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Show UTAH AVIATOR I IS WINNER OF I PLANE CLASSIC I I Lieutenant Maughan of B Logan Made Unconscious H By Speed H UNDER GREAT STRAIN H Captures Prize While Wor- HE ried Over Stork's Ex- ffi pected Visit B SELFRIDGE. AIT. CLEMENS Micru WSti Oct. 14. (By International News Ser- WKc vice). While Llout Maughan wn.s set- JjHS; tlivj a new world's record in winning ED the Pnllt.cr trophy, hLs Wife gae birth 'Hi to a loy in u San IYn wlsro hospital. sassf Word of the baby's arrival was rc- Ihk Ct ved hero as Lieutenant Maughan la in I" I H i MOFNT CLEMENS. Mich . Oct. 14. ( By the A"ssociated Press, i L"r' K conscious at times due to tho terrific Hi speed at which he rushed through the L heavens, and during his conscious Rtf moments haunted by fears for the aBKv condition of his wife, who momen- IBs1 lorlly expects to become a mother, Lieutenant B. L. Maughan. an army I aviator flying an army Curtiss Pitts- He burg speed pursuit plane, won tho HE' Pultlzer trophy aerial race here to- dny. Ho traveled the 160-mile course Mffi afnn average speed of 206 mites an I HJ Tho race, run In three flights and HH replete with sensational achievements I on tho part of the entrants that I promise to become aerial tradition, HJ resulted in the smashing of world I records, both official and unofficial .1 r SO, loO and 200 kilometer courses. I SENSATIONAL SPEED. Lieutenant L. J Maitland. piloting j I a slstei ship to that of Maughan. was BBlk second ... tho Pulitzer competition. IW but his honors that respect were HH overshadowed b th ierrlflc speed ho H attained in ono lap of 6u ki'ometers. H He covered the distance at tiit, rato HJ of 21 6 1 miles p-r hoar faster ti lf Kt anyone ever flew in a race. Maughan'tL. H , plane Is the ono that made a world's G' record of 220 miles an hour over a if: one-kilometer course at Garden City, W-? Long Island, recently. 8; ; . Seven filers, two of them United 9 States navy entries, the remainder HJ representatives of the army, shattered K tho world's record for 200 kilometers r' or more whin thoy exceeded 17R.7 H miles an hour the mark established L In Franco by Klrsch. H ANOTHER SPEEDER. I Lieutenant S. J. Brow, in a Curtis B. navy racer, won third place In the K ' Pulitzer competition, going the 1 6S j?' miles at an average speed of 193 I f miles an hour. Maltland's speed for j '. the entire course was at the rate of IH 2o3 miles an hour. H The race was unmarred by serious jp ' LCCldents. One plane, the nav v "mys- tsry ship." piloted by Lieutenant I H Hi Sand'-rsnn. ot the marine corpa. w was forced out of the race during the k; fourth lap by engine trouble. Captain H St. Clare Street landed his Verdle- p Sperry between two trees a mile P from Sold fridge field He was not hurt, but a wing was torn off the HH WINNER l.nlSTEI) When he brought his plane It V earth, Lieutenant Maughan was s exhausted thai he loaned against the & '' ship for several minutes until he re- 7. Ivlved Major General Mosoo M 1'at- Kj- I rick, chief of the army air service, Kf ' J Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett. chief of V I the naval bureau of aeronautics, and frf'- Edwin Denby, secretary of the navv. Ky i rushed to him Major General Patrick H I patted the lieutenant on the head and Secretory Denby was so overcome, he rat-burst rat-burst into tears. PC'. ' All the time during tho race. T H I was thinking about a telegram I had H (Continued on Pagt Two) V: 1 UTAH AVIATOR WINS CONTEST Flies So Fast He Is Rendered Unconscious in Plane (Continued from Page Onr ) ( hr. n exporting nnnounMng tho Mrth I of a child to Mrs. MmiKhnn." the I winning airman said, when he wo , nblo to talk. "I was lost four times ' In th haz and was stunned on most J of the 13 turns. BBOOMEfl t m ONSCIOI 8 "My worst moments, however, were nt one turn whn I lost '-onfldenco i .md thfn becamn unconscious. On Jl . ' th straightaway I Cami t. Another, trouble I hud was with my feet going to sleep " The terrific sped also told on Lieutenant Maltland. After the lap In which ho mado 216.1 miles anj , hour. Ills air pressure, feeing g.xso-l line to his motor broke down and hoi i IVflfl forcd to m. an eni.Tg.Tn-v hind pump. Throughout the last four L2SI lPi with his plane hurling through' Ithe air at a spend In excess of 2nnl rnlles nn hour, Maltland was obliged; to pump away, first with one hand; tind du n with the othr Wh( n )' flnlsh.d behind Mnughan, he was! i t.vhausted. i Lieutenant Maughan Is 2D years old and Is n natlv.- .,f Ig.m. I'tali. lit,! Is of flrlally credited with having1 j brought down four enemy planes whUe serving In the army air Mtn . In Ptmnce He wears the distinguish. ,1 I service inojni ms po8t ls at Mather t Hold, California. t ! (Note Maughan. by virtue of plan- ; lng flrt. wins a cash prize of $3000 In addition t,. the trophy ;md a gold plaque, designating the VlOtOt ' Last year th. ra e was hold at Om- j aha on November 3 and was wr.n bv , U'-rt Acosta His record was 1 76 7 miles per hour. The contest, held an-', anally, takes It name frm the Pul- , 1t7.i-r trophy, a classic wlngod figure , holding up an airplane, wh:. h ru do- , finted to the Aoro club of America by ' Kiilph. Tnseph. Jr.. and Herbert Pul- itor. Individual pilots of the first, second and third machines, arc nunr I. I gi I I. , Mllver and bronze plaiii s. n pi-.-tlve- . j ly. Second place takes with It a cash i BH i i prieo of $2000 and $1000 Is awarded . to the third machine. ) 1 00 |