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rniwuiviu t v unii^v unim,o 111 invmiddle of the stream.* »» t♦ •IT WAS FAYETTEVILLE,recounted Uncle Walt, that gave the league its box-office draw. Fans at other stops around the league went to games to see the Angels get licked, or if the Angels happened to be winning, to taunt the club with irreverent remarks. “The Angels were a community symbol.” Lemke writes, “and the Fayetteville fans by the hundreds accompanied their team to hostile diamonds..”Lemke recalls that rivalry between Fayetteville and Rogers was particularly keen. So keen, in fact, that at one point the Rogers editor, E. W. Pate, wrote in his paper a demand that the Ark-Mo League be abolished if it couldn’t produce harmony and good will between competing towns.“But we Fayetteville fans, writes Lemke, “continued to take our baseball seriously.Among the oddities of the Ark-Mo League were a one-armed umpire, a one-eyed umpire, a barefoot pitcher and a woman playing an entire game as an outfielder. “Where but the Ark-Mo League would a municipal judge (V. James Ptak) spend his evenings retrieving foul balls..?” Uncle Walt also asks.“A good example of rugged individualism in the Ark-Mo League,” according to Uncle Walt, “was Fayetteville’s pitcher, Thornton Buchanan, more popularly known as Horn-buckle Buck.” A superb physical specimen in spite of his advanced years, this fabulous left hander was accustomed to walk to town from his country home in Farmington (5 miles), pitch a two-hour game, walk back home for supper, •troll back to Fayetteville in the evening to engage in a 10 roundThe Vaughn woman wasarrested Thursday after Deputy Sheriff W. B. Colvard turned up some of the missing clothing between the mattresses in her motel room, according to police reports. Miss Griffith wasarrested Friday by State Criminal Investigator QuimbyJohnson.The arrests were made on a complaint by the Vaughnwoman’s half brother, Danny West, of Route 2, Springdale.More StudentsArkansas CollegeBATESVILLE — Arkansas College has announced enrollment for the 1972-73 fall semester is 388 full-time students. This marks a 12 per cent increase over last year’s enrollment of 341 students. This is the second year the college has increased enrollment. The 1971 total of 341 students was a 13 per cent increase from the 1970 total of 297.With 36 special students, the total full-time equivalent enrollment is 405 students.fligfight on the American Legion’s weekly boxing card at the Armory. Sometimes he’d cheat a little and catch a midnight ride home to Farmington instead of walking.”(Hornbuckle Buck, incidently, still makes his home out Far mingtonway, is still vigorous, and still actively interested in getting the most out of every day.)Uncle Walt’s story goes on. And I intend to stick with it a few Saturdays more in making the point that Fayetteville is a place that has in the past and should again embrace a warmer, more engaging symbol than the north tower of Old Main.Sa\HaTe?FgetplaTweiereBThlt;Artfeaout20toof 1FbochoiRe:timhorTindot[vascerWOimaOnru$harcotIprcinfoilpei
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Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Sat, Sep 16, 1972
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