Evening star., 1923-07-04
D. c. BALLOON|STS5 ]
IN RACE ON TODAY
Fourteen Giant Bags Entered
in National Elimination
Event at indianapolis.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July A.
Fourteen gigantic balloons tugged
restlessIy at their moorings today
as they approached complete tnfia-
tion for the annual national eltmina-
tion race scheduled to start from the
indianapolis motor speedway at
o'clock this afternoon.
Gentle to moderate winds was the
latest forecast of the weather bureau.
Indications were that at taking off
time, the winds would be from the
southwest or west at attitudes OF
5000 and 10000 feet, 1t was SAID.
Unless they shifted the breezes Will
carry the contestants in an ga terLV
or north of easterly direction, accord
ing to the weather bureau. auca
winds might cause some of the bags
to drift over the great lakes, it was
stated. There also was q possibility
of widely scattered thunder showers.
Varied Entry List.
A cosmopolitan field will participate
in the contest, which is held for the
purpose of determining the ship and
pilot who will represent the United
States in the James Gordon Bennett
international race, to be held later
in the year. Four Navy balloons.
three Army bags and the ships Of
seven individuals or rubber companies
complete the entry list. All are ex-
perienced balloon men.
Lieut.. James b. Jordan. plotting
United States Army ST., won the
right TO start last at the drawing
yesterday. This is held to be a dis
tinct advantage as some of the bal
looms will have been in the air more
than an hour before he ascends.
Ralph Upson, Detroit airman, winner
of one international contest and two
national events, will leave the ground
seventh. The first bag to cut loose
will be the United States Army ST.
piloted by Lieut.. Robert Olmsted of
Washington.
District of Columbia Men Attending.
The balloons will leave the ground
at five-minute intervals, according
| to the contest board. Odis Porter,
Indianapolis, will be the official timer
and Alfred Bond Lambert of St. Louis
will be the referee Col. +. p. Lahm.
| who flew here from Washington, and
3. Russell Shaw. also Of Washington.
will represent the National AeronaH-
| tic Association ana the r'uue44-4UH
| Aeronautique Internationale.
Maj. Gen. Mason N. Patrick. chief
of the Army air service, also will
witness the start of the contest. The
| list of pilots and the balloons in
| which they will ride follows:
Roy +. Donaldson. Springfield, IL,
! the City of Springfield. Ill.
Ralph H. Upson, Detroit, the De-
troit.
H. E. Honeywell. st. Louis, the ST.
Louis, -
| of Akron.
Warren Rasor, Brookville, Ohio,
! the Ohio.
Jack Boettner. Akron. Ohio, Good
year II.
! C. E. Mccullough. Baltimore, Nd.
| American Legionnaire.
| Cant Lester T. Miller Scott Field
Belleville. Ill, U. S. Army S-5.
| Lieut. Robert S. Olmstead, Wash
( ington, u. S. Army Sc.
| Lieut.. James B. Jordan. Scott Field.
Belleville, ILL.,, U. S. Army ST.
Lieut. J. B. Lawrence, Washington,
| U. S. Navy No. A-6700.
roads, disut va f o. 3 F. Navy GHIHSot So A-sSs9p Sp'on
Lieut.. l.. j. Roth, Lakehurst, n. j.,
| u s. Navy No. A-669S.
| Lieut.. Commander J. p. Norfieet,
Lskehurst, N J., U. s. Navy No. A