Show TR PHE HE glamour and tame fame ot of babe ruths u c career 11 reer began in 1014 1914 when h he reported to the boston R red ed so sox the babe ruth that almost everyone knows known stepped out beneath the great white spotlight at that 30 year ago date but how many know the story of the babe ruth between the ages of 12 and 19 when he was a kid at the st marys industrial school in baltimore we happened to run across brother gilbert who knew the babe in those early and nd far away days 1 I was the he baseball coach at mt st josephs around 1911 11 brother gilbert told roe me when babe ruth I 1 first ran into the babe bab e he was then le 16 years old a tall fail st stringy ag in e y kid well built but in no tense sense bulky when I 1 first saw the babe play he was a left handed catcher he wore his catchers mitt on n the left hand and I 1 was amazed at the swiftness and the deftness he be employ employed ed in tossing aside ids his big bl mitt and t throwing h row to second sewood with his left hand band it was easy to see that the babe was no catcher but it was just to as easy to see that he was a natural ballplayer who wh had the winning spirit the babe just thought he had t to 0 win even as a young kid he be could n never ever understand defeat 1 I watched him from that time on in one of the first important games I 1 ever saw ruth play he be hit three home runs he was a fine hitter when he was only 12 there used to be three or four teams pi playing Y at st marys and everyone wanted to see the young babe swing a bat the earlier years the time came brother brochet gilbert said when the babe was ready to to get his bis chance so I 1 recommended him to my close friend jack dunn Balti mores famous manager in the early training season jack u used ed the babe at short where he did all right but dunn knew that a left handed shortstop just belong so he moved ruth into the pitching spot roved in his first real professional test he sh but ut 0 out ut the 1914 athletics amerl pan lean league pennant winners 6 to 0 he was then 19 years old weighing around pounds later he be M beat t the 1914 boston braves 2 to I 1 md d as you remember the braves shipped hipped the athletics four straight rhe a two tw pennant winners that season seaon sot got just one run off the babe in IS 18 innings and he was then just a kid id the babes curve ball was just lair but he be had everything else in iodine a cool bead and a stout peart heart plus one fine speed and control there was another time that pr ing where the babe started a doule k header he was knocked out in he first toning inning of the first game arnd nd then came back to win a shut but in the second brother gilbert was a close fra friend frad d bt f J jack ck dunns and connie macks I 1 asked asked him why it was that connie conale get the babe this Is an odd story brother gilbert said early in 1914 the year that babe started with baltimore he was offered to mr mack tor for but it so happened at that time that connie had bad too many good ballplayers his athletics had won the pennant in 1910 1911 and 1913 they 17 on again in 1914 they had been ta go good that they were beginning to draw smaller and smaller crowds early in 1914 when connie could have bought babe he be had bad such pitchers as chief bender eddie plank bullet joe bush and I 1 think tack coombs he had bad a likely looking left hander coming along by the aade of herb pennock he had bad one t f his greatest ball clubs 11 1 I know this boy ruth Is a great ballplayer connie told me but I 1 already have bare too many great players in my club why thy should I 1 add another 1 11 I remember one game at st marys karys whom when the babe was only ly 17 fears fear old all there was another nother ft b ball su fame gel gogg on n at another spot pot la in the same field when ruth came to lat I 1 the other fellows stopped their te rame wed better look out someone laid aid or that guy will kill somebody ruth bit a low line triple that just cleared their heads ruth was a great kid brother gilbert dilbert said he was a wd kid who loved kids then and has loved kids lu his life wed get him a few jobs but hed never hold them long he only wanted to play baseball to ratch latch to pitch to play the infield ind the outfield to knock the ball ver liver some fence ence 4 bout the tha national league A few nights ago I 1 had bad the privilege of facing a group of wounded lold lers they wanted to know who I 1 thought would win the national lie league igue pennant here her Is my opinion the cardinals have a goob good prewar a te team billy southworth rth has a big jump ernp on III hi lague the car cardinals donals may run lka away y with the pennant be fore ore mid july many managers rate the reds pirates dodgers giants and cubs in a compact bunch giving the phillies philles and braves a ch chance anc e |