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Elimination did not stop when the race began. Gar Wrood's Northrop Gamma, with Pilot Joe Jacobsen alone aboard, lost a wing as it was streaking across Kansas. Thrown free, Pilot Jacobsen was knocked unconscious, came to just in time to pull his ripcord, float safely to earth as his plane caught fire, exploded...
Over Dayton, Ohio, last week curvetted three new little airplanes, undergoing rigorous U. S. Army Air Corps tests in its present search for an advanced type training plane. Two of the entries were from factories which have long supplied the Army with good planes (North American, Northrop). They were therefore less interesting to onlookers than the third competitor, a stubby little monoplane entered by Seversky Aircraft Corp., a five-year-old firm which in the past twelvemonth has mushroomed from almost nothing to top-notch military importance...
...meters Al Northrop led after the first quarter-mile to within hailing distance of the home tape, where he began to fade and was passed by Gene Venzke and a trio of others forcing him to a tired fifth. Dick Johnson's third in the javelin throw was another disappointment for Harvard followers...
Bill O'Connor is the sole entry in the 400-meters while Al Northrop and Henry Marcy run the 1500 and 3000 meters respectively. Northrop is also entered in the 800-meters along with John Dorman...
...nucleus of next year's staff will be Bill O'Connor, Al Northrop, Bill Schmidt, Bert Litman, Emile Dubiel, Henry Marey, Charley Worth, and Bob Woodward. These runners can not be disregarded by any team...