Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09
AIR RACE LEADER
HAS ENGINE TROUBLE
EN- ROUTE TO Ell PAS0
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20 Glass B airplanes in the transconti-
mental air derby arrived here safely late
! today for their first nights rest. Three
others cracked up en- route and appar-
emily were out of the running, officials
said.
Three of four Glass c planes, those
, of the large cabin type, also reported
to the Terre Haute airport. Leaving
Roosevelt Field three hours after the
Glass B contestants, they escaped the
fog banks which gave to many veteran
pilot as great an air thrill as he ever
has had.
John H, Livingston. Aurora, Ills, who
started sixth from New York, was the
first to report at Terre Haute in Glass
B race He left New York at 1880
Eastern standard time in his Waco. ac-
companied by M. B. Allen of Troy, Ohio,
and reached the Indiana stop at 12:05:50
Central standard time.
Schulty Is Second.
E. o. Schultz of Pittsburgh, guiding
a Cessna and accompanied by r. YAH
ner Pittsburgh, who was the thirteenth
to leave New York, was second in Terre
Haute, arriving IS minutes after Llv-
ingston. j. Warren Smith, Pittsburgh,
in a Cessna B, was third to reach here,
after having been the seventeenth to
leave New York. His ompanion was A.
L. Litzenber of Pittsburgh.
r. w. Cantwell, Duncan, Okla, pilot
ing Lockheed Vega Wasp, was the first
Glass G. arrival, reaching Terre Haute
at 4:07. William Brock, famous around
the-world f1ier, and Earle P. and John
P. Halliburton accompanied CantweH
e. j. Brooks. Denver, Colo, held the
stick on a Fokkei Special Wasp and was
next in. Capt. c. B. D. Collyer OF New
York. brought the third Class c plane,
a Fairchild Wasp. into Terre Haute.
William Stribner of Great Neck. Long
Island. and William Lindley, Los An
geles, were with him.
Wins Lap Prize.
Edward Ballbough, Chicago. who car
ried with him 72-year- old Charles Dick
enson, also of Chicago, won lap prize
of 500 for making the best time be-
tween Columbus, Ohio, and Terre Haute
in Glass B. He negotiated the 238
miles in hour and As minutes, at times
approaching $50 miles an hour.
Cantwell won $50 offered for the last
est time between the two cities for
Glass C planes, dropping down here
hour and SO minutes after leaving the
Ohio stop.
officials here tonight made no effort
to check the standing OF the various
contestants in either contest, saying
that would be left to the officials at
Los Angeles. where the race will end.
The flyers in both classes will be sent
away from Terre Haute at o'clock to-
morrow morning. central standard time,
with st. Louis as the first stop.
Mrs E. W. Pendleton, of New York.
the only woman passenger in the race,
stood the nerve test of being lost in
the Alleghanies with Lieut.. SchoenhaIr
of Los Angeles, who kicked Bum
along, and said she thoroughly enjoyed
the trip. The Buhl was the fourth 10
reach Terre Haute.
Plane Badly Damaged.
The Glass B race is for motors hav-
ing a piston displacement OF 80 70
400 cubic inches. and Glass c IS for
planes powered with engines OF 900
cubic inches piston displacement and
over.
OF the 90 pilots and planes which
left the East this morning, the three
which did not reach here by nightfall
were C. w. (Speed Holman, accom-
panied by r. Gerard, both OF st. Paul.
Stuart F. Auer, of Milwaukee, whose
companion was r. e. Herson, also OF
Milwaukee, and Eberhold BAIL, whose
mates we're Al Smith and w. D, Wolf
gang, all of New York.
Holman, who won the race a year
ago. made a forced landing at WASH
ington, Pa and his plane was SO oadiy
battered. it was reported to be definitely
out of the contest. officials here had
no information regarding the where
abouts of the other TWO planes or their
condition.
An unofficial tabulation showed that
Livingston led all others in class B for
the distance between Roosevelt Field
and Terre Haute The same tabula-
ton showed Schultz to be second and
Smith third.
Lacking the starting times of the
class C planes, officials here were un-
able to unoficially figure which OF the
three big planes was leading. although
they were of the opinion that they
probably rated in the way they arrived,
Cantwell first. Brooks second and Col
lyer third.
Fog Delays Planes.
| The flyers were generally agreed that
| the fog banks over Pennsylvania we're
! among the worst they ever experienced:
| Several were forced to land because OF
| empty gasoline tanks, their fuel having
bene used while the pilots blindly
sought LANDMARK through Tic Wine
| blanket which surrounded them. Others
| took a chance and came to earth to
settle until the air cleared.
Livingston, forced to land because he
was out of gasoline, landed at McKees-
port. a regularly stipulated stopping
place, without knowing where he was.
His good fortune helped him gain sew
! eral minutes on his rivals.
| Ed Schultz said he had narrow es--
cape form dashing into the ground
/ while at full speed near Pittsburgh
! Diving through a hole" in the clouds,
| he said he found himself within so feet