Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-11

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MINES FIELD. Los Angeles, Sept.
l1.-tR-While national air race Of
ficials checked elapsed time Of the
81 Glass A airplancs that arrived
here yesterday In the first Of the
feature transcontinental air derbles,
two more caravans OF serial racers
approached the finish line here on
the trek from New York.
Two fliers in the international
derby from Canada also neared their
goal as the hour for the last and
greatest derby OF ell, the nonstop
flight from New York approached
Class Il and C fliers rested last
night at El Paso, Texas, after a four
stop flight from Oklahoma City yes
terdny. Tie international filters
reached Rock Springs, Wyo, 2rcm
Omaha during the day.
-. -. Rowland To Get Prize 80. =.
Although the official announce
ment Of winner Of the Glass "A flight
was not expected before Wednesday.
pending checking Of control sheets
and contesting planes, Earl Rowland
Of Wichita, Kan, was regarded M
certain winner Of the $4,000 first
prize.
Rowland brought his Cessna A
monoplane in first on yesterdays
short hop from Yuma, with an intsr-
mediate ~fueling stop at San Diego
He won several thousand dollars in
lap prizes offered by cities along
the route, having led the initial car
AVIAN in its later stage. Rowland es-
timated he flew $500 miles.
The trail-blaring Cessna was be-
lieved down nearly an hour ahead in
elapsed time Of the American Moth
flown BY Robert Dake Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, who landed in the dust stirred
by Rowland's propeller. and who
was believed winner Of the $500
second prize.
71-Year-OId Leads
Tex Rankin Of Portland, Ore. pi-
loting a Waco, landed third; follow
ed in order by w. N. Emery, Jr,
Bradford, Pa, in a special racing
plane, and Theodore w. Kenyon OF
Boston, flying n Challenger.
Thirty-saven planes took off from
New York last Wednesday in the
race.
4. r.. Ballough or Chicago. who has
as a passenger in his Laird plane.
Charles d. Dickinson, a 71-year-old
aviation enthusiast from Chicago,
led the Glass B planes into I'll .Paso
and apparently leads that division in
elapsed time. John II. Livingston of
Aurora, ILL.,, plotting a Waco, landed
second, more than 80 minutes behind
Ballough. John N. Wood, Waasnu,
Wis, plotting a Waco, was in third;
Charles Meyers, Troy, Ohio, flying a
Waco, landed fourth, and IT. A. Wells
o. Wichita, Kan. in a TraveIair, was
fifth.
Cantwell Leads Class c
Robert Cantwell Of Duncan. Okla,
N his Lockheed-Vega monoplane, led
the three Class & Tiers into FL Paso
and was believes to have increased
his reported hours lead in elapsed
time. Eddie Brooks Of Denver, in
his Fokker, came in second. nearly
an hour later and was followed by
Captain c. B. ID. Collyer Of New
York in his Fairchiid.
Fourteen of the remaining IL Class
= contestants reached I'll Paso, while
the other two spent the night at Pc
cos, Texas. n of the days fueling
stops Capt. Richard Duncan, pi-
loting q Cox-Clcmm Liberty. in
Class c, was unreported at Fl Paso
late last night. c. W. Mayse Of
Tucson, flying a Waco. earlier re-
ported missing, was reported down
uninlured with motor trouble south
Of Oklahoma City.
Class B and e planes flying to-
getner. made day stops yesterday at
Fort Worth. Midland and Pecos,
Texas. Tonight's control point was
yuma, Ariz., with the finish heee
tomorrow.
William Drury Of London. Ont.
led Kennedy Whyte, Hamilton, Ont,
into Rock Springs, Wye. last night
to hold his lead in the t~ransconti-
mental derby from Windsor. not.