ENLISTED TfEN EOR WEST POINT.
Seventy-seven enlisted men from the United States Army will
take the examination this month with the young men appointed by
Senators and Representatives in Congress for entrance to the United
States Military Academy at We*st Point. These soldiers of the Reg
ular Army were named by the Secretary of War following preliminary
tests held at the conclusion of the special preparatory course re
cently established for men in the ranks who seek cadetships at the
Military Academy. They include men from every branch of the service.
These appointments, and they occur annually,from the ranks of
the men who have enlisted as privates in the Army, are among the
choicest prizes offered by the Army to young men with ambition.
A studious boy who has passed through high school, who would
like a military career, need not feel that there is not a chance to
consummate his ambition just because he might not have *• '* suf
ficient ’'puli'* to get a West Point appointment from a Congressman.
He may enlist and pursue his studies of preperation with a con
sciousness that his chances to become an officer in the Army are
good, indeed.
The Alaska Dailj Empire
THIS WILL BE BASEBALL’S GREATEST.
"Baseball’s greatest year is right ahead", declared K.M.Landis,
high commissioner of the national pastime last week in Hew Orleans.
"The spo^t is growing in favor e verywhere " , he continued. "We
reach a new peak in 1925." "We shall shatter that record in 1926.
The other day I was riding in a street car in Chicago and took no
tice of what the people were reading. Eight out of every ten of fcdst
them were perusing the dope from the southern training camps".
"A fri-.dnd of mine recently told me that football is more pop
ular than baseball. He pointed out the fact that as many as 80,000
persons often attend gridiron contests. My answer to this statement
is that 500,000 persons would attend the opening world series game
each fall if there were seats to accommodate that many fans."
"I would like to devise a system by which the fans who patron
ize the games all season would get first chance at world series
games. It was suggested that the fans keep their rain checks and
that they be rated according to the number of rain checks in their
possession. The trouble that most people would throw away their
checks and boys would collect them and sell to people seeking tick
ets to the big series". Judge Landis was asked: "Do you believe
golf, tennis or other outdoor sports are cutting in on baseball?
"I think they are helping baseball1', came back the reply.
" A man who formerly never left his office, finds that he can
do better work by playing an occasional game of golf. He discovers
that his business does not need all his time and he will go out to
the ball park now and then".
Judge Landis is touring the southern baseball training camps.
ALASKA RAILROAD HAS 1:1 CREASE") EARRINGS.
General Manager, Noel Smith, of the Alaska Railroad, told the
Chamber of Commerce of Seattle, last week, that the Alaska Railroad
increased earnings 15 per cent during the first seven months of
this fiscal year by reason of placer developments near Fairbanks.
He stated these de’'re&opment s showed every sign of success and
that a number of mines are resuming operations in the vicinity of
Fairbanks.