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...high school senior at Xaverian High School in Mattapan, Barros averaged 39.4points a game. He was named Big East freshman ofthe year two years ago, and led B.C. in scoringlast year, averaging over 18 points a game...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: A 360-Degree | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Francis T. Crimmins jr., | Title: Harrier Jim Keefe Runs for His Life | 11/15/1974 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The King of Swing | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

...Xaverian Brothers, Tell Your Students That Saint Francis Xavier, Dearest Friend of Saint Ignatius, and The Saint Whose Name Your Order Bears, Has Been Insulted By the Morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Archbishop v. Sun | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

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