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.
"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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cc650d2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/392x799+0+0/resize/880x1794!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2F51%2F821b8c304c28be1ed15b8e1db928%2Fym-babe-ruth-1914.jpg)
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.