Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31
MRS. PHOEBE OMLIE DECLARED
WOMEN'S AIR DERBY WINNER
Scores 109.13 Per Cent to
Beat Field of ST Cross
Country.
Mrs. Martie Bowman Trails
Victor by Ten Points in
National Handicap.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND. August 81 Mrs
Phoebe Omlie, who has made a habit
OF leading lady birds" in flying to-
day was judged winner Of the women 3
division of the National Sweepstake
Handicap Derby.
Scorers, working all night to rush
oomputive averages of 81 men and
2.1oo miles from Santa Monica. Calf,
to Cleveland, gave the Memphis, Tenn,
sviatrix rating OF l0s.i3 per cent,
more than 10 points ahead Of Mrs.
Martie Bowman, Glendale, Calf, who
rated 90 .o6 per cent
The official checkers-Reg Burrows.
Los Angeles. and Myron Grimm, Cleve-
land-added that Mrs. Omlie lis unoffl-
cially conceded the sweepstake prize
also, from all indications. though rat
ings Of all men contestants must be
checked"
Mrs. Ofnlie, first Of her sex to receive
transport pilots license. was first
across the finish line yesterday. She
won the Dixie Derby Of last years air
races.
Order Of Finishers.
Ranked next to Mrs. Bowman, in
order of their handicap ratings, were
Mrs. Mae Hai2lip, St Louis; Edith
Foltz, Portland. Greg; Mrs. Louise
Thaden, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Gladys
ODonnell, Long Beach. Calf; elena
Granger, Santa Monica, Calf; Ruth
Stewart, st. Louis, and Mrs. c. T..
Shankle, Fort Sill, Okla.
Ohicials listened for more than Ave
hours after Mrs. Omlie's scarlet and
yellow plane flashed over the finish line
to protests of their handicapping sys-
tenn. but said further heed of dlssatis-
ned contestants would not be taken
unless bond was posted.
Handicap ratings we're based on q
schedule OF the average speed made by
each contestant in four dashes over
1-fnile course and the airline distance
from the starting point to finish line
Two woman's events thatewere post
poned day to give derby flyers a
chance to rest marked todays program
"a dead-stick landing contest and d
30-mile free-for-all race for planes pow
cred with engines Of not more than
$40 cubic inch displacement.
Another Event Listed.
The women, competing in closed
course contests for the first time OF the
meet. had another 30-mile race, lin
tied to planes with engines OF $50 cubic
inch displacement or less
DULL dIlu WOIldH IlyEES III To-
days dead-stick landing contests were
given mark to m at by John Liv-
lngston. Aurora. III. who yesterday
landed foot inches from a red flag
marking the center Of a target circle
Lloyd Q. Yost, Pinehurst, 8. c.. placed
second, 2 feet 2 inches from the banner,
with Arthur Davis. East Lansing, Mich,
third. at 4 feet az inches.
The Caterpillar Clubs newest recruits.
tuO Marines xrio AlarfrifiaH the G,trAo
crowd with midair collision and es-
capped by taking to their parachutes,
were ready to take the air again. They
were Lieut.. l.. II. NJ. .Sanderson, Shell
ton, Wash. and Lieut.. w. O. Brice,
Pinehurst, N. c.. both Of Fighting
Squadron Of Quantico. va. I'm
daunted by the narrow escape. the ny
ers were in the air again for the night
performance.
Attherly to Return.
Flight Comdr. r. L. r. Atcherly, a
bandage covering the right side Of his
forehead which was badly cut in a crash
on the eve of the race opening, said
he would be In the air tomorrow in an
American plane. He is Great Britain's
flyer on the European stunt team.
Six laps around a five-fnile course
faced five men in free-for-all race
for midget planes powered by engines of
not more than 115 cubic inch displace-
rnent.
IN qualifying heats yesterday, dashins
four times over mile StraightawAy
course, Duke Muller, Niles, Mich. led
with speed of 97.53 miles an hour.
The remaining four and their average
speeds are: Milton. Lambert. Niles,
Mich. 89.594 miles an hour; Thomas
Cushrian, Cincinnati. 82.94 miles en-
hour; Ralph Thomas, Akron. S0.846
miles an hour, and E. r. Gallagher,
Niles, Mich. 1857 miles an hour.
Lambert led the field in qualifying
dashes for planes Of ITS cubic-i1ch dis
placement with speed Of 134.3O6 miles
an hour, followed by Barton Stevenson,
Kansas City, 13o.o38 miles an hour. and
Arthur C.. Chester, Joliet, nj, 128.43
miles an hour
The dashes are q new feature Of the
1881 races. marks being set UP as ma
tional air race records to BE- competed
for annually.