At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was
hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate
the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited
Boutilier-known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St.
Francis Xavier-with making him the man and the baseball player he
became. Matthias saw something in the troubled seven-year old and
nurtured his athletic ability. Spending many extra hours on the
ballfield with him over a dozen years, he taught Ruth how to hit
and converted the young left-handed catcher into a formidable
pitcher. Overshadowed by a fellow Xavierian brother who was given
the credit for discovering the baseball prodigy, Matthias never
received his due from the public but didn't complain. Ruth never
forgot the father figure who continued to provide valuable counsel
in later life. This is the first telling of the full story of the
man who gave the world its most famous baseball star.
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