User:Cubfan1923

In the entry on Babe Ruth, there were two errors which I corrected.

The first was a reference to Brother Mathais as a Roman Catholic priest, the title Brother is ffor a man who is not a priest. He is one who has taken Holy Orders but not those taken as a priest. He cannot celebrate Mass or hear Confessions. Brother Mathais was a member of the Confraternity of St. Francis Xavierwhich was founded by Theodore Ryken in 1839 in Belgium, to teach young men. the source for this is the Catholic Encyclopedia. My secondary source is the fact that I was taught by the Xaverian Brothers, the common name for the order.

The second error is the attribution of Brother Mathais as the one who was instruental in getting Babe Ruth into organized baseball. It was Brother Gilbert who was responsible for that. There was an exhibit in the Baseball Hall of Fame to that effect. My secondary source for this informantion is that I was taught by Brother Gilbert at St. Michael's Diocesan High School in Brooklyn, NY in 1939 and 1940. The assignment of Brother Gilbert to St. Michael's in September of 1939 was reported in the Brooklyn Eagle at the time. If there are files of this defunct newspaper it can be checked there. Sny school staffed by the Xaverian Brothers can also provide further informantion. Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, the successor to St. Michael's can provide proof.