Show I EDDIE STINSON S 'S Sf OF f DETROiT IS fiRST 10 SI ARI Sensational Flight From FromN N New ew York to Spokane Gets Under Way CANADA IS IN RACE RACE Frisco to Spokane Contest Is Launched ROOSEVELT ROOSEVEL T FIELD N. N v. v Sept 21 AP Lacey third entrant in the nonstop division of the New York Spokane air derby made madean an unsuccessful to take off at 4 p. p pm p.m. m Eastern standard time time His plane having struggled thoI the tho whole length of the mileo na runS run way without bitIng i the air wu was stopped a few yards from a gully into which Captain Rene Rena Fonck's plane crashed to end two men lives last year I I i I I I ROOSEVELT FIELD N N. Y V. Sept 21 Eddie AP Stinson of Detroit hopped off on a nonstop flight to tG Spokane at 2 p p. m. m eastern standard time tOday starting the triangular nonstop race of the tho national n air derby S n lost speed after ah lJ ln Ue tc k the fj after a rub ruh of about 1000 feet teet di- di spits spite an unfavorable fresh north wind blowIn blowing almost acro thu leid As black and yellow plane Into the graying skIes westward that of Duke Schiller ler the Ro Royal al Windsor was Wa dragged to the starting mound The was started and the crowd turned red Its attention to the new entrant being kept kelt back front from the roaring prop propellers by guards entry in the race made the affair an ond on with Canada and the United States State rep rep- resented The plane shot allot down the runway at 2 13 p. p to m. steadily me- me and successfully took the theair all air after a run of a 0 little more than 2000 feet teet It required only a few teW seconds for tor the takeoff an anti then two of the lie racers were on their ivay Steve Lacey Icey of Lomax m. m who vho was scheduled to be the third corn com Continued on page 2 EDDIE SON SlIP OF DETROIT IS FIRST ST TO START T ART U page 1 hOod bed not brought ht his pane ne the All Air King Cing from Curtiss field feld when took oft off Lacey however vas allowed until P. P rn m. to take oft off It was vas expected however that his whose motor motor mo- mo tor given gI a final check chec would be bettt ht the starting point before his zer hour Stinson was accompanied y JY Fred Koehler a a. test pilot from his lac- lac tory at Detroit as his copilot in th the I race Schiller had as hl hi relief Ill lot Edward Bohn or of st. st Louis and East Palm Parm n acl Stinson's was pounds Ma than chillers Stinson's total weight was was' pounds and Schiller's pounds As the minutes passed and Lacey 1 still failed to arrive Major H. H C. C Dr ldson one of the official starters start start- ers hastened to Curtiss field by autom automObile bile to ascertain the cause of the delay SAN FRANCISCO Sept U 31 Al' Al airplanes s fooIe off oct In tw groups field here today p the fIrst t l leg g or of n a he det race to Spokane Wash contending for tor prizes totaling a feature Incident to the national all air races about to Start In the Washington city The dOss n 13 group were planes carr carrying pIlot and one r or or his equivalent in weight Six ot of them ok to the air be beginning at 5 a. a m. m and In the space of five tive minutes all aJI were roaring away toward Portland Ore t the e only top stop scheduled on the mUe DOO-mUe course An hour later the five close A entries went Into the air ail wIth the sanF precision They were required to carry two p passengers Ol th lr 4 Continued on l page age 8 8 equivalent In ballast and were were to b be permitted to stop at Portland also 1 C C San Sans i W Cn Cal one or the t In the B race was scratched scratch d' d when hG he failed to show tip p nt at th field The reason for tor Ills his was not U learned The Winners Inners in each race will be designated according to elapsed time ABERDEE ABERDEE l SD s SePt pt 21 AP tHeir to the compulsory minute five JI minimum five leaders In Inthe the class A all air derby New York were only a afew afew few minutes minutes' apart when they thoy left here with E. E E. E Ballough ot of Chic Chi Chi- c go leading BALLOUGH LEADING Ballough's official time of was a. a m. m three e more mare than thun two lit urs from the time lithe h he left St. St Paul and he took oft off fo for Miles City M Mont nt after lIng l- l Ing at a. a m m. m He was not tit cUt ot of sight b before fore C. C V LV Holman of St. St Paul brought his plane piane down dawn nt at 8 42 30 followed by N. N B. B Mamer Spokane at a. a am a.m. m. m Tex nankin Portland Port Port- land Ore at 50 and J. J P. P Wood Wausau Wis With refueling and servicing quickly accomplished each aach flier got away promptly at the ex of his minute fIve minimum before the next three pl nes landed in hr this order E. E H. H Lee Chicago at m U Philadelphia Phila- Phila delphia and E. E J IC Camp Camp- boll eU Molin Ill III at t a. a. a m. m ST ST. PAUL 1 Sept 21 AP Al' Fighting to overcome the ant ad ge of leaders tile the trailing planes plane in th the class n II ll derby lb N New w to tile the long ves y t galI cal early ly tOda with f Iv w ex Two planes plane's took olt from froni the St. St Paul airport five Ie py vIsitors at Fargo got got- gota gotay a ay y and another plane last night when forced down t a small Minnesota town cleared the F field while others scattered oVer the course ver St St. B J ot ol entry No 55 hopped at 73 48 n. n rn and nd was followed at a. a ni by M. M H. H chain cham or of Y Wa Wash 1 No Ko 52 while these entries left Fargo thIs thIs- J morning No 43 R. R n. n Johnson MiSsoula Mont a. a am a.m. m. m No 10 44 A. A Litzen- Litzen n- n berger Erie Erie- Pa a. a ni m. No 1 39 39 C. C B. B McMahan Miles s' s City Mont a m m. m No O. O n 47 A W. W Stephenson Dillon Mont 6 33 a. a am a.m. m. m No 54 34 J. J B Cot Cot- Kan a a tn m. d down at lInn Minn late yesterday by a water pipe leak leak- age Pilot Gerald Gelald Smith ot of Tacoma lacoma Wash entry No 42 remained unreported unreported un- un reported o overnight but he took off at a m. m today lande-a lande nf at Fargo at n. n m. m and left again aln at a. a m. m Miller Leading by Half Minute in Big Derby Mont Se SePt t. t 21 AP Al' APLe Le Led by Miller and Meyers a flock of seven class B planes landed here this from Glendive Glendi on their hc bob from New York to Spa Spa- kane Jane in the dir races MIller still led wIth Meyers just justh h halt lr a minute behind The arrival and d departure time or of the planes follows No 41 41 Miller 1021 and 1026 No 38 36 Meyers 1022 and 1027 No 32 Charles 1022 and 1027 1021 No 49 Dettmer 10 29 and 1039 1030 No 60 Knapp 10 7 and 1043 No 60 50 Emery Emer 1038 and 1040 No 61 51 Unger 1045 and 1102 The planes took oft after acter their five fhe minutes minutes' rest on a mile trip to Missoula which they expected ex- ex to reach within three hours Jack Jacl Ashcroft Towanda Pa flier who spent the night In Fargo and flew lIew this morning to to Glendive had hadnot hadnot not land landed d at though po e took ot oft with the others at Glen GlOn- dive Kenneth Unger was one o ot the United States airmail pilots operatIng operating Ing out of Salt Lake to the east befOre before be- be fOre the Boeing All Air Transport corn om- pany took over tile the route linger Unger made his home in Salt SaIt Lake and w as one of the best pilots in ill the |