The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-01
AVIATION SPEED
KINGS RACE IN
CHICAGO TODAY
Purse of $4,000 Hung Up
for Air Classic, Climax
of Great Meet.
BY SAM KNOTT,
United Press stan Correspondent


CURTISS-WRIGHT AIRPORT,
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-The running
of the Thompson trophy race, in
which the fastest airplanes ever
built in America are entered,
brought the tenth annual national
air races near a close today.
Eleven of Americas most re-
nowned speed pilots were entered in
the race. which is for $4,000, the
largest purse ever offered for such
an event. The distance is 100 miles,
around a hve-mile closed course.
Start of the race was set for 2:30
p. m, central daylight time.
The entrants:
Frank Hawks, Travelair mystery
ship, Wright special motor.
Arthur H. Page, marine officer
flying the navy entry, a Curtiss-
Hawk with Curtiss engine.
James Haizlip. flying Jimmy Doc
Titles Travelair, special Wright
motored plane, simpilar to Hawks
ship.
E. M. Laird, speedwing plane with
Chevolair motor.
Lee Schoenhair, Laird specially
designed racing plane.
Dannie Fowlie, Pabjoy Phantom,
a tiny ship which Fowlie has
claimed will do more than 200 miles
an hour.
Never Has Lost Race
Ben Q. Howard, flying a Gypsy
Moth, another tiny plane, snow
white, which never has lost a race.
Paul T. Adam, Travelair, Wright
motored plane.
Earl Smith, Cessna, American Cir
rus engined plane.
James r. Wedell, Wedell Williams
special with Hispano engine.
Everett Williams, in q plane like
WedelIs.
ut will be the greatest race ever
held in the air" Frank Hawks, one
of the ~favorites to win. told the
United Press. Hawks plane, the
Texaco, is the same with which he
recently broke Charles A. Lind
bergh and Mrs. Lindbergh's cross
country record by flying from Los
Angeles to New York in a little more
than twelve hours.
Sees Four Contenders
Discussing the race, Hawks said :
There are four ships which I
think may have a chance to win
my own, the Laird, Haizlip's and the
navy job.
"Haizlip'S ship is almost exactly
like mine, and it will be largely a
question Of luck and plotting be-
tween the two. The navy job is
mighty fast. They claim something
like 300 miles for it.
About a 220-mile average, per-
haps more, should win. That
means about $40 or $50 on the
straightaways. The pylons must be
turned sixty times during a hun
dred-mile race and every pylon
means seconds off your time"
Entry of the navy plane repre-
Sents the first attempt the United
States has made in several years
to regain the land plane speed title,
which it held until 1923. The pres
ent title-holder is Warrant Officer
Bonnet of France, who set a rec
ord of 289 miles an hour.
Wnmen tn Race
Another race of interest scheduled
today was the women's free for all.
It was believed that several of the
finishers of the two women's cross
country derbieS would enter.
About $4,000 persons, the largest
crowd for any of the first nine days
of the meet, attended the races
Sunday. The day was practically
devoid of thrills, except for a spec
tacular landing by Roger Don Rae,
parachute jumper, and an amphi-
bian lake rescue" race.
Rae slipped his parachute so
much that he almost folded it up
completely and he made a free drag
from a great height. Persons in the
grandstand thought his parachute
had failed him, but about 100 feet
from the ground he brought the
chute out Of the slip" and landed
ca Fo1xy