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Yanks Win .17 In 19 Tilts, But Trail Tribe Half Game TUESDAY'S BASBALL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL LEAUUE W L New York Brooklyn Cincinnati Milwaukee Philadelphia St. Louis - Chicago Pittsburgh . AMERICAN Cleveland 61 30 CB .685 .681 .626 5 New York Chicago ' Detroit Boston Washington Baltimore Philadelphia .443 21 .425 23 .425 23V4 .356 29V4 .349 29' 3 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS What does i feller have to do to get into first place in this league? Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees is running the hottest ball club in the American League. Only 31V games off the pace on July 1, the Yankees have won 17 out of 19 games since then. And they still aren't up on top. Last night they came within one putout of reaching their objective. They fought off third-place Chi cago handily, winning 4-1. The hues scoreboard in Yankee Stad ium showed Boston leading Cleve land 5-3 after eight innings. But in the ninth at Boston Al Smith coaxed Willard Nixon for a contest to tie the acore. That's the way it stayed through seven more innings. It wound up a 5-5 tie after 15 innings with the league curfew calling halt. You can't start an inning after 12:50 a.m., local time, and it was 12:57 a.m. by the time the last out was made in the 16th. It will have to be replayed from the start sometime later. Tribe Margin Narrow So, by four percentage points, the Indians stayed in first place. The issue may be settled tem porarily this weekend when Cleve land invades New York for three games starting Friday night. While the American League race was tightening, the National Carole Jo Triumphs T In Portland Golf Test PORTLAND I The two out-of-Portland co-medalists in the wo men's Portland City golf tourna ment advanced with wins Tuesday, Carole Jo Kabler of Sutherlin win ning 1 up over Mrs. Tom Marlowe of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Frank Fisk of Salem defeating Mrs. J. C. Babson of Portland A and 3. All others in the championship flight are Portlandcrs. Play will be resumed inuraaay, me men I division competing Wednesday, Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Richmond 2, Montreal 1 Havana at Ottawa, ppd., rain Toronto 8, Buffalo A Rochester 8-6, Syracuse 0-5 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 11, Kansas city A Toledo 7, Indianapolis 1 Other games postponed TEXAS LEAGUE Dallas 5, Houston 3 San Antonio 4, Fort Wortli 3 Oklahoma City 8, Beaumont 3 Shreveport 5, Tulsa 0 PIONEER LEAGUE Salt Lake 9, Idaho Falls 2 Great Falls 8, Boise 3 Pocatello 14, Ogden 3 Magic Valley 13, Billings 2 TUESDAY'S STARS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KITTING Bobby Avila, Cleva land Indians, hit two home runs, his second one with one on and two out in the ninth saved the In dians tram defeat in a 5-5, 16 in ning lie at Boston. PITCHING - Johnny Antelli, New York Giants, won his 14th game in beating Cincinnati 21 in 13 innings. FILM FINISHING In by 9 am, ready at 5 pm Roteburg Pharmacy 241 Nerth Jackson LOOK FOR OF THE Pet. OB .670 54 37 .593 7 47 45 .511 14tt 46 44 Ml UV, 43 43 .500 15l 43 46 .483 17 35 52 .402 24 29 61 .322 3114 LEAGUE W L Pet 61 26 62 29 57 34 39 49 37 50 36 50 32 58 30 56 IS AMERICA'S TOP SELLING STRAIGHT 1VIIISKV KENTUCKY STRAIGHT tAKlY TIMES OlSTILUtr COMPANY League became more lopsided with tne new xoric uianu gireicmng their advantage over Brooklyn to seven games, their longest lead of the year. TDe uiants won i 13-inmng struggle in Cincinnati 2-1 and Brooklyn lost in 10 innings in Chi cago 3-2. St. Louis defeated Phila delphia 4-2 in the only other Na tional League action. MuwauKee Stengel Ires Ford To Win NEW YORK UH Casev Stengel is as crazy as a fox. . .and twice as sly. Talking to newspapermen before last night's game with Chicago, the New York Yankee manager spied White Ford, his ace southpaw. "You want to know who is the best left-hander in the league?" he asKea. "mat teller Billy pierce with the White Sox. He's better than my feller. Sure I picked my teller to pucn tne Ail-Star Game. But that was only because the other feller had just recovered from a sore arm. But die other feller is better." Ford undoubtedly heard every word. A few moments later he arose and began throwing warmup pitohes. About 214 hours later, he wanted off the tield with a neat eight'hiUer, after pitching the Yan kees to a 4-1 victory over Chicago that kept the Yankees hot on the heels of the Cleveland Indians. Reached in the clubhouse later. Ford declined an invitation to take issue with Stengel but admitted ne was determined to show his manager that he was a nrettv rood pitcher too. Fourth Straight Win The 24-year-old ex-serviceman turned in one of his best efforts of the year last night. He struck out fi"e and walked only two as he "jsiui his ninth victory against only one loss against the White Sox since he entered the league in 1950. It was his fourth straight strong performance after a poor spring. His record, which once was 2-4. is now 9-6. "I was all mixed uo earlv this year," he explained. "My control was off. my curve ball wasn't do ing -a thing and I seemed to be going irom bad to worse. I finally lost all confidence in myself and if it wasn't for Jim Turner (Yan kee coach) I might be sitting in the minpen now or pitcmng for Kansas v,ny. ne siraigwenca me out." Ford went on to explain that lurncr discovered he was doing several things wrong. First, he was overstriding. Second, he was looking down on the eround after each pitch, instead of keeping his eye on the batter. Third, he wa not following through his curve oay. - Western International League WIL W L Pet. GB 12 6 .667 5 4 .556 214 7 8 538 214 7 6 .538 214 .87 .533 214 7 7 .500 3 4 6 .400 4 4 12 .250 7 Lewislon Victoria Edmonton Salem Tti-Citv Yakima Vancouver Wenatchee Lewiston 3 WpnntrhoA 9 Salem 5, Victoria 1 Tri-City 6-1, Yakima 3-2 vauuouver at r.omonion. ram Victoria at Salem . m-City at Yakima Wenatchee at Lewiston Vancouver at Edmonton " - Harlem Clowns Down All-Stars In Close Ona With a crowd of about 2O0 happy fans looking on, the touring Har lem Clowns defeated the Rosehure Softball All-Stars 3-2 in an exhibi tion game at Finlay Field Tues day night. One of the features of the show was Clowns' shadow-ball routine which followed the game. Pitchers for the All-Stars were Bert Young, Phil Telford and Doug Day. Harlem Clowns 200 010 03 Roseburg All-Stars 000 101 02 THE SIGN TIMES FIFTH BOURBON WHISKY LOUISVILLE 1, KENTUCKY . 86 MOO BP and Pittsburgh were not scheduled. Other results in the American League included a 9-1 triumph by Washington over Baltimore ana two more losses by Philadelphia Athletics, their 9th and 10th in a row, this time to Detroit 12-0 and 4-3. Errors Decide Game The Giants and Dodgers' games both were decided on errors. In Cincinnati, the New Yorkers pushed across he winning run in the 13th on a single by Bobby Hof man followed by two misplays and a sacrifice fly by Whitey Lock- men. Gene Baker scored the winning run for Chicago against Brooklyn by scampering home from second base when pitcher Jim Hughes dropped an easy toss at first base that should have oeen me intra out. Johnny Antonelll stayed all the way for the Giants in winning his 14th game against two losses. The only run against him was a homer by Ted Kluszewski. . Harvey Haaoix ot- me uaras joined him as a 14-game winner after beating the Phils but Haddix needed ninth inning help from Gerry Staley. Four hits climaxed by a triple by Ray Jablonksi pro duced all of the St. Louis runs in the first inning. - Keegin Takes Less ' The Yankees pinned the fifth loss on Bob Keegan although they were outmt 8-7. f ine iteming which in cluded three double plays helped Whitey Ford to bis ninth success. Detroit scored nine runs in the first inning of the first game at Philadelphia in a splurge which in cluded a double arid a grand slam home run by Harvey Kuenn. In the nightcap the Tigers rallied for three runs in the eighth, two of them on a home run by Bill Tuttle. Roy Sievers and Eddie Yost were the hitting standouts ' in Washington's triumph over Balti more. Yost tripled with the bases loaded and Sievers nit his 15th home run. Yank Pennant Seen By Tigers NEW YORK I Manager Fred die Hutchinson of the Detroit Ti gers and Schoolboy Rowe, his first lieutenant, agreed today that the New York Yankees will win their sixth straight pennant but they differed as to the degree. Hutchinson 'thinks the Yankees will win only after a hard-fought battle with Cleveland and Rowe believes the defending champions will win in a breeze. Hutchinson commented on the Yankees' prospects yesterday aft er the Tigers had split a double- header with them, losing 6-0, then winning 8-6. "I'm not sure they have the bet ter team, but they have 1 psycho logical edge over Cleveland," he said. "After all. they've been in three straight dogfights with the Indians and they've come out on top every time." Towe former Tiger Ditching great who, returned to the club in the capicity ot a pitching ana first base coach this year, didn't mince any words. "I can't see anybody but the Vankees. There's nobody around that can beat em.. They're mak ing their move now and once they grab the lead from Cleveland, no body is going to take it away from thorn. Certainly not the In dians. They'll fold like an accordi- an. Thoy always do. " Air Force Major Tops Western Amateur Pack SEATTLE tfl Maj. Harley Williams of Seattle and the Air Force, a transplanted Texan reigned Wednesday as medalist of the 1954 Western Amateur Golf Tournament in spite of trees, traps, Dale Morey and grass as thick as tne hair on an angora goat. Williams batted around the Broadmoor layout's 6,328 bitter yards in 72 Tuesday, two over par, for a 36-hole total of 142. Defending champion Morey of In dianapolis, whose daily garb dulls the rainbow, also had a 72 and that gave him 141 for the auli tying schedule, although he didn't have to quality. Use Of Fairgrounds Field Starts Thursday Softball Commissioner Lewis McAllister announced that night use of the new Fairgrounds Field will not bogin Wednesday night as originally scheduled. Only one game of a doubleheader scheduled will be played between Roseburg Lumber and Mill's Drive-In Clean ers beginning at 6:30. First official night use of the field is slated Thursday night with a doubleheader between un defeated Jorgenson's Dairy o f Medford and two Roseburg teams, Mill's Drive-In and Youngs Bay Lumber beginning at 7. - ? The Fleet Of THE RED BIRDS AT SPORTSMAN'S DOCK CHARLESTON, OREGON At th Mourlt of COOS BAY SPORT FISHING IN MINUTES! THE BEST FISHING ON THE OREGON COAST CAN BE FOUND OFF COOS BAY Make up a party end fish with your friends or come over and fill In a party. BOAT LAUNCHWAY ... FREE PARKING Phones Coot Bay TU 8-3513 . Winchester Bay 5R21 " 'mma m. " mi uiiiimiiiisyii.il 6 Ths Newt-Review, Roseburg, Peewee Leaders Maintain Pace With Wins Tuesday PEEWEE BASEBALL Northern Division (12-under) W L Pet. .900 Yoncalla 9 2 Cottage Grove 4 5 Sutherlin 3 6 .333 .250 Drain 2 S Southern Division (15-undtr) W Pet. 1.000 .625 .625 .500 .444 .000 Glide Roseburg Myrtle Creek ' Wmston-Dillard Green Riddle (12-under) Roseburg .875 .750 .444 .444 .250 .222 uude Winston-Dillard Myrtle Creek Riddle Green Leaders in the county's three peewee baseball leagues con tinued to head their respective packs after Tuesday afternoon Wins. Glide's Southern Division 25-un- der boys stayed atop the standings with a spotless 6-0 recora auer thumnine Green 12-4. But close hehind the leader were Rosebura and Myrtle Creek, each with 5-3 records and each a winner lues day. Roseburg depended on a grand slam homer by Bob McCellaa in the- final half of the seventh in ning to overtake Winston - DiUard 4-2 in a storybook finish of the 15-year-old game. In the 12-under same. KoseDurg aepenaea on jere- miah Hollklay to pitch a no - hit no-run 5-0 win over Winston. Riddle Team Forfaits Mvrtle Creek Dicked ud ground after Riddle forfeited in the la- year-old group but watched Coach Bill 'George's 12-under team pick up its second straight win oi ue season 5-Z with jack Maioy get ting credit for the win. In the third 12-under contest Glide- stayed close on the heels of front running Roseburg with a six- Tourney Rhubarb Features Opener With the Postofficc team disput ing the legality of the use of a PAL Club player, Tuesday' eve ning's opening round of the Twi light League's double elimination Softball tourney was played un der protest and ruling on the outcome was awaited from the Commissioner's office. Postoffice players charged that PAL Club pitcher Butch Daniels had played with an Industrial League team this year and under league regulations he should not be participating with any Twilight League teams lor tne rest ot the season. PAL Club team members ques tioned the existence of such a re gulation and after several pre game disputes, the two teams completed three and one-half in nings of play before darkness s-jt in with PAL Club leading in the ball game 12-3. Meanwhile. Softball Commission er Lewis McAllister was taking the question under study and announc ed that a "ruling would be made later." The league tournament will con tinue with games scheduled for the next three nights at the Vets' Field. Hopkins Duo Victors In Bowling ''Feature'. Shirley and Chuck Hopkins were high in mixed doubles Tuesday nigitl wun a unai vi xw pumis. Other high couples included Mary Circle and Don Nye 1082;'Barbara and Jerry Wittren 1071 and Helen and Paul Ryan 1061. Men's high game and series hon ors were taken by Nye and Hop kins with 246 and 574 totals. Milly Bloom placed women bowlers with scores of 176 and 480. Other high games included Hop kins 224 and 195; Al Fish 194 and Wittren 202. SPORTS IN BRIEF TENNIS PHILADELPHIA Tim Coss of Washington scored the first upset of the Pennsylvania State Grass Court Championships by ousting seventh-seeded Jack Frost of Saa Francisco, 6-4. -8-6. RACING INGLEWOOD, Calif. First Baby i$3) was the victor in the Hollywood Park feature. - - 10 Ore Wed. July 21, 1954 inning 4-2 conquest of Green. Green tied the game 2-2 in '.he bottom of the fifth on Joey Mi chaels' homer. In the northern division. Yon calla picked up wins in the last two rounds by dumping Drain 51 and Sutherlin 8-6. Jn a third game, Cottage Grove pulled ahead ol Sutherlin in the standings with a 14-7 win over local county young sters. The Cottage Grove - Drain same was rescheduled for Thursday, July 29. Hatchery Jobs Get Under Way Four of Oregon's trout hatcher ies are getting a "working over." mis is the word from George Kernan, chief engineer for the Oregon Game Commission.' Most extensive work is to be done at jhe Hood River hatchery near Dee. Donald W. Thompson of North Bend submitted the low Did for work on this station. The project will involve construction of a new hatchery building to. replace the one partially destroyed by fire earlier this year plus facilities for the storing and processing of fish food. -At Cedar Creek hatcherv neat Hobo, Larson Construction Co. of Astoria has been working since June 21. Two new ponds are being constructed to replace old dirt-bot the tomed ones. In addition to ponds, a new dam and water in take structure and water sudd'.t pipeline are underway. These are being built to replace ones that have deteriorated through age. -Work Tf Start Later P. W. Hamcr and Associates of Roseburg, won the job of making improvements on the Rock Creek hatchery on the North Ump qua river. Their work, which will start at a later date when the water is lower, will consist of building a new entrance road to replace the one washed out this spring plus construction of a new fish ladder over the hatchery in take dam. Since July 8. the Bechtel Broth ers of Elgin under sub-contract from United-Pacific Construction Company have been working on improvements at the Wallowa hatchery in northeastern Oregon. Their job consists of buildine a new dam and water intake pipeline and rebuilding some of the pres ent ponds to facilitate holding of yeaning iisn. Total expenditures for these jobs will be $84,250. Game Commission Sets Friday Hearing The second public hearing on the 1954 hunting regulations will, be held at 10 a.m. on Friday. As the last hearing, it will take place at the State Game Commission head quarters in Portland. At this hearing any changes in the tentative regulations set op July 9 will be discussed and the final rules adopted. Persons desiring to be heard should submit their suggestions to the commission in writing either prior to or at the time of the hearing. A synopsis of the regulations will be available for distribution about the first of September at Game Commission offices and cense agencies throughout the state. Persons desiring conies of i the regulations are asked to with hold their requests until after this date . Final regulations will be sent to the newspapers and radio sti tions of the state, and snprial in. formation sheets will be put out regaraing any early antelope sea sons. College All-Stars Start Training On Friday CHICAGO tm The college All Star football squad, its roster completed Tuesday night, begins training Friday for (he Aug. 13 charity game with the pro-champion Detroit Lions. A total of 51 stars from colleges throughout the country will report to head coach Jim Tatum of Mary land at Purdue University. TRY THE CO-OP fCE CREAM FREEZERS THERM-O-JUGS WATER BAGS FREEZER JARS & CARTONS DEEP FREEZERS BERRY HALLOCKS ' CANNING PRESSES COLD PACK CANNERS PRESSURE CANNERS REYEREWARE BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINCS W. Wash, et S.P. Tracks Roseburg, Oregon . DIAL 2-2683 FREE PARKING AT OUT OF TOURNEY Mount Shies, Tennis Champ Fractures Leg SAN DIEGO, Calif. Ufi .Tennis champion Maureen Connolly, seri ously injured when thrown against a moving cement truck while rid; ing her horse, rested in a hospital here today. "Little Mo s injuries a oroxen and severly cut right leg will prevent he? from defending her U. S. singles title at Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 28. Dr.. Bruce Kimball, who oper ated on her leg shortly after the accident yesterday, said tb fibula or small bone, below the knee was fractured and that some muscles were torn but not severed. She was in surgery more than three hours. Her leg was put in a cast and Dr. Kimball said she would be hospitalized at least a week. He said, however, that the injury would not permanently cripple her. He ordered her not to touch a ten nis racquet for a month, and per haps longer. The 19-year-old tennis queen was riding her Thoroughbred (Colonel Merry Boy) yesterday, accompan ied by two girl companions, when the accident occurred near Mission Valley polo grounds. Before entering surgery, "Little Mo" said: "We were riding along Friar's Road. We stopped our horses as the truck approached. - "Colonel Merry Boy shied and whirled into the truck. My leg was caught between my horse and the truck." Stars Win 2, Increase Lead PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. GB 71 41 .634 64 44 .593 5 58 54 .518 13 56 54 .518 14 49 57 .462 19 48 62 .436 22 45 61 .425 23 45 63 .417 24 Hollywood fan Diego Oakland Seattle Sacramento Portland Los Angeles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hollywood's pitching staff, short er than at any time this season. came up with two line perform- ances against San Francisco Tues day night as the Stars increased their lead in the Pacific Coast League race to five games. with the ace ot the stall. Lino Donoso, hospitalized, and Fred Stroble recently optioned, the Star hurlers apparently feel it neces sary to go the route in every game. No relief was necessary Tuesday night as Mel Queen and Roger Bowman tossed a pair of five-hitters. The Stars won the opening game against the Seals, 5-2, and the windup, 1-0. Bobby Spicer, the little Los An geles pitcher who throws just about every pitch in the book, was in rare form as he held Oakland to five hits and scored his third shutout of the season. The Angels won, 3-0. Fan Adds Amusement , Although Oakland couldn't dent the plate, a tipsy feminine fan suc ceeded right after the final out. She vaulted onto the playing field, circled the bases in eccentric fash ion, and then did a slide into home plate in a cloud of dust just as the lights on the Held went out. A male fan, apparently in pursuit, also tried to circle the sacks but tripped at third and then vanished for refuelling. Rain washed out two games, Sac ramento at Portland and San Di ego at Seattle. There will be a double bill Wednesday night in Seattle. Fights Last Night TUESDAYS FIGHTS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Bob Satterfield, 176 14, Chicago, knocked out John Holman, 201, Gary, Ind. DETROIT Allie Gronik. 149 14, Detroit, knocked out Pat Low- ry, 147 vt, Toledo, l. NEW ORLEANS Ralph Du pas, 137 Vt, New Orleans, outpoint ed Armand Savoie, 137 M, Mon treal. 10. WEST HAVEN, Conn. Jerry Luedee, 158, New Haven, stopped Don Lambert, 157, n.ew Haven, 3. ' RIDDLE LIONS WIN The Riddle Lions defeated the Glendale Lions 9-5 in a softbaU game Monday night, giving the winners a won-loss record of 2-2. THE FARM BUREAU I e ' I Stanley Draws Suspension, Fine, Gives Public Apology ST. LOUIS 11 Eddie Stanky, under suspension and a fine for his action in a forefeited game Sunday, has bounced back with a public apology and a promise to reform. Warren Giles, National League president, handed a five-day sus pension and $60 fine to the St. Louis Cardinal manager yesterday after a hearing here. A free-for-all and stalling In Sun day's game led Umpire Babe P'n elli to give the Philadelphia Phi:s a 9 0 forfeit victory in the second half of the twin bill. Stanky told newsmen later he realized he has embarrassed and hurt St. Louis fans, baseball na tionally, the Cardinals and his own reputation. , A lot of people say, "Eddie i For a change, we'll deal with the ups and downs of our earth to day and wind up with the world's greatest mountain, anchored se curely in our own backyard! Of continents, Asia which has a mean height of 3,000 feet, takes the plume for having the greatest ups and downs: Mt. Everest is the highest point of land on earth, 29, 141 feet (but mind, not the great est mountain), and the shore of the Dead Sea of Palestine, with -1.290 feet, is the lowest point of dry land. South American, with Mt. Acon cagua, Chile, comes, in second with 22,834 feet and is unique of all continents in having no land below sea level. The mean height of South America is 1,800 feet.. Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet, in Alaska and Death Valley, Califor ma (-276 feet) are both the nigncst and lowest soots in North Amer ica. (Death Valley received its sinister name from a group of 30 adventurers who aitemptea to cross it on their way to the Calif ornia gold fields in '4918 died of thirst within sight of the snow capped High Sierra, topped by Mt. Whitney, 14,496 feet, highest peak in the U. S. and only 86 miles away). The' mean elevation of North America is 2,000 feet. AFRICA COMES in fourth with Kibo Peak (Kilimanjaro) with 19, 710 feet and a low spot in the Lib yan desert of -440 feet. Of the continents. Europe comes fifth with Mr. Elburz in the Cauc.i - sus, 18,465 feet, and the. 795-mile long Caspian Sea of Russia, 86 feet, largest lake in the world. Last in geographical ups and! downs comes Australia. Its M t. Losciusko is 7,328 feet and its Lake Eyre is -38 below sea level. The maximum depressions i a Asia (Dead Sea) Europe (Caspiai Youngs Bay Upended In Industrial Play INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE W L Pet. .800 .750 .667 .600 .600 .500 .400 .000 .000 Youngs Bay Moose Lodge ,-. Christian Church Mill's Drive-In Umpqua Plywood Schemers Bottling Pacific Plywood 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 Roseburg Lumber Naval Reserve Umpqua Plywood handed Youngs Bay Lumber its first league loss of the season Monday in a 7-3 upset at the Fairgrounds ' Field. Industrial League teams resumed play again this week . after a one-week layoff. League games scheduled the rest of this week include Roseburg Lumber vs. Mill's Drive-In Cleaners, Wed nesday; Moose Lodge vs. Pacific Plywood, Friday. j v- wmsl TODAY. ..ask your nearby dependable Dodge truck dealer for further proof that he has the truck to fit YOUR JOB B A RCUS Hiwoy 99 K at Garden Volley Rd. Dial 3-5566 Stanky won't do it," the Redbird pilot said of his promise. "How ever, I consider this challenge Uig biggest of my baseball career. I will win." ..Giles also punished St. Louis catcher Sal Yvars and Philafi. hia first baseman.Eari Torgeson Their boxing in the top of the fifth inning ui me game lea to the near riot. Yvars drew a three-day sus. pension and Torgeson two days All the suspensions started last night. Philadelphia Manager Terry Moore, in the middle of the home plate battle, drew no penalty aft er telling Giles he was trying to restore peace when Stanky tackled him about the neck. Giles also, upheld the forfeit rul. ing, based on stalling by Stanky and Cardinal players. v Sea) and Australia (Lake Eyre) are particularly intriguing. T o maintain their status, all have fresh 'water pouring in daily. Of these, the Dead Sea spreads out over 340 miles and lies at the bottom of the earth's deepest break, or fault, and has a maxi mum depth of 1,309 feet although one end of it is quite shallow. Each day, 6 million tons of fresh water dump into this warm inland sea but the rapid evaporation keeps the level fairly constant. (At one time, the lake was much larger filling the entire Jord in Valley but it has now shrunk to aoout one-fourth of its area). Tiia surface of the Dead Sea, presum ably, has reached a perfect equ:! ibrium where the surface in neith er too. large nor too small to pro duce an evaporation equal to the amount of water being dumped 'it to it by the River Jordan and other smaller streams. TO BE SURE, all of these in land seas are intensely salty and becoming more so with the ' constant leacking out- of minerals from ths surrounding territory and the constant evaporation which leaves an accumulating residue in the lakes. As a result the Dead Sea con tains a great deal of solid matter, mostly common salt to every Ion of water there 187 pounds of salt, which makes it the saltiest large body of water in the world. tin the Atlantic Ocean, the propor- I tion is 31 pounds of salt to every wn of water), But in a real sense,, the Dead 'Sea is not the lowest point on , earth, neither is Mt. Everest the "'gnesl mountain, lianas dciow the sea are , much deeper i trench off Mindanao, east of the Philippines is an awesome pit of -34.218 feett And as for the greatest moun tain, there is the majestic dome of Mauna Loa in Hawaii which is 13,680 feet above sea level, and has on its shoulder the largest ac tive crater in the world, Kilatiea, about three miles wide. Unlike Everest, Mauna Loa does not start from a high tableland it begins from a great plain 18,000 feet below sea level and builds tip grandly within 50 miles to a height of 32.000 feet' But don't tell Hil lary and Tensing! 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