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When the umpires called time, after two men were out in the bottom of the fourth the varsity already had a 2-0 lead, the result of A1 Martin's homer in the third. With two out, a 3-2 count and Dick Shima on third, Milkman Martin leaned into a high fastball served by sophomore lefthander John Whitney and belted it over the running track into the left field stands...
...spur-of-the-moment party out to see the Washington Senators win a close one (7-6) from the Boston Red Sox. got two autographed baseballs (one after a homer) from Senator Slugger Harmon Killebrew to give to grandson David. Ike laughed at a photographer's suggestion that Press Secretary James Hagerty, a dedicated New York Yankee fan, ought to replace cellar-dwelling Yankee Manager Casey Stengel. Quipped the President: "He couldn't do much worse...
...threw a high, hard one, sent Washington's Harmon Killebrew sprawling in the dirt. Husky (6 ft., 195 Ibs.) Third Baseman Killebrew was unruffled. He rose, socked the next pitch far into the leftfield bleachers to tie the score. Next time up, he blasted a long three-run homer to bring the Senators a 7-4 victory...
...baseball, was spotted as a promising native son by Idaho's laie Senator Herman Welker. At Welker's urging, a Washington scout traveled west in 1954 to watch the youngster play semipro ball in the Idaho-Oregon Border League. Killebrew promptly went 14-for-14 (five homers, four triples), belted one homer over a fence 435 ft. away. The tightfisted Senators unbuckled their bankroll, paid out $30,000, and Killebrew became Washington's first bonus player...
Harmon Killebrew still cannot get over his sudden fame, hangs his head as he jogs around the bases after,a homer as though he were almost ashimed of his feats. "I always admired Johnson," says the Killer. "Now I'm with his team. Harmon Killebrew and Walter Johnson. Silly...