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Yriter)P)-The Iinning 4j the I| thii Iwhere fencej the leu Held ienc* imo lampaBay.Four time* the wallop# wentfoul. * .Buffalo (IChicago i3.PEA RIDGE’ DAYHAWNTAKES OWN LIFETO BA(Y|anager off theveland gh tole hasi out-Pitc'ncr Known Thruout14*1 nf S«*at \\!Nation Will Be Buriedtheir I YVtfl-man-'eckin-r andmoothIIn Benton Countyworrieserroll,il lastgames he In-ounted m andmoundplanscon-teamsinkingLloyd Boston . For ington, ies it : goodhimprotoCarandwasorkingm To-hpaws■llowedFerrelly-John-base,mfullyinto a1 ihle is(witches nothopes11 ap-heingnrob-Kansa* City, March 22-f£*)-The piercing yell nr Clyde (f’ea Ridge) Day, the hog-calling baseballpitcher, is still forever.Day, who haffled batters with his screw ball and entertained the fans with his hog-cirll, committedsuicide la*t nigh‘« by cutting his throat with a hunting knife. He came herp several days ago from his home at Pea Ridge, Ark., seeking treatment for lapse of memory. He was 32 years old.His baseball career found in the uniforms of a do7.enfessional totems from coast coa t, including the St. Louis dinabi. the Cirt'innahi Reds the Rrooklvn Do Igors. He on the pitching staff of the Kansas City Blues in 1020. the year the team won the American association pennant.Day’s cnreer also extended to semi-pro ba*seball in Northwest Arkansas when he walt; jus'* a kid’’ and willing to walk part or all the wav from his Pea Ridge hme to Roge**s to hurl, the Western association bark inearly 2b’s, the Pacific coast cuit„ International 1 op and Western le.Tgue.AHhough a good and effecVve pit her until he suffered an iniuryto his arm two years ago, Day ws^ m ide famous bv the “Arkansa«, hog-calling yell” in the American association. The yell unnerved opposing teams and thrilled fans.thecir-theFreddie Iformor Wes er and stil gardlo*lt; of cnee in barepre.sent ins Arkansas a considering leagu* this attempt to Fayettevillebacking thf officials ha“winner” oi nine that fprove succegateH gatheHawn ha1 details of Y he believes elt;ure a st| good invest and fans i! of thi* siirrtion and theSome of thi the seasonteam.Roger* v, ville, Mo., they were league. Spi rea'dv *o ioj ing last nig will le heldMarch :’,0.*I1Boxing Iof IIlsrrd foiwere the flt;semi-finals Arkansas iyesterday a
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Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Thu, Mar 22, 1934
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