Evening star., 1932-02-21
CROESUS. ATHLETE AND AN ACE,
NOW SEEKS TO BE GOVERNOR
"Dave" ingalls, Aspires to
Conquer New Field in Ohio
Election.
Assistant Secretary of Navy
for Aviation Looked to
as Winner.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. February 20
(N.ANA).-Dave ingalls,, who has
withstood four years of Washington So
ciety and a prospective heritage Of 40
to so million dollars without becoming
a poseur or a stuffed shirt, Is seeking
the Republican nomination for Cover
nor of Ohio this year.
He is so youthful and half-embar-
rassed that in all probability the hotel
loungers will mistake him for college
pitcher or :Sk him to direct them TO
the candidates headquarters. But when
they discover their mistake they Will
admire the man who at 33 despite &C
complishments and attainments few are
able to pile up at twice his age. Is still
ingenious and completely without the
artificial dignity so familiar IN the pro-
fessional politician.
Dave (nobody who knows him even
slightly ever refers to him by any other
name) may not attain the governorsh1p
this year, but If he doesn't and still per
sists in his ambitions, he'll eventually
get it and other Offices too, for he's
that kind of fellow Whenever he has
started out after something he has at
tanned it.
Credited With Five Planes
Mr.. ingalls, has been Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy for Aviation for nearly
four wears, and as such an active ava
tor who commutes in his own plane be-
tween Washington and Cleveland LeaV-
ing>Yale's freshman class at IL, ne
downed five German planes IN COMBAT.
Mr.. ingalls, will not only fall heir 10
an extremely large legacy from nus
father, but also from his mother. and
he married a girl whose own fortune Is
fully as large, II not larger, than the
others.
His father Is Albert s. ingalls,. Tor
years one of the vice presidents OF the
New York Central Railroad, whose
father, in turn, founded the Big Four.
His mother, daughter of the late Charles
P. Taft, is a descendant Of the wealthy
Sintons OF Cincinnati. His wife, who
was Louise Harkness, Is descendant OF
an equally wealthy family. The com.
bined names, ingalls,. Taft, Slnton and
Harkness, are enough to produce sud
den start in any society or nnanclal
editor.
Crack Polo Player.
One Of the best polo players In the
United States, Mr.. ingalls, IS RANKED
easily one of the stars in Cleveland,
where is played a brand OF polo second
only to that of Long Island.
An ice hockey player OF speed and
skill he was member OF the Yale
varsity. He Is tall and 1.-the, with
/ fine build for athletics.
/ He is former member OF the Ohio
Legislature. and he Is responsible for
the present State aviation code. de-
signed to prevent unframed flyers IN
"old crates" from getting into the all
and risking their own and others lives
Mr.. ingalls, was the first member OF the
Legislature to fly regularly between hi:
home and the Capitol at Columbus.
He was a good trial lawyer until he
gave up practice for the more glamorou:
avenues of politics. He is the father
of four small daughters, and the addict
Of familiar pipe.
Some of the pundits say that the age
in which We are living is one in which
the old-style Statesman" Of vast ora
torical periods and imposing waistcoat
is soon to become as extinct as the dodo
If SO, the time certainly ought to b<
ripe for ingalls,. for he is as unlike 6
candidate for Governor as you ever saw