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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 57
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  4.     DIED. John Sylvester, 74, a manufacturing-company executive;
  5. in Mineola, N.Y. In 1926, eleven-year-old Johnny Sylvester
  6. entered baseball legend when, critically injured after falling
  7. from a horse, he asked that Babe Ruth hit a homer for him.
  8. Informed of the boy's wish, the slugger sent him two
  9. autographed baseballs with a note saying, "I'll hit a home run
  10. for you in Wednesday's game." Ruth hit three homers in that
  11. day's game against the St. Louis Cardinals; the boy recovered.
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