The fact that George Herman “Babe” Ruth, often heralded as the greatest baseball player of all time, was born in Baltimore, Maryland is no secret. However, the fact he attended a “reform school” is a little less known. At the age of seven, Ruth was sent off to live at St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys near the far southwestern edge of the city. Run by The Xaverian Brothers, St. Mary’s was chartered in 1866 and operated as an orphanage and boarding school. It’s also where Ruth learned the game of baseball. …
