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"Brother Mathias"

Babe Ruth. Photo taken in Fayetteville, NC, March 7, 1914, the day he began his career with the Baltimore Orioles by hitting a home run.
Babe Ruth. Photo taken in Fayetteville, NC, March 7, 1914, the day he began his career with the Baltimore Orioles by hitting a home run. From the General Negative Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC./Flickr/Creative Commons

Before he became a major league phenom, "Little George" Ruth learned about baseball, and life, with the help of Brother Mathias at St. Mary's Industrial School, a Catholic institution for "incorrigible" boys in Baltimore.

Ric Cottom came to Baltimore more than four decades ago and never left. Formerly the editor and publisher at the Maryland Historical Society, he now runs the Chesapeake Book Company, publishing Chesapeake regional history, biography, and environmental studies.
Lisa Morgan covered the local arts community as co-creator and host of WYPR’s award-winning program The Signal from 2004 to 2015. She has created and produced many programs for WYPR, including news stories, features, commentaries, and audio documentaries. She taught audio production at Goucher College and has done voice-over work for a variety of clients. The Weekly Reader is her latest project.