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On February 6, 1895, George Herman Ruth, Jr., was born in his grandparents house in Baltimore, Maryland.
Ruth as a young child.
Ruth’s dad worked as a bartender and owned his own bar. They spent very little time with George because they worked long hours.
Eventually, his parents felt that they couldn’t take care of George, and on June 13, 1902, he was taken to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys. His custody was also signed over to the Xaverian Brothers, a Catholic Order of Jesuit Missionaries who ran St. Mary’s.
St. Mary’s was both a reformatory and orphanage, which was surrounded by a wall like a prison with guards on duty. George, who was always involved in pranks and fights, was classified as "incorrigible" when he was admitted.
The only positive thing that happened from going to St. Mary’s was meeting Brother Mathias. Brother Mathias was the disciplinary guy at St. Mary’s. He spent a lot of time with......

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