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Died. Henry D. Haynes, 51, better known as Homer, the guitar-strumming, tobacco-chewing half of Homer and Jethro; of a heart attack; in Lansing, Ill. "Our first records were received with mixed emotions, like watching your mother-in-law drive your new Cadillac over a cliff," quipped Henry Haynes and Kenneth ("Jethro") Burns, the two Tennessee hillbillies who became a permanent team in 1936. Their deadpan delivery of such ditties as How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? soon caught on, and the drawling duo sold millions of records...
...when I came back I knew where to put my feet down with sufficient caution." The first thing to explode was, of all things, his bat. In his first start, Blue, one of the few switch-hitting pitchers in baseball, cracked a three-run homer to help the A's to a 7-4 win. In his second outing, he hurled a one-hitter against Kansas City. His fourth time out he stunned the hard-hitting Minnesota Twins with a no-hitter. The Blue Blazer...
Streak Hitter. This April Willie hit .347 and clouted eleven homers to set a new record for the first month of the season. He also capped the month of June against the Philadelphia Phillies with his 28th homer to set yet another record for the first three months of the season. Now, with 32 home runs and 89 runs batted in, he is well on his way to his best season ever. Even so, Willie refuses to be overly confident-and for good reason...
...HOMER GAYNE Kingston, Jamaica
...third inning, the Bosox retaliated on Senators' starter Casey Cox, a former relief pitcher. Carl Yazstremski, former kingpin of the Bog Yaz Bread Company, nailed one of Cox's infamous balloon balls into the bleachers in right center field for a two-run homer. The Nats lead was neatly sliced...