Babe Ruth In His Younger Years

At age 7 George Herman Ruth  began wondering into Baltimore and getting into trouble. Finally his parents decided to send him to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boy, which was a Catholic orphanage and reformatory that became Babe Ruth’s home for the next 12 years. Ruth mostly looked up to a monk named Brother Mathias,who became like a father  to George. Then the monks introduced baseball to George. By the age of 15 he became a great pitcher and hitter. George’s pitching is what caught Jack Dunn’s (the owner of the minor league  Baltimore Orioles) eye and that is how it all began.

To Be Continued…