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4 SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 8, VI.T 41, tftr f5w-: If I fill JMIPWI SMALL PLANES NOW APPEARING SPRING YACHT RACING BEGINS Automotive Oddities By Pete Keerian University to Give Lessons in Air Worh i Li LI BY- CLIP SHERWOOD -S? KIhe THAT WAS RUllT FROM A C01JPIF OF oiO PLANES AMD ITS PR0PEUERS yAt I jr a 4 7 southern cross FLEW AROUND THE, WORLD Or, COTTON. Low-Cost Ships for Amateurs Take Limelight Craft Meet Specifications for Beginners Company's Entrance in Field Gives Confidence Br RANK J. CARMODY Three years ago when the world's moet spectacular quantity producer gave tip the Idea of offering the public an airplane "anybody could buy, It looked lUce'ft dark epoch for private flying; Even more than they spoke of it publicly, many in the industry felt that if "this manufacturer gave up after spending a great deal of money developing his ship, the outlook for eucu craft could not be very much after all. Conversely, the same observers are optimistic again, the result not of the pioneer's intention to reenter the light plane field but of the decision of one of the country's oldest plane makers to do so.

This company, wliose name is one of the solid rocks in the foundation of aviation, has Just announced a email plane to sell for $1500. They tell one in authoritative circles that the fact that the company has gone out tor the private buyer is not the most significant aspect of its gesture. The big news is that In building a light, Inexpensive plane its name has given standing to all aircraft of a similar type. It will serve to remove doubts in the mind uf the potential buyer that the plane he can afford to buy really is capable of safe, worthwhile performance. Vincn 4 DLii bin L.

A. TIMES GAME NO. 230 Sicilian Defense White Dake Black Fine 1 P-K4 P-B4 19 BxB NxB 2 N-UH3 N-UB3 20 0-K3 Q-B2 3 P-KN3 P-KN3 21 N-5 4 B-N2 B-N2 22 N-N3 B-H3 1 5 KN-K2 N-B3 23 QM-K P-B3 6 P-03 Castle 4 P-B4t BxN 7 Castle P-D3 2: BxBch P-K3b) 8 P-KR3 B-Q2 2 N-K4I Q-K2 9 B-K3 H-N 27 NxPcU RxN 10 P-QR4 P-QR3 28 0N BxRch 11 Q-Q2 R-K '29 Hxll R-K 12 P-B4 P-R3 30 B-K4 )-N4 13 P-KN4 Q-N3? 31 OxU Nxtl IS P-K 5 PvP 18 PXP 8 PxP KN-R2 BxKP R-KB 34 B-R N-H2 35 R-B7ch Resigns 17 BxHP IB B-E4 and the is but tai it NxKf: NxN; 16.PxN loses a pawn and the name. Hermnn Stelner, who resided in Los Angeles awhile last year, tn due to letuin to New York this week after several months In Europe, He rectnlly on a Berlin tourney. 3'a-l'a ahead of Ahues, Helling, Rellstab, Baemlsch and L.

Steiner. The former boy prodigy. Sammy Re-shevsky, now of Detroit, recently gave another simultaneous in the East with his Usual sticocss. He plays but little now. Last week's results In the local Intra-club lraKtie: Los Aneele.

6'i; Caltech, Vft- Beverly Hills, Loos Beach, Santa Barbara, 6s Hivhland Park. 2. A permanent memorial to the present United States champion. Frank J. Marshall, seems assured through a movement recently started back Enst by friends Of Mr.

and Mrs, Marshall to create au endowment known as the Marshall Trust Fund. A recent tourney for the championship of the Castle Chess Club. Oakland, as won by John Ttonni. Hl-year old Uuklund champ. With Willis Lamb of Los- Anaeles, Berkeley student, second.

Lamb immediately challenged Tipym to a lnatchi which was promptly started. One Week a rm CAR THIEF bMb BUSWESb IN A BIG WW STOLE ft GRtYHOUND UNE BUS AND GOT flWftV WITH IT. Jn.fyrAiwk Oiy. ri it it jutti.u t-r. -ir 'u 1 11 am i- iT7 i ii Ml a March 8, 1931 m.Addres all mall to CUf Sherwood, The Tunes, Log Auelev.

L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO, 212 By Oeorge Hume, Nottingham, Eng. Honorary mention, Che AmHtcurr 1929, I White mates In two.Wh-13; Bl-5 K1PP2R1; 2paq2; 4k1PI; lQR2pNP; BBN1P3; ln6. Solution No.

211: Q-B. In No. 200. Q-N5 defeated by B-N3; P-N3 or K-B7 defcuted by P-K. Solver' list lor Pebruai-y.

Five) edr-rect: Barton P. Aboru, A. Barllottl. feed Biebeslielmer, Percy Boaater, Charles BroUKhton. O.

Dodice, Elmer t. Pergu-on, Effle M. Flpming. V. Katahlra, L.

J. Peters, W. B. Tudor, Arthur L. MacKaye, Totvo Baarela.

January had fifteen with perfect scores; Ave of them missed onre in February, leaving ten In the hundred per cent group. Pour correct: Kenneth Garnet. John M. Garrett, J. Harris, O.

A. Hall. Phllo H. House. Edgar H.

Jacot. Waller L. Koethen, Nicholas Nelson, Dana h. league, M. R.

Watson, Charlie Gunimer. O. A. Engstrom, Guy h. Conklin.

Others: Henry H. Bovee. Richard Buuvhman, John I. Bulan, George C. R.

Barden, C. T. Christiansou, Mr. and Harnl E. Pogerlund, J.

B. Faulkner, Harold Bovee. Vesta Wills Hancock. L. Marie Hlnchman, Bryant Hall.

Nelson D. Hunter, Robert Hall. D. Innes, Nemo 8. Jolls.

P. O. Lleberg, Joseph G. Janoiiay. M.

Leonard. Jim Malone. D. Mrlllukoff, R. M.

Maldonado. Virgil Mehienbacher. R. A. Mills, Charles J.

Meyer, Tom O'Connor. George W. Pratt, A. Qullton, Hiti Ross. Charles O.

Rankin, Frank KhlpniHii. A. Swanson, Joshua 8kos. D. Skow, Lou.t Sheppard.

Halberi, Thomas, Waterman. P. M. Williams, G. E.

White-house, P. Whltestone. B. H. Williams, Hay Zens, M.

Benjamin. H. W. Isluini, J. Weill-simer.

-C The Paoific Coast champion, Ar thur Dake of Portland, gave simultaneous exhibitions four nights v. in a row the past weeK, ruesaay 1 night at the Ambassador: Wednesday night at Glendale Hotel; anursaay night at the Los Angeles Chess T.l day night at the Pasadena Chess U1UD. juukc is the fastest performer in the country. He now offers odds of pawn and move to any California Arthur. DAKE expert, preferably the State champion, in a match at rapid chess, or play even in a regular match.

Dake will be 21 years of age next month and has been playing less than four years. The past year he played professionally around New York, and is now ranked third In the country, behind Marshall and Kashdan. He has earned a place on the United States Olympic team. Here's an example of his play, from the recent national Junior masters championship, which he won without losing a game. OW BJHOMA) ALV EDI50N HE FIRST REVISED AN AUT0M0TIME ENGINE KNOX.

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Series Opens on Elsinore Course Today Owner-Drivers Expected to Trek Westward'-' Lure of Salton Sea Calls Many This Way BY RAY CIIAPIN Following the announcement last week of the national outboard championships scheduled October 10( 11 and 12 on the Pacific Coast this year, to be staged at Oakland, a series of races leading up to the titular speedfest is now on tap by the Southern California Outboard Association. First race of the spring and summer series is to be held today on the Aloha Beach Club course at Lake Elsinore. Outcome of this event will be a harbinger of what the forthcoming season will bring to light in the hydro clashes. New and faster craft are to come to the starting line, according to advance notices by several of the western boat builders. And there have been but few rule changes to complicate the early season programs.

All in all the greatest year in the history of the popular sport looms. COMPREHENSIVE SERIES A comprehensive series of events is planned in anticipation of building up western racing In order to gleet the invasion of easterners who will send not only the fastest out-boards to the tune of at least fifty but a fleet of larger speedboats including 151's. 125-cubic-inch displacement class, gold cup, five and one-half litre- and unlimited class craft to the championship regatta. It Is also very probable, according to Rating Commissioner Arthur lZ Bobrick, who was present at the arrangement of the championship meet which took place in New York, that the famous Gar Wood of Detroit, owner-driver of the fleet of Miss Americas, will trek west this summer for the first time since his early days, to compete. Further, Capt.

Malcolm Campbell and Miss England, successor to the late MaJ. Sir Henry Segrave, who gave his life in obtaining the world's free-for-all mark once held by Wood, will doubtless also come west, as he is to race in Detroit Labor Day for the Harmsworth trophy. SALTON SEA BECKONS The eastern drivers, every one of them, are said to be making the western trek, largely in anticipation of racing In Southern California waters, particularly on Salton Sea, lowest down and fastest race course in the United States. Anticipating this, an extraordinarily heavy program of events is arranged throughout Southern Cali fornia, both to precede and follow the Oakland championships. The proposed series now being outlined by the Southern California Outboard Association, and starting with today's clash at Elsinore, will include the next events, a three-day card, April 3, 4 and 5 on Salton Sea, where an attempt will be made to lower existing world's straightaway outboard marks.

For the first time In outboard history, the fastest measured mile in the world is out of America's posession, and lies in England. Harold G. Ferguson, American ace and former holder on the west coast, will try to regain the mile which he lost to Ray Pregenzor at 51.469 miles per hour, who is turn was eclipsed by the English at slightly faster than 52 miles per hour. Other races will include the annual July 4 series at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach sponsored by the Long Beach Yacht Club, followed by the "mile high" regatta at Lake Arrowhead, Elsinore races Memorial Day and the Santa Barbara Armistice program, with finally the Southern California championships at Lake Elsinore Labor Day. For runabouts a race each month or thereabouts is on the books of the Long Beach Power Boat Club to be staged at Recreation Park In the Beach City.

DOMINANT CHANGES Expressing opinion of the few dominant rule changes that will cover outboard racing this year. Commissioner Bobrick believes that the one cutting the number of runs for mile straightaway trails from six to two will have the greatest effect. fifteen pounds, the race plane wing carries loads of more than thirty. Its wings are flat and the flatter they are, and the more heavily loaded, the faster they must be flown to remain in the air. Unlike the planes entered in a once great trophy race, now abandoned, those in the Schneider Cup event are not limited as to landing speed.

Many think that the death knell of the finest airplane speed contest ever held in this country was sounded when a limit of seventy-five miles was placed on landing speed. There is a definite relationship between the stalling or landing peed of an aircraft and its highest speed and with a limit of less than 100 m.p.h. on the former, the 250-mile top soeed of these planes was regarded as the limit. While the public's big thrill at Cowes will come in watching and listening to the planes roaring around the course, the expert will follow the ship back to the surface of the water for one of the big thrills of the competition. Dangerous steering la oftest dut to loose wheel bearings.

Aviation Insurance is a new eve- ning course to be given at Unlverx sity College, University of Southern California, In the spring quarter which opens the 23rd Inst In the Transportation Building, for which registration commences the preceding Monday, the lth Inst. Earl V4 Hill, educational adviser for Western Air Express and professor lit the Southern California college ot commerce, will conduct the course on Tuesday evening from" 7 to 8:20 o'clock. Mr. Hill will also have charge of an evening class in principles of commercial aviation Mondays from 7 to 9:20 o'clock. Meeting in Bridge Hall on tho Southern California campus, a class In airplane power plants will he organized under the direction of Edward Sweitzer on Tuesday night.

Congressmen to Visit Tulare 'At least six Congressmen are expected to be Inoluded in a party scheduled to 'visit' Tulare county, probably about the middle of June, while Inspecting national parks and Indian reservations in California. Sequoia, and Gen. Grant national parks and the Tuie River Indian Reservation will probably be visited. Only nr WEstmore 6011 Robt. Alherlon, 4927 S.

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W. Motor 8ti f. '7 LITY 2217 Beverly Boulevard Just West of Alvarado Street. DUnkirk 1208 and 1209 FAMOUS FOR 10 YEARS Manufacturers of planes of similar design, performance capabilities, power, and price of which there are several and likely to be others this spring stand to benefit by the entrance of the newcomer, although its competition will be keen. That is the view taken by a competent observer of the situation in.

the lowest-price plane field. The "better public psychology" for which everyone constantly is looking is expected to follow the uew designation of this type of aircraft. Heretofore these planes have been designated as intended for the private buyer. Now the point is made that they are intended for the amateur, a word that gives flying the sporting flayor that many beiieve It is bound to have for several years in this particular class. The distinction, as made by several sales authorities, is quite subtle; neat, In fact.

That it is clever, one is told, does not affect its fundamental truth and accuracy in the slightest. It goes something to this effect: The difference between amateur and its opposite, professional, is quite something else than the difference between private and its an-tonymn, public. Amateur and professional refer to the relative capabilities of the user of the vehicle, one plane maker points out, while private and public relate to the vehicle Itself. AMATEUR PLANES From the performance of the to the $1000 to $1500 price class one gathers that the manuf ac-turers are coming around to the sijftifieations of the mother who did not mind her son going in for aviation, if he promised to "fly low and ow." While these planes are believed to have all of the performance capabilities the enthusiastic amateur could desire, they naturally do not compare with larger and Mcher-power ships. At their prices, they could not do so.

Their high-speed and cruising, speed figures are eighty and sixty miles an hour, respectively. Relatively but there are two excellent reasons for it. One is economy, the other is safety. The small size of the engine of such craft, from thirty to forty horsepower, and from two to four cylinders, is one of the important factors in the low initial cost. Also, it accounts for the gasoline end oil economy.

The latter two of operating cost, inciden-taUy, are better than can be had from any automobile save the ixidget products. No standard sized ear will give gasoline mileage of twenty-five to twenty-eight miles oer gallon. These small aircraft built amateur will. WERE. 1 1 STOP CRTtRPlllAR 6y cApo March 8, 1931 Chess and Checker Headquarters, 900 Union League Building, corner of Second and Hill streets.

All chess and checker players invited to join. All communications Intended for th'i department should be addressed to John Dougherty, 4026 Dalton avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. AMONG THE FANS In last issue you were asked to send your contributions to the W. Valentine fund to E. H.

Greene; it should have read to Oscar E. Apple, 408 18th avenue, Rock Island, 111. Basil Case left February 26 for a trf through Texas and Oklahoma before returning to his home hi Chicago. Those desiring the Seventh American Tourney games should subscribe at once for the American Checker Monthly as Mr. Teetzel is going to publish the games in that magazine.

The subscription price is $3 per year. Send your subscription to the editor or direct to M. D. Teetzel, Box 543, Roswell, N. M.

PASSING OF A. J. UEFFNER August J. Heffner, the dean of checkers in the United States, passed away Saturday, February 21. at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass.

Mr. Heffner was bom in Providence, April 5, 1858, so was nearly 73 years old at time of his death. He was acknowledged the greatest; analyst of all time. In 1885 he won toe American championship from C. H.

Freeman and lost It the following year in a 50-game match with C. F. Barker by score of 2 to 1 and 47 draws. His latest activity in checkers was as captain of the American team in the Second International Match and later chief annotator of The Match Games Book. "If God hath made -this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found 1" PROBLEM NO.

1525 By M. H. Brennan Black 4, 5, 12, 15; King, 24. 1. I fejtJSl Mk I.

10 IT White 13, 22, 26. 31; Kinif, 7. White to play and win. PROBLEM NO. 1526 By Alex MeHardy Blnck 1.

3, 10; Kings. U. 17, 24. White-18. 19.

28. 30; Kings, 2, 9. White to play and win, jrx i MADc HE OREGON TRftCTOR CONTEST. ONE TRRCT- SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS PROBLEM NO. 1523 By M.

H. C. Warden Black King, 9. White 25, 26. Black to play and win.

9-14 14-10 9-14 11-15 6- 2 14-17 wins. 25- 22 22-18 15-10 5- 9 10- 7 7-11 26- 23 18-15 10- 6 B. PROBLEM NO. 1524 By Dr. A.

Schaefer Black 8, 12. White 15. 28. Black to play and draw. 12-16 8-12 23-27 15- 10 7- 3 7-11 16- 19 19-23 27-32 10- 7 3- 7 28-24 32-28 24-20 12-16 Drawn.

L. A. TIMES GAME NO. 2449 Dundee, 12-16, 24-20 This was the first game of the Case vs. Orio match.

Black Case White D'Orio 12-16 10-17 19-24 31-22 24-20 21-14 25-22 7-3 8-12 8-12 24-28 22-18 28-24 25-21 27-23 11- 8 3- 8 11-16 28-32 18-15 23-18 20-11 23-18 8-4 9-13 7-16 32-27 15-11 27-23 14-10 31-24 3- 7 16-19 4- 8 20-27 12-18 24-15 29-25 15-11 13- 9 10-19 5- 9 8-15 1- 5 23-16 21-17 18-11 7-10 12-19 16-20 27-31 5-14 18-14-a 17-14 10-7 10-17 6-10 9-18 13-17 Diwm. 32-27 22-15 22-13 a This same position, uo from the 10-15, 23-18, opening, came up in the Stewart vs. Banks match, Banks piayea 21-11 wiin a drawn result. DEP E-N DAB I WEARS A RICH LoW'Priced Plane Being Shown Here VAN March 7. (Exclusive) The $1000 airplane, to be sold for one-third down and the balance in easy payments, has arrived.

It is known as, "The Sunbeam's Pup," was nicknamed by Graham McNamee, and Is on exhibition at the Metropolitan Airport, near here. It was originated by B. Green of the Commercial Aircraft' Corporation, which has, a factory at the airport. The plane has a landing speed of twenty miles an hour and can land or take off from an ordinary town lot or the roof of a large luilding. It has a climbing speed of 1250 feet a minute and has been piloted to an altitude of 20,000 feet.

The plans weighs 540 pounds, It is powered with a forty-horsepower Thompson, is equipped with air-wheels and a steel-welded fuselage. The ship has a' capacity for two persons and can be bought in either open or closed type. Green ha perfected plans with a finance company which permits the buying of the plane with a down payment and then so much a month. PAVEMENT EXTENDED Pavement extends from San Bernardino over Cajon Pass to Adelan-to, followed by a fair although somewhat corrugated natural gravel and dirt road to within two miles of Randsburg, with pavement to. Randsburg and Johannesburg.

P.M., en KHJ. 4uu pes EL ii SKILL OF PILOTS TESTED Utmost Ingenuity Needed to Land Schneider Cup Planes on Surface Water Although the figure describing it is by no means so startling as that relating to their hignest speed, that on the landi speed of the ships now being designed in three countries for the Schneider trophy races is one of their mcst interesting performance specifications. At least it is to those who know that landing such an airplane on water at a speed as high as 125 miles an hour is one of the most hazardous and difficult of Why? DO GRAHAM CARS LAST LONGER A New DoJge Six an A Eigkt witk all the quality, stamina an dependability you expect froui Dodge -plus rare new oeauty, new aixe, comfort and performance and still remaining at traditional Dodge price-lerela. Tfce New Six, 15 to 845. Tne New Eiglt, to 1 1 Standard Six, 735 to $835.

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The landing spscd of such a ship Is the minimum speed at which it ever-Is landed, speed pilots point out. There is no such thing as "stalling in." These special craft dare not be stalled. The hazard is so obviously great that the pilot often lands with a margin of speed above that which the craft might possibly still be sustained by iU heavily laden wings. The observer familiar with thu feature of such craft quite frequently gets more of a thrill out of seeing a landing made than in watching such a plane tear down the straightaway at a rate of more than 350 miles an hour. The skill required more than equals that in taking such a plane around a pylon without losing speed or distance at virtually three times the- landing speed.

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