NCDN, SPECIAL service Annapolis, Aug. 25, The United States, which missed participation in the last Schneider Cup seaplane race because it was too late, was today definitely] eliminated from this year's race when Lieut. Alford Williams failed in an attempt to fly the 1,100 h.p. plane Mercury.
Lieutenant Williams made three tries to get the powerful craft off the water, but could not rise. It] had been expected that the Mercury would develop speed considerably in excess of 300 miles an_ hour, as; it consisted chiefly of engine Evidently the wing surface was sacrificed by the designers to too great ati extent.—United Press,
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