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Show i.!Ari;;e FLIER C.WES1P Page Takes Curtiss Tro-' Tro-' phy Racing Against ' 23 Navy Pilots By OSCAR LEIDINO Associated Pre Aviotien Kajitsr ' WASHINGTON, May 1 (AP) Carrying tha eelsrs of the marines alone against twenty-throe navy pilota. Captain Arthur Pass tedey swept ts s new rses record of 1M.0S miles an hour dnd won ths Curtiss marine trophy, Lieutenant D. W. Harrigan won tha Incalla trophy for the hlgheet percentage of rated apeed by leading a group of training ships with s speed of lf-0 miles sn hour. Lieutenant J. E. Dyer, winning ins oDocrvaiiou piane race wits e apeed of 14ill ml lea an hour, roared across tha finish line third, beating out three fighter pilots whosa ahlpa were rated faster. He preaaad Lieutenant Lieu-tenant A. P. Storra, combat filer, who flnlahed next to Page. AVE HI PLANE Lieutenant P.'D. Strodp was the sols torpedo plans pilot to finish, averaging llt.71 miles an hour. Three contenders In the class were forced out, and only quick work by Lieutenant J. B. Beck saved hi .plans when It caught (Irs from en-gin en-gin overheating. Lieutenant T. D. Oulnn piloted the winning amphibian, averaging 11744 mllea an hour. Feur pilota ware forced to land aftar the third Up and two were disqualified aftar tha (Continued on page i.) MARINE FLIER CAPTURES CUP (Continued from page 1.) i rirst turn for cutting a pylon too short, Captain Page used the same plane In which Major C. A. Luts. tha only other marine to win the trophy in eleven years of competition, speeded to victory In 19-0. The ship hsd been rest ream lined and, skimming low over the Potomac Poto-mac to take advantsge of a heavier cushion of air and turning- short on the pylon, Psga was able to add 6 miles an hour to Luts'a speed. COWL OUTLAWED Th former rsc record n es-tabilshed es-tabilshed lst year by Lieutenant W. (i. Tomllnson. who averaged It: miles an hour In a ship with I special cowl which was outlawed it today's race', 'Mor than 10,000 spectator vlw th race and spectacular background back-ground of flying demonstrations ir which Lieutenant T. G. W. BettU dropped In a glider from th Lot Angeles and Lieutenant Commandei C. A. Nicholson hooked a plan tt th dirigible. |