The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
No. G. Something in the world besides money

has impressed us that there Is some- thing in tre world besides money"
 Two weeks ago I talked with Gowdy, the pailplayer now, in New York.
 Say" he remarked, "Ive just been figuring on that prize fight out at Tole- do. They tell me that Dempsey will make nearly million dollars out of be- ing champion. Taking the estimated fig ures of his profit out of one of the pa pers, we figured it out just for fun, and a soldier in war time would have to fight 5N years, ' months and Il days to earn the same amount. And he'd have to be fighting on foreign soil all the time, because they don't pay that extra 10 per cent for service at home"
 There was the suggestion of a smile on the faces of Hanks listeners
 But that isn't the point" he added, noticing the amused looks. Twenty years from now l don't believe the sol dier who Fought over in France would swap his memories, his mental satisfac- ton, for that of the champion heavy weight.
 BASEBALL WAS MONEY MAD
 To go back a moment During the two years preceding the war and up to the time Gowdy left the Braves and en- listed in the army the baseball world was crazy over the subject of salaries. Most of the players thought of nothing but money. A mans prominence and success was guaged by how much he made. Others were disgruntled because their salaries had not reached the pro- portions that would attract attention in the papers. Sport had gone money mad. Hank himself, had just been given a contract calling for a salary of s7oO0 for the six months of baseball
 It would be natural to suppose that when a man like that donned the khaki and shouldered the Springfield and pack he would attract attention, he would be considered out of the ordinary. But he wasn't.
 T had not been in the ranks 60 days" says Gowdy, when I forgot all about having drawn a big salary and the standard by which we graded men was whether they were good fellows or not the most unselfish was the biggest star. Perhaps that is a better word, that .un- selfish.' That wild chase for money was nothing more than selfishness. When we grew to admire unselfishness above ev- erything, naturally we forgot about the money"
 In the squad that slept near Hank was a very handsome young fellow called Charley, apparently well educated and refined. His bunkie was Tony, little Italian who spoke English with an effort and whose ambition hsd been to have DoolDldck stand or ms own. Another member of the squad was a big Irish longshoreman. Then there was a clerk from shoe store in Ohio.
 The Italian had never seen men of the type of Charlie at close range. He had never been accustomed to bunk mate being gracious. They got to bs great pals Charlie did not pick up the uncouth ways of the Italian and was just as nice month afterward as he was at the start. The Italian, on the other hand, grew to admire Charlie and tried to act like him. He learned to speak pretty good English Charlie was not very strong at first and the Italian and big Irishman frequently gave him lift with his pack. None of the gang of pals ever knew much about Charlie's private life. He had told them that he didn't have any regular job when he got in the army and the Italian showed him some tricks about polishing sohes The big 1rishman taught him to use a pick and shovel so as not to blister his hands and to save his strength.
 THE LOYALTY OF BUDDIES
 One day while shooting on the target range Charlie took off his coat so as to get a better position for firing. While lying there the Irishman came along and told Charlie good joke on Tony, the Wop," the joke being that the Ital- ian had forgotten his cooked lunch when the outfit moved out from the camp.
 Wait minute,' answered Charlie, I've a can of corn willie down there at the dump. I'll get it and split with Tony
 He went for his corn willie and in do-