Baltimore, the "Babe," and the Bethlehem Steel League, 1918 : typescript, 1996, June / by Peter T. Dalleo and J. Vincent Watchorn, III. 1996.

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Baltimore, the "Babe," and the Bethlehem Steel League, 1918 : typescript, 1996, June / by Peter T. Dalleo and J. Vincent Watchorn, III. 1996.

Discusses Babe Ruth playing for the Bethlehem Steel League in order to not enter the army and fight in World War I.

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Bethlehem Steel League (Baseball league)

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Dalleo, Peter T. (Peter Thomas), 1944-

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Watchorn, J. Vincent.

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...