Howard M. Rinehart, American, fly
ing a Dayton Wright monoplane, startec
at 2:11 10 3-5.
Sadi kecoutc, another of the French
trio, Ey3eg NieHptxt got away at 2:0S 81
Kirseh, {iE fifst ,Etarter, made the frs
hundred Ailcmetfes in Il minutes 2!
seconds
Captain De Romanet, the third Frencl
| entrant got away at ! IA so and made tn
| first hundred kilometres IN 22 MINUTES
So Is seconds.