The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-22
HOLMAN FIRST
TO FINISH IN
CLASS A RACE
Ten Entries in Class A ard 4
Events Are Still Headed
For Spokane
DERBY HAS 1 TRAGEDY
Duke Schiller and Eddie Stin-
son Headed West Today in
Nonstop Race

hoped off from Bismarck at
8:5S:iO this morning on his way
to Spokane, Wash. He landed
here at 8:19, after spending the
night in Fargo, from which
point he hoped off at 6:O3:40
a. m.
He had landed at Fargo at
6:35:20 p. m. Wednesday. He
lost six hours when he was
forced down out Of Minneapolis
"Wednesday with motor trouble.
A. NJ. Banks. plotting plane
No. 81, left Fargo at 3:3i:lO p.
m. Wednesday and was forced
down at Dickinson at 6:O5 We'd
nesday, taking off at $50 u. m.
to-day. Banks, who lost his
course and landed at Aberdeen.
stopped at Bismarck at 5:45 p.
m. Wednesday and left at $3.50.
Banks abandoned his plane in
Dickinson today ,nt took
train for Spokane where he
hopes to participate in the ma
tional air races in a new plane.
Motor trouble forced him to re.
turn after leaving early this
morning. He hopes to pick up
his plane here on his return east
after the races.
Spokane, Wash, Sept. 22.-(H-
Flyers who finished in three over
land air races here watched the
skies today for their less-fortunate
rivals who were scattered out to the
east and south. Ten entries re-
mained in the class A and B races
from New York and three from the
Pacific coast derby which started
from San Francisco.
c. w. Holman, st. Paul; z. C.
Eal,ough, Chicago; and N. 3. Manner,
Spokane, We're unofficia y declared
winners. respectively + fiis' Sec
ond and ihird places in the class 4
derby yesterday. Three planes were
believed. to be still heading ior
Spokane in this event. f';ftt,a
planes started. John r. Wood, 4, au-
sau, Wis, came in fourth, and be-
hind him came L. X. Campbell, Mo-
line, ILL.,; +. II. Lee, Chicago; James
Ray; Philadelphia, and 4. W. CIeye-
land, of Cleveland. Ohio.
Prizes for the class A derby are:
First, $4,000; second, $1,000; third,
$4,000; fourth, $1,000, and fifth,
$500.
Two Killed in Crash
One plane in the A race crashed
with fatal results, two men being
killed. Three others were forced
out. Three others were delayed, but
reported still ready to forge on.
Of the 25 pilots who started in
New York Monday in the class B
derby. the unofficial winners were
declared to be c. w. Meyers, De-
troit; Leslie Miller, Des Moincs, and
j. S. Charles, Richmond, Va, re-
spectively. Eugene Detmer, larry
town, N. Y, came in third but on
the basis of elapsed time got fourth
unofficial place. Five others, who
arrived in the order named, were:
w. H. Emery, Jr., Bradford, Pa;
f. G. Knapp, Ypsilanti, Mich; Jack
Ashcraft, Towanda, Pa; X. f. ing
er, Madison, N. l., and C. 3. Nc
Mahan, Miles City, Mont.
Five Stay at Missoula
Five other contestants in this race
were to start from Missoula, Mont,
today at 10 a. m. Nine others were
forced out carly in the race, and two
men, f. w. Fleet, Hartford, Conn.,,
and Nimmo Black Of Chicago, were
but believed safe.
Prizes announced for the class B
race are: First. $4,000; second,
So, 1000; third, $1,000; fourth, $500,
and fifth, $3.50.
Five planes entered the San Fran
cisco-Spokane Pacific coast class A
derby and the unofficial winners
were announced as: First, N. c..
Lippiate, Los Angeles; second. Lee
Schoenhair, San Francisco, third,
Vance Breese, San Francisco. Jack
Frye, Los Angeles, came in next, and
the last to arrive was Norman God
dard of San Diego.
Prizes for the class A Pacific der
by were: First $1,5O0' second,
ST 900; third, $500.
C. L. Langdon, Aberdeen, WASH,
was conceded first prize in the Pa
cific coast derby class B race from
San Francisco. Next came d. C.
Warren, San Francisco, and Lee
Wiley, Los Angeles. The other
three planes entered in this race
were still unreported.
Two in Nonstop Race
The arrival of "Duke" Schiller
and Edward Bohn in their Royal
Windsor and Eddie Stinson and Fred
Koehler with their Detroiter, on the
nonstop race from New York, was
scheduled as the feature of the air
meet program today. Parachute
jumping, airplane stunting and mili-
tary maneuvers both in formation
and by way Of testing the many
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