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Brought up in the Baltimore area he went to a local elementary school. He was considered to be an "incorrigible kid", and had to be removed. When Babe Ruth was seven years old his parents placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School (Baltimore), an institution for underprivileged boys.
Babe, who attended the St. Mary's School in Baltimore had what we would call a GED. His was trained to be a tailor. A good skill in those days.
St. Mary's Industrial SchoolBrought up in the Baltimore area he went to a local elementary school.He was considered to be an "incorrigible kid", and had to be removed. When Babe Ruth was seven years old his parents placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School (Baltimore), an institution for underprivileged boys.
at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis
Brother Matthias Boutlier of St. Mary's Industrial School for Boy's (a reformatory) is accreditted with introducing Ruth to the game. Whether he influenced Ruth, no one knows for sure.