Evening star., 1932-09-06
DOOL|TTLE VICTOR
! IN AIR RACE FINALE
Mrs. Mae HaizIip Sets New
Women's Speed Record
at 255.5 M. P. H.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, September g. - The
roaring mounts of two Missouri flying
comrades have turned in grand slam
in aviation's high-speed classics.
Maj. James H Doolittle. riding his
red-nosed monoplane completed the
supremacy at high speeds demonstrated
during the national air races by his
wide-margin victory In the 100-mile
free-for-all race yesterday.
His flying comrade, James Haizlip, a
week earlier had flashed across the con-
tinent to new transnation speed mark
of 10 hours and 10 minutes. HaiZlip'S
wife, Mae, pushed the unofficial wom-
ems landplane speed record to 255.513
miles per hour, and Doolittle hir1self on
Saturday had boosted the mems land
plane speed record to 296.287 miles an
hour.
Mrs. Haizlp's performance, which re-
places the 210-mile- Ian hour record of
Miss Ruth Nichols of Rye, N. Y, came
on the same day Miss Nichols lost to
Maryse Hiltz of France her women's
altitude record The Aero Club of
France yesterday recognized Nine.
Hiltzs mark of approximately $1,000
feet
Wedell Finishes Second.
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the races, Doolittle Tapped all his seven
rivals except James r. Wedell of Pat
terson, La, who finished second with
an average speed of 242 496 miles an
hour, only slightly less than 10 miles
an hour slower than Doolittle's 252.686
average.
Roscoe C. Turner was third with a
mile-an-hour average and Haiz-
lip, battling sputtering motor most
of the way fourth with 231 1.304.
Averages of the remainder of the field
were: Lee Gehlbach. Mount Clemens,
Mich. fifth, 222.098; Robert Hall.
Bill Ong, Kansas City, seventh, 191.073
miles an hour
Ray Moore, Alameda, Calif the only
other starter. pulled out of the race on
the second lap as motor trouble de-
veloped.
The prizes were:
First, $4,000 and plaque: second,
$2,500 and plaque: third. $500 and
plaque; fourth. $1,000, and fifth. $500.
On landing his ship, Doolittle said:
THE motor ran wonderfully, the ship
handled beautifully, and I only regret
] did not fly as good a race as Jimmy
Haizlip"
Haizlip, flying the same plane he
used to set new West-East trans
continental record week ago and the
one used by his wife in her record
breaking speed dashes, had motor trou-
ble but continued in the race though
the engine sputtered violently on every
pylon turn
The flyers were started at 10-second
intervals, Hall leading the field, with
Doolittle second. Doolittle was first to
complete the initial lap and swung
wide from the pylons, so great was his
speed.
Doolittle said he was satisfied with
the speed Of his ship and that he had
it wide open" all the way. The motor
functioned perfectly, he said.
Doolittle said his greatest difficulty
was in finding the third pylon in the
SUM-
First to squeeze through the crowd
about his plane was the flyers small
son, Jimmie, jr.
Hello, pop" the boy shouted.
The major grinned, struck out his
hand and said, How are you. partner"
The closing day saw the first fatality
of the meet, Al Wilson, Hollywood,
Calf, stunt flyer. having died in the
morning from injuries received two
days ago.
The day also brought the third acci-
dent Of the meet. Lieut.. Paul M.
Jacobs of Milwaukee, Wis, engineering
officer of the 18th Pursuit Squadron,
Selfridge Field, Mich, suffered a frac-
tured nose and cut over the right eye
in forced landing near Painesville.
He was flying alone to test his ship,
which had not been functioning prop
erly in Army maneuvers, when his
motor quit. A wing of the plane struck
the ground and the plane was over
turned.
Eldon Cessna. Wichita, Kans., paced
field Of 10 commercial planes in a
six-lap race over a 3i5-mile course to
win by averaging 114.8 miles an hour.
James Herrdon, Kansas City, placed
second, and Art Chester, Joliet, Ill, was
third
Floyd Bennett Field at Brooklyn,
N. Y. Is bidding for the 1888 races,
Maj. J. Nelson Kelly, director of the
field. said. Roosevelt Field, New York,
also is candidate. Cleveland has an
option, but no decision has been made
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