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Show 4 KEN WILLIAMS AFTER HOMER HONORS I 1 By KEN W I IM AMs My one ambition ls to lead the homo run hitters of tho American "WHIffl, I, ' BW jfj Bob M u I i shan 1 J iecond none to M of home runs. pygiAHL ij sea-ion 1 ho gv.l,; v.pa1 T show the j . ?3 1 be American ! igue : Sk When th" - --on :: JktMr'SSB open, , 1 made UP Mfytflrt rn mind to go after ,iSKp!4 these honors With A;,.? I Ruth and Meusol ' s'vipr under suspension I l-Vs? felt that T wae offcr- ASot i e,1 a groat opi . 8 1 nity to break Into veil i i wis l'10 home-run WUiUIAJBQ Ugh! Thus far I have suce ceded very well In my efforts to show the way. netting net-ting three home runs In one game, something no other American league batsman has ever been able to do, gave mo a great start- I am now on the way, hitting on all six. Ruth's suspen.-ioii Is a very unfortunate unfortu-nate thing for Ruth and mighty lucky for me. If Ruth was In tho game there ls a chance that he would bo out In front, an 1 the eleven home runs that I havo already made would not be getting an consideration m il: v S ri l&IAN Ruth ls a remarkable batter. He is a superman If ever there wa one. It seems almost foolish for anyone to aspire to equal his feats of slugging, slug-ging, yet that Is my ambition In j making three home runs In one game 1 1 havo already done something that jtho great Ruth has not us yet acconi-I acconi-I pllshed. In order to hit home runs a batsman bats-man must get the breaks. Team play Is the big thing In baseball. No Individual In-dividual should sacrifice team play for a personal record. In making my present homo-run record T have always played for my team rather than myself. Conditions of tlm gamo have always Justified ml taking u healthy swing, which ls th? only way you can make a home run. j That is lesson number one In the art of making home runs. |