Evening star., 1932-09-05
Seven Already Qualified for
100-Mile Free-for-AH
at Cleveland.
D00LITTLE, HAIZLIP,
WEDELL LIKELY CHOICES
Mrs. Haizlip Protests Hating Of
Women's Race, Flown in
Driving Rainstorm.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, September 5-The
worlds fastest sporting event, the 1oo-
mile free-for-all airplane race, pro-
vided the grand finale today to the
twelfth annual National Air Races.
Only uncertainties of the weather.
trickiest foe of airmen, stood between
10 veteran pilots and the starting bomb
at 8 pm. An even chance was FORE
cast for calm weather and good visi-
bility.
Meanwhile, race officials attempted to
iron out difficulties which sprang from
the women's high-speed free-for-all,
fown in a driving rainstorm yesterday
and tagged down because of the
hazardous conditions after four of ths
scheduled eight laps were completed.
Mrs. Mae Haizlip, winner of second
place behind Gladys O'Donnell of Long
Beach, Calf, protested she purposely
had kept her plane throttled down, ex-
pecting to squirt to victory in the final
four laps, which never were run.
Seven Pilots Qualify.
Seven streamlined racing ships, little
more than winged motors, stood quail
lned for the mems l00-mile free-for-
al. Each had surpassed the necessary
zoo miles an hour average speed nee.
essary to admittance to the elite circle
OF competitors and three others were
poised for qualifying before the off,
cial starting time.
The three Jimmies-Maj. James H.
Dool1ttle, James G.. Haizlip and James
II. Wedell-were considered foremost
contenders. Doolittle qualified his
powerful low-winged monoplane at 300
miles an hour and then hurtled it three
times more over the -kilometer
course to a new unofficial worlds land
plane speed record Of 296 miles an hour.
His flying comrade Haizlip, winner
OF the $4,000 In prizes during the nine
days OF racing already passed, primed
the same black-nosed monoplane for
the speed race that enabled him to fly
from Los Angeles to New York in 10
hours and 10 minutes and succeed
Doolittle as transnation record holder.
It was that plane Mrs. Haizlip flew in
the women's high speed event.
Wedell, the Patterson, La, flyer, who
designed and built Haizlip's ship, quail
AASa q aARAtSobC AOA Al4IloCl1 dllQ saw
Col. Roscoe C. Turner of Los Angeles
push a third to the necessary speed.
The Contest Committee, meeting last
night, upheld the outcome of the wom-
ems free-for-all on grounds that rules
OF the Federation Aeronautic Interna-
ttonale prescribe that a race may be
halted ON or after the halfway mark.
and the positions held by the con-
testants at that point shall be the final
positions.
Mrs. Haizlip, however, said she would
reopen the matter and, unless the race
was reflown, would withdraw from
racing as long as the National Air Races
were held under Cleveland manage
ment.
Women's Skill Praised.
The race was a daring exhibition Of
Tying and veteran flyers were quick to
praise the flying skill Of the women.
Mrs. Betty Lund of Troy, Ohio, widow
OF the late Fred Lund, stunt pilot, few
out over Lake Erie, seven miles away,
during the storm because the rain drove
In her face so fiercely she was unable
to see. She took third place behind
Miss Florence Klingensmith of Min
neapolis.
Besides the three Jimmies and Turner,
other pilots qualified for the mems final
attack on speed were Ray Moore of
Alameda, Calf, with his all-metal, sill
vered monoplane; Robert L. Hail OF
Springfield, Mass, who designed and
built his own rakish gull wing ship.
and William Ong Of Kansas City, pilot
ing the snow-white Keith-Ryder of Ben
o. Howard, Chicago transport pilot.
The three pilots who promised to
qualify before the start were Lee Gehl-
bach, in duplicate Of the Doolittle
plane; L. L. Bowen of st. Louis, plotting
the tiny racer built by Gcrdon Israel
OF Overland, Mo, and Roy Minor Of
Los Angeles.
Minor. the clark horse" brought his
plane here by express and assembled
1t behind closed doors. He has made
no tests and disclosed nothing about
his plane save general details Of con-
struction.
Wind tunnel tests are claimed to have
displayed speed of $40 miles an hour
for the ship. whose perfect stream lined
surfaces are broken by not even a
bolthead
Harry Hartz, noted automobile racing
driver. Is one of Minors hackers.
To the winner Of the 100-mile dash
goes $4,000 in cash.
BEGIN ENDURANCE FLIGHT.