Word: xaverian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...complete satisfaction of McCurdy, Keefe, from Norwood and Xaverian Brothers High School, assumed the role of team leader, and led a grueling pace throughout the training session, whipping the team into condition. McCurdy asked, "How the hell can an introspective musician be such a good dictator...
...family or regular schools to handle. He was packed off to St. Mary's Industrial School, a combination orphanage and reformatory. That incarceration proved a break for baseball. At St. Mary's, the large and lumpish Ruth caught the eye of Brother Matthias, an equally huge Xaverian Brother who taught him to play every position. By the time Ruth signed out of the school at 20 to join the Orioles, his skills as both a pitcher and hitter were well up to major-league standards. He hit .315 in his first full year in the majors...