YALE FLIERS WIN MEET

Yale won the air meet held yesterday afternoon at Mineola under the auspices of the Army Air Service, the American Flying Club and the Intercollegiate Flying Association by collecting nine points in the five events. Williams came second with 6 points, while Princeton and Columbia tied for a close third with 5 points each. The University fliers failed to place in a single event.

The other colleges which placed are as follows: Pittsburgh, 3; Wesleyan, 3; Leigh, 3; Pennsylvania, 1, and Cornell, 1. The usual five points for first place, three for second and one for third were awarded.

The meet began with the cross-country race. Henry Thorne of Yale won the while Knowles of Lehigh placed second it was in this race that the only accident occurred when one of the entrants crashed near the start and was seriously injured. No details were available at a late hour last night.

S. M. Kirkland of Cornell won the acrobatic event, next on the program. The third event, landing to a mark, was captured by Pyne of Princeton. In the final event, the alert competition in which the aviators were required to dress in flying togs and prepare their planes for flight, Perry of Williams left the ground first, capturing first place.