Evening star., 1922-09-24

Out Tor one OF the greatest honorS
in the history of American aero
nautics-victory in the Curtiss marine
trophy and Pulitzer trophy races at
Detroit, Mich. Octobsr Z to 1.-THE
naval air service is pinning its hopes
on eleven carefully picked flyers
nine Navy and two Marine Corps men
and seventeen specially conditioned
and constructed racing planes.
The Navy team is a collection of
pilots whose ability and experience in
flying high-speed airplanes. hydro
planes and boats. eminently fits them
Forthcoming contests. in the opinion
of authorities. who have viewed the
selection with critical eye. These
men will be watched with keen in
terest by localities they represent.
from New England to California.
And the planes. they have been
groomed and overhauled. tested and
rebuilt. while others have been con-
structed outright for the race. which
Will not only point out the leader in
speed. but will sustain or condemn
theories that pointed toward advance
ment in flying.
Navy Team Captain.
The Navy team is captained by
Lieut.. Commander Mark A. Mitscher,
who Is In general charge of the train
ing for the races Commander Nit
scher entered. the Naval Academy
from Hillsboro. Wis. and may be
aviation. for he entered the flying
branch OF the service when the flrst
training camp was established at
Pensacola. Fla. in 1915. He is also
known - one Of the pilots Of the NC
planes. which attempted transatlantic
the naval air station here. he was
engaged in nerfecting the organiza-
tion Of spotting scuadrons OF air
craft with the Pacific fleet.
Lieut.. Steven W. Galloway, who
will plot one of the Booth racers at
Detroit and also one of the rs sea-
planes. has an aviation record which
dates back to 1910 in California.
Lieut.. Galloway enlisted in the Navy
the day after war was declared and
served in the early part of the war
as an instructor in ground school
work at Minneapolis. MINI. After the
armistice. Galloway went on inactive
duty and took up commercial flying
III California. but later was recalled.
qualified for a permanent commission
and has since been engaged in test
work and spotting for the Pacific
fleet.
Former hall Pitcher.
Hurting the sphere for two seasons
as member of the pitching staff of
the New York Giants may have in
culcated the first principles Of aero
dynamfcs in Ensign Al Williams
Williams twirled for the Giants in be-
tween law courses at Fordham Uni
versity until the war came along and
then entered the air navy after ground
work at MaSsa chuSettS Institute of
Technology.
Capt. P Mulcahy and Lieut.. L. H.
Sanderson will represent the Marine
Corps on the Navy team. The former
who wears the distinguished service
medal. took part in the bombing tests
off the Virginia capes last year when
ex-German ships were used in testing
the effectiveness of bombing from
planes. Lieut.. Sanderson was a con-
testant in the Pulitzer race in 1921
He was a pilot in the Washington
West Indies flight in 1921 and has
aviation units in Haiti and San
Domingo.
Lieut.. H. A. Elliott, who is sched-
] uled to fly Vought seaplane in
history which dates from the landing
Of the first American forces in France
He was attached to English. French
and italian flying units during the
continuance Of hostility abroad and
has been identified with the Pacific
fleet spottins squadrons for the past
two years.
/. Lieut.. Brow In Biplane.
Lieut.. H. ]. Brow is entered in
Curtiss racer Lieut. Brow will also
fly a rs biplane in the Curtiss race.
Brow has been connected with naval
aviation since the outbreak of the