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- Jan. 22, 1990: Died:John Sylvester
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Jan. 22, 1990 A Murder In Boston
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 57
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- <p> DIED. John Sylvester, 74, a manufacturing-company executive;
- in Mineola, N.Y. In 1926, eleven-year-old Johnny Sylvester
- entered baseball legend when, critically injured after falling
- from a horse, he asked that Babe Ruth hit a homer for him.
- Informed of the boy's wish, the slugger sent him two
- autographed baseballs with a note saying, "I'll hit a home run
- for you in Wednesday's game." Ruth hit three homers in that
- day's game against the St. Louis Cardinals; the boy recovered.
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