Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1925, Page 5

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WASHINGTON, D. ¢, AUGUST 9. 1925—-PART 1. e RACE PILOTS NAWIED BY ARMY AND NAVY £ | Flyers Are Chosen for Sen-| sationa: Contests in | | October. The most coveted aments ol the Army. Navy and arine Corps | those three services vesterday withj Their desiznations to participate in the tand and seaplane classics, the former | 1o be held at Mitchell Field, Lonz | Istand. October 8, % and 10 and the lat-} ter 1o ba held at Baltimore. October 24 iation’s honors of the world nding events of the 1wo | > Pulitzer trophy race for | anes to be fown October | 10 at Mitchel Field and the Schneider | itest ay Baq Shore Park near| h#® latter part of the| latter competition, | gainst planes at Mitchel | <t the results! vould hald new racing planes onei tonewing vear the Army would | o new planes to Ay azainst the | and it wonld take the honors wiis in 1923 did not enter and test af Davion was an Army affair | Each Has New Plane. | toher, however, 1wo brand-new jobs™ will takes the air, one pilated by a Navy officer and the oth-| er hy an Army officer There will he other and slower pl in the Pul-| itzer event. hut all 1 the new Curtiss being b They will be si as near alike ax human an construct them. There i taken for nted that it will he 2 fizht of skill against skil In the Navy plane will be Lieut tered ak A. J. (A Williams. jr.. of the Naval| chir Air Station here. holder of the wor closed course speed record of 24 d’s miles per honr, which he established | M il by winning the Pulitzer event of 1923. | This will be Lieut. Willlams' third "1 Pulitzer race. In the Army plane will be Lieut. Cyrus Bettis of the Kirst Pursuit Gronp. Selfridge Field. Mount Clemens, Mic winner of the race for pursuit planes last vear at Day ton of a speed of 175 miles per h Both the Army and Navy Air S e 1o pursue a poliey of al < in each branch one op-| v oal a sp lar and note- | worthy undertaking, and not put them tn a second or third time. The Army this vear has picked a “new’y man to win the Pulitzer race. but incidentally | not a “green’” one. The Navy regards the victory of such supreme impor ance that it has set ont to win the contest at ail costs, and it is known Admiral chief of rd rcit understanding when he Lieut. Williams to bring the 0 the Navy the second time { his pasi performances to holding ihe closed course record. Lieut. Williams estab lished & maximum speed record miles an hour, but this since has been | of S raised by Adjt. Bonnet of France with | New York City own University here. a speed of 278 miles per hour New Record Expected. While the speed of the Dayton event | fc standard 3 -al Washing- | fon is confident that the new Curtiss lasi vear racers will exceed the performance of |an instructor their sister ships. At least 250 miles an hour is expected here. The Schneider trophy this vear will be defended by two naval aviators on duty here. Lient. Georze T. Cuddihy executive officer of the naval air sta jon. and L Bureau of Aeronautics. A third naval aviator. Lieut. F. H. Conani. recently transferred 1o the burean from the Fighting Squadron on the and a native of Annapolis. will fly pro. viding the Army does noi enter its Pulitzer land plane in the seaplane ! claesic Lieut. Cuddihy and Lieni. Ofstie last vear establiched s a1 Baltimore at to defend the eomp materiali the wor records they were i official rec maximum seaplane - speed miles per hour and I » seaplane speed records 't 100 and | 200 kilomete miles per | hour and for 500 kilometers at 161.14 miles per hour. Lient. Cuddihy has been assigned as alternate for Lieut. Williams in the Pulitzer race and may enter . that event flving an Army Curtis PWSB pursuft plane. if ar rangements for acquiring one can be made Otler Entrants Named. The other entrants in the Pulitzer race are Lieut. . J. Norton, M. €. of Quantico. who will fiy a Cur tiss PWSB: Capt. Harvey Cook instructor at the Army m Service Tactical School. Lanzlev Ield. Va a war-time “ace.” and Lieut. Leo H. Dawson, 1”. 8. A.. of Chanute Field . an er with a distin guished n the air. Ti two officer ] PW&Rs, stand Army pu ships of more than 2 miles an speed Lieut. Ja H. Doolittle, Army Air Service, ha en chosen an alternate for Lient. Bettis and it is understood if the Army ides 1o enter it racing plane in 4 pla e Lient. Dooliitle will be siznment. | Daootittle is a pilot of much skill and he also possesses amprehensive know © of aeronan tical enginecrinz. e is a1 prasent on duty At t ' the Liberty enzine trophy event will he held and the Navy will he on duty in has not v for this or | plane meet. the Navy, be Licut 1. & N.. and Lieut rs. U. S. M. C. both of the Air Station here end Lieut. T. 17. 8. N.. of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Lieut. ¢ D. Palmer &, N.. radio nfficer at the station, is the reserve pilot for this race The following day the Detroit News | air transport trophy race for large capacity planes will be held. The fol- lowing have been selected to parti-| cipate: Lieut. J. D. Barner of the Naval Air Station here, who will fly | an SC-6 scouting, torpedo and he plane; Lieut. T. N. Thweart, 1 Naval Al Sation Hampit oads, Va 83 scouting. bombing and torpedo plane: Liet. S. P. Ginder, T, N.. Aircraft Squadro onting | b Youglas T-6 torpedo y e. and | dent. . F. Sehilt of Brown Field. | ntice, Va., who will iy either a| Navy Donglas T-4 torpedo plane or a Marine Corpe Martin bomber. The | altermate pilot for this race will be | Lieut. C, F.. Sprague of the Naval Afc | Ktation here al | eter, manding officer of the Naval Air Sta PREPARING FOR ANNU AL LAND AND EAPLANE CLASSIC . h-r.l 0. Roger George K. Hen s Cart Makes Bov Buollegger: Case of Scotch. Nettine € fetachment will by Selection of Lients. Williams, F hneider events espective services can pay their the high-speed MAJ. POLLOCK FIGHTING UNDER HIS FOURTH FLAG Has Served With British. French PRUSSIAN WOMEN LOSE MEMORY WHEN IN DIET Articles Indicate Williams Onee Pitcher. and American Forces—Now More Forzetful Flying for Sultan. Abd.cl Krim's Rifiane in that service be fi Ralph A. 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