The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-09-24
Babe Ruth Presents
$500 to School AS
Huge Throng Cheers

BALTIMORE. Sept. 24.-Babe Ruth
got his home run" last night, after
the game was over and the mighty
bat and grimed uniform were packed
away.
Slowly he took from his pocket a
checkbook. High above the crowd OF
1000 in the balcony at the Fifth Regi-
ment Armory he sat, with a basket OF
roses at his feet, St Mary's Industrial
School Band behind him and Richard
B. Tippett in front of him exhorting
tho gathering to help rebuild st.
Marys. Mr.. Tippett leaned over the
balcony rail and called:
Now. who'll give $4,000? Who'll
Invest that much in an institution
that turns out such men as Babe
RUTH"
The Home Run King was fumbling
for q fountain pen, found none, Dor
rowed one from Mayor Broening.
Busily he wrote for a minute or two,
then passed a slip of paper across to
John H. Mooney. Mr.. Mooney pulled
Mr.. Tippetts coat tail.
Babe Ruth" shouted Mr.. Tippett,
Babe Ruth gives $2,500"
And the cheer that would have gone
with the fence-busting clout he failed
then-came to him, in fact, for the
tenth or fifteenth time, for the old
home town rendered the famous re-
turning son vocal homage yesterday
wherever he was or whatever he did.
Last night was the climax of his
day in Baltimore. Shortly after $50
the Rev. p. L. Ireton led him out to
the front of the balcony, and the
crowd on the floor stood up and went
wild
I'm not a speechmaker," Ruth said,
but / want to say very proud feel
ing came over me when 1 got here to
the home town and found all the
folks waiting to see me. 1t was
wonderful Now, probably you folks
want to know why / didn't get a
home run in the game. All 1 can
say is tried as hard as I knew how.
1 haven't got any alibi
NOW. you people know why you're
out here. You're out here to help st.
Mary's Industrial School-where ]
went, and I'm proud of it-get back
on its feet. 1t made a strong man out
OF me, and / owe everything to II.
That's what this band Is here for, too.
They're game bunch. 1 thought
half of them would break down on
that western trip, but every one
stuck.s
est. Mary's will give any boy a good
education, and good, healthy feed, and
make 'em as big and strong as I
think 1 am now. That's all. thank
you"
Then Mayor Broening spoke, ex-
pressing the hope that the presence
OF this son of ST. Mary's may inspire
you to rebuild that great institution"
TURNING IN Ruth he said.
Mr.. Ruth, let me congratulate you.
Every time you drive out home run
you're boosting Baltimore"
Mr.. Tippett then took up the money
raising part of the program. The first
contributor was Bishop o. p. CorriRan,
with a pledge of $4,000, and Mr.. Tip
petit announced pledge from Cardinal
Gibbons for $4,000. Representative
and Mrs. Charles J. Linthicum each
pledged 500 and there were many
other pledges for this and smaller
sums.
The meeting was arranged by the
knights of Columbus of Maryland,
headed by a committee composed OF
John II. Mooney, William Donnelly,
Thomas r. Risky, Brother Paul, of
st. Msry's: Robert II. Beschsm. Will
lam Mehling, and Father Ireton.
Last night 81 mary y bAnu went
with Babe Ruth to New York to make
music at the Polo Grounds when the
Yankees play today.
The home-run king and the rest of
the New York team reached Baltimore
from Indianapolis shortly before 1
o'clock.
A committee from st. Mary's Indus
trial School rebuilding fund head
quarters was waiting for him at
Union Station--a reception committee.
The formalhies over Ruth went d.
rect TO the ball park.
There must have been 5000 people
out there when he arrived, and that
was before 2 o'clock. The game did
not begin until 3 o'clock.
Babe trotted over to the Orioles
dugout TO look up Ben Egsn, one Of
his old side-kicks in the Boston days,
and found him. He and Ben essaycd
n private conversation about the
good old times, which Immediately
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