The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-26
MOSELY WINS FIRST
 PULITZER TROPHY
 AER0NAUTICAL RACE
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chine had left the ground. Leutenant
 Mosely, the winner, was the last to take off, the roar of his e00-horsepow sr mo-
 tor reverberating across the field ar drowning the high-pitched noises made by the machines of most of the other contestants.
 Tho Verville-Packard covered the first lap in Il minutes, 6 T0-100 seco ads, the second in II minutes, 37-100 sec. onds; the third in Il minutes, 5S-100 second, and the fourth in Ii minutes, 15 32-100 seconds. In order to demon
 strate that his craft had lots of power left, Mosely circled the course a fifth time, his last lap being made in slightly
 more than Il minutes, 1k seconds.
 LARGE CROWD Ten thousand persons watched the
 race from Mitchell field and adjacent points, while several thousand others were gathered along the Long Island roads and at the two turning pof1ts. General Pershing. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Mai. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, chief of the army air service: Brig. Gen. William Mitchell. director of the air service operations and Brig. Gen. L. F.. o. Charlton, British air at tache, were among the distinguished guests in the grandstand. 1 It was great day for the army. In. addition to placing seven of it's Ii en
 among the first 10, the army won private fight from the navy when rep- lresentatiyes of the enlisted men of each engaged in a little battle of fisticuffs :, before the grandstand. A sailor as walking past, when he accidentally
 knocked off the hat of soldier on guard duty, the headgear falling 'n pool of water. Instantly the soldier gave battle, and was getting inueh the better of the performance when il 0 combatants were separated. General
 Pershing laughed with glee as he watched the performance, but Secretary Daniels scowled bit and said nothing. We have demonstrated that we can build the speediest machines in the world and, from military standpoint, that is 1 most important, because it involves con- trol of the air. General Mitchell said. Our pilots cannot be beat" EXPECTS TO MAKE 200 MILES 1 An attempt to lower the worlds speed record will be made by Lieutenant Nose 1 ly tomorrow morning, army aviation or- ficialsl said tonight. A straightaway course will be laid out, and they conrr- dently believe that over this he will be able to drive his plane at the unprece- dented speed of 200 miles an hour To- days race was four laps around tr- angular course, necessitating slowing down at the turns. The machine used
 by Captain Mosely today was the same
 one that came to grief in the Gordon 1 Bennett race in France. It was built at McCook field, Dayton, Ohio. l First prize is the possession of the 1 Pulitzer trophy for one year, gold plaque, l s1,8oo in Liberty bonds; second prize, 500 in Liberty bonds, silver plaque; third prize, saoo in Liberty bonds, bronze
 plaque.
 Besides the three leaders, the others of the first 10 to finish in the contest were 1 in the following order: Lieut., St. Clair Street. U. S. A | (Orenco)
 Lieut. A. Laverentz. U. s. N. A. Lieut.. John F, Rouilet, U. s. A. De- HavilanO.
 Lieut.. Carl Eiiason, U S. A. tDeHavi- 1 land).
 Lieut. J. B. Wright. U. s. A. De. { Haviland). J Lieut. Charles M. Cummings, U. s. A 1 DeHaviland).
 Lieut. D. J. Conley, U S. N. (DeHavi. land).
 l Class winners finished as follows: Contest committee invitation class:
 Prize. Aero club aviation trophy: l Captain Hartney. Lieutenant Street. I eHayiland class; First prize, s4oc; ! second -prizes s2o0: A-s ST.
 Lieutenant Rouilot, Lieutenant Eliason. Vought class: First prize. s40o; second prize, 800
 Lieutenant Laverentz.
 Lieutenant I.averentz, Lieut. w B. l Gwyn, U. s. N.
 s E-S class: First prize, s4oo; second 1 prize, 800:
 l Capt. Maxwell Kirby, U, $. N. | No others qualified.