March 21, 1934

Baseball player Clyde Henry “Pea Ridge” Day took his own life. The child of a Pea Ridge (Benton County) farm family, Day was known as the “hog-calling pitcher” in a career spanning the 1920s and early 1930s. During his career, Day transported his considerable talents, his hometown’s name, and a slice of the lively culture of the Arkansas hills onto the national scene. Day’s fun-loving showmanship and competitive spirit brought rare publicity to his hometown and home state. Day’s funeral, held at the newly built First Baptist Church of Pea Ridge, was attended by more than 500 people. His gravestone bears the epitaph, “An Immortal in Baseball.”