Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-08
DAKE TAKES

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Tenth: Eugene j.. Detmer. larry
town, N. r.. 1905.
Eleventh: George zinn, Trenton, ~
j., 10;09.2i.
Twelfth: Don :. Phillips, Seattle,
I0:11.1S.
Thirteenth: Arthur W. KiIlips, Chi
cago, l0:l2.52.
Fourteenth Warren B. Smith,
Fords. N. j., 10:20.46.
Fifteenth; Sebastian L. Pond, Mil
ford, Conn.,. 10:20.53.
Sixteenth: Tex Rankin, Portland,
Ore, iO.2l.5I.
seventeenth: Alfred Stanley. FL
mira. n. T.. 10:2S.
Eighteenth: Samuel II. Turner.
Alexandria, Va. I0:47-21.
Nineteenth: Stuart Chadwick, Red
Bank, n. J., 10:5n.SS.
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FORT
FORTH. Tex. Sept. Sin his pace
setting Cessna A monoplane, Earl
Rowland Of Wichita, Kas., took the air
at $50 a. M, today for Abilene, Tex
as. and the class "A transcontinental
air derby. New York to Los Angeles,
again was under way.
At one minute intervals. Rowland
was followed BY Robert Dake, Pitts
burgh. flying an American Moth; Tex
Rankin, Portland, Ore, in a Waco
and Dale Jackson, st. Louis, plotting
a Swallow.
Other contestants had hoped of
BY Gas o'clock in the order Of their
arrival here.
Abilene was the first control on the
fourth lap 70 Fl Paso, about 615 miles
west. Midland and Pecos were the
only other scheduled stops.
Stops were scheduled at Abilene,
Midland and Pecos. At the latter
place, Miss Amelia Earhart, ~transet-
lantic flier, viii act as referee. Miss
Earhart, who has been making short
flights westward. was forced down
near here yesterday.
Weather conditions over the entire
route were reported u~nfavorable.
Clouds we're low between here and
Abilene and rain was i'm prospect for
the remainder OF the distance.
Rowland increased his lead ia
elapsed time almost an hour yester-
day by leading the pack into Fort
Worth from Kansas City. His unOf-
fetal time from New York was 14:1a
as compared to 1903 for Robert Dake,
Pittsburgh, whose speedy American
Moth has held second place from the
start.
Tex Rankin, Portland. Ore, defyine
superstition with a huge white "13H
emblazoned'o n his Waco, doomed ms q
threat in the race when he moved into
fourth place in elapsed time with
l6:43.
Rankin was accredited unofficially
with covering the 200 mile leg from
Oklahoma City 10 Fort Worth in
l:4B:2 the fastest time reported. He
arrived here with the upper wing OF
his plane torn and filled with water.
The damage was caused when a dis
lodged wind indication spinner was
blown through the linen.
Several pilots increased their posi-
tion materially.
Louis Derryberry. Abilene. Texas,
in a Travelair. landed in his home
state in eleventh position after Ieav-
ing Kansas City twenty-third.
The pilots and planes ia the order
they hoped off, follows:
I-Earl Rowland. Wichita, Kas.;
Cessna, A.
2-Robert Dake, Pittsburgh, Ameri-
can Moth.
3-Tex Rankin. Portland, Ore.
Waco.
dale q. Jackson. *. Louis. Swal-
low.
5-Ceorge ". Hopkins, Detroit,
Stinson junior.
6-W. N. Emery. r., Bradford,
Penn. Travelair.
flames s. Charles. Richmond. Va.
Eagle Rock.
Theodore ". Kenyon. Boston,
Challenger.
s-Don $. Phillips. Seattle. chal-
lenger.
Io-Arthur W. Killips, Chicago.
Waco.
Il-Louis Derryberry. Abilene. Tex
~. Travelair.
IFS. J.. Whitman, Byron. Wis.
Pheasant.
l4-George Hand and George linn
Trenton, ". j.. Challenger.
15-John r.. Carberry, Toronto,
Ont. ID. II. Moth.
i6-George w. Brill, Monterey