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<text id=90TT0221>
<title>
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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