Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-13
Air Derby Keyed Up
By Nom Stop Race

LIS ANGELES, Sept. l3.-lP1-The
array Of fliers assembled here for tho
1928 national air races were KEYED
today for the shows climax-finish
of the nonstop tr1nscontinental race
from Roosevelt field, where nine
carefully-groomed planes hoped yes
terday. The nonstop flight was the
last Of the five long derbies Of the
five day program.
Hopes Of the West were pinned on
Art Goebel and his huge Lockheed-
Vega moncplane, yankee Doodle,
back-tracklng on the trail he blazed
10 a new transcontinental nonstop
record a few weeks ago.
Coebel, favorite Of the long derby.
whirled over the course from Los
Angeles to New York in rs hours and
~ minutes with a healthy wind at
his ships tail. The short cut which
he claimed he found On the eastern
journey was kept 70 himself for use
in the retlrn flight in which he
hoped TO claim first prize money Of
the $22,500 cash prizes posted. -Four
planes, II that many finish, Will
share in the prizes.
Class Ii in Contest
With the Class Ii and x transcon-
tlncntal flights. the international
race from Windsor. Ont, and a short
coast sprint ended at Mines field yes
terday, protests filed by some pilots
competing cast doubts on who would
be awarded the prizes in the holly
contested class b New York TO Los
Angeles derby.
Several pilots protested the Waco
planes flown were not stock models
and therefore ineligible. John
Livingston III Aurora, I'LL, conceded
by most Of the racers 20 have ehalked
up the best elapsed time flew one of
tn p~rtested models, as did John H.
Wood Of Wausau, Wis. apparent win
ner of third prize money.
First across the line of the four
teen fiDishers in q Il division was
y. K. BallouEh Of Chicago. He was
believed winner Of second place on
the unofficial computation VI elapsed
time. Wood was in second and Liv-
ingstcn third.
William Ii. Drury provided a fea-
ture of the day by bringing in his
Waco as the only ofHcially recorded
finisher IN the international race
from Windsor, Ont, s. r. Stanton.
AAA0tAEN ANALErkANte WAH AVAECu uUhU
rear Pontana, Calf. after having
made two starts from Las Vegas,
New.
Robert W. Cantwell of Duncan.
Okla, finished first OF the Glass q
group and apparently led in elapsed
time. His Lockheed entry was fol-
lowed in seven minutes later by Cap
tain g. y. X. Collyer Of New York in
a Fairchild.
Both class h and class G divisions
started their final dash from Yuma,
Ariz., with n fuel stop AZ San Diego.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh stole
some OF the interest Of the thousands
OF spectators from the air races yes
terCay. The flying colonel volun-
teered TO do what he could for the
meet" and was temporarily assigned
70 the post left vacant by the death
OF Lieut.. y. J. Williams, leader Of the
army's "thrce flying musketeers,'
a stunt trio. Williams was killed
in a crash while stunning with his
COMPANIONS on one OF the early days
of the meet. With Colonel Lind
bergh leading the way in an army
plane, the recrgsnized trio went
through intricate u
Covering the 120-mile course al
a speed averaging 1875 miles an
hour, Lieut.. G.. r. Acheson OF the
third army attack group, won the
first competition for the Mason MI
Patrick trophy. offered In 1927 as
a perpetual memorial to Major Cen
eral NJ. Patrick. former chief of
the army air corps. Final competi-
tions will be raced later.
Lieut.. Acheson's time was 81 min
utes, 36 seconds. Lieut.. VI. wv. An
derson placed second with n time or
81 minutes, 46 seconds.
The fastest time for a single lap
AZ ~ miles was made by Lieut.. O.
c. George, with an average speed Of
155 miles an hour.