-New York State Birth Index-1917, Cert.# 17884
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married- Delores W. Cummings on 3 Oct, 1938 in Livingston County, New York
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THE DAILY NEWS – Batavia, New York – Wednesday July 13, 1949
BASEBALL INJURY FATAL TO PLAYER - STRUCK WHILE BATTING Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs Succumbs to Fracture of Skull - Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs, shortstop of the Gainesville team of the Genesee Country League, died at Buffalo General Hospital at 8:30 o'clock this morning (July 13, 1949) of a skull fracture suffered Sunday when struck by a pitched ball. Eddy had been on the hospital's critical list since he was rushed there Sunday night for an emergency operation to relieve pressure on the base of his brain where his skull was splintered. He never regained consciousness. The ballplayer was first reported to have died late yesterday afternoon, but rallied slightly to live through the night, although no hope was held for his recovery. The accident, causing baseball's first death in this section in many years, occurred at Gainesville when the Gainesville and Alexander teams were playing a league tilt. A pitch "got away" from "Stu' Phillips the Alexander pitcher Eddy bent forward in an attempt to dodge the ball, but was struck in the back of the head. After first aid at the scene, he was taken to the Wyoming Community Hospital at Warsaw and then transferred to Buffalo for the attention of specialists. Ray C. Witter of Alexander, president of the league and a spectator at the game, reported in the wake of the player's death that the league "will carry on as usual." "I am trying to contact all the managers in the league in efforts to have teams play benefit games for the wife and children." Mr Witter, education officer at the Veterans Hospital here, said. Eddy is survived by his wife, Delores; a son, Richard, and a daughter, Bonnie. He had been employed with his father, Archie, of Nunda in hauling milk.
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married- Delores W. Cummings on 3 Oct, 1938 in Livingston County, New York
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THE DAILY NEWS – Batavia, New York – Wednesday July 13, 1949
BASEBALL INJURY FATAL TO PLAYER - STRUCK WHILE BATTING Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs Succumbs to Fracture of Skull - Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs, shortstop of the Gainesville team of the Genesee Country League, died at Buffalo General Hospital at 8:30 o'clock this morning (July 13, 1949) of a skull fracture suffered Sunday when struck by a pitched ball. Eddy had been on the hospital's critical list since he was rushed there Sunday night for an emergency operation to relieve pressure on the base of his brain where his skull was splintered. He never regained consciousness. The ballplayer was first reported to have died late yesterday afternoon, but rallied slightly to live through the night, although no hope was held for his recovery. The accident, causing baseball's first death in this section in many years, occurred at Gainesville when the Gainesville and Alexander teams were playing a league tilt. A pitch "got away" from "Stu' Phillips the Alexander pitcher Eddy bent forward in an attempt to dodge the ball, but was struck in the back of the head. After first aid at the scene, he was taken to the Wyoming Community Hospital at Warsaw and then transferred to Buffalo for the attention of specialists. Ray C. Witter of Alexander, president of the league and a spectator at the game, reported in the wake of the player's death that the league "will carry on as usual." "I am trying to contact all the managers in the league in efforts to have teams play benefit games for the wife and children." Mr Witter, education officer at the Veterans Hospital here, said. Eddy is survived by his wife, Delores; a son, Richard, and a daughter, Bonnie. He had been employed with his father, Archie, of Nunda in hauling milk.
-New York State Birth Index-1917, Cert.# 17884
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married- Delores W. Cummings on 3 Oct, 1938 in Livingston County, New York
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THE DAILY NEWS – Batavia, New York – Wednesday July 13, 1949
BASEBALL INJURY FATAL TO PLAYER - STRUCK WHILE BATTING Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs Succumbs to Fracture of Skull - Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs, shortstop of the Gainesville team of the Genesee Country League, died at Buffalo General Hospital at 8:30 o'clock this morning (July 13, 1949) of a skull fracture suffered Sunday when struck by a pitched ball. Eddy had been on the hospital's critical list since he was rushed there Sunday night for an emergency operation to relieve pressure on the base of his brain where his skull was splintered. He never regained consciousness. The ballplayer was first reported to have died late yesterday afternoon, but rallied slightly to live through the night, although no hope was held for his recovery. The accident, causing baseball's first death in this section in many years, occurred at Gainesville when the Gainesville and Alexander teams were playing a league tilt. A pitch "got away" from "Stu' Phillips the Alexander pitcher Eddy bent forward in an attempt to dodge the ball, but was struck in the back of the head. After first aid at the scene, he was taken to the Wyoming Community Hospital at Warsaw and then transferred to Buffalo for the attention of specialists. Ray C. Witter of Alexander, president of the league and a spectator at the game, reported in the wake of the player's death that the league "will carry on as usual." "I am trying to contact all the managers in the league in efforts to have teams play benefit games for the wife and children." Mr Witter, education officer at the Veterans Hospital here, said. Eddy is survived by his wife, Delores; a son, Richard, and a daughter, Bonnie. He had been employed with his father, Archie, of Nunda in hauling milk.
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married- Delores W. Cummings on 3 Oct, 1938 in Livingston County, New York
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THE DAILY NEWS – Batavia, New York – Wednesday July 13, 1949
BASEBALL INJURY FATAL TO PLAYER - STRUCK WHILE BATTING Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs Succumbs to Fracture of Skull - Clair Eddy, 32, of Silver Springs, shortstop of the Gainesville team of the Genesee Country League, died at Buffalo General Hospital at 8:30 o'clock this morning (July 13, 1949) of a skull fracture suffered Sunday when struck by a pitched ball. Eddy had been on the hospital's critical list since he was rushed there Sunday night for an emergency operation to relieve pressure on the base of his brain where his skull was splintered. He never regained consciousness. The ballplayer was first reported to have died late yesterday afternoon, but rallied slightly to live through the night, although no hope was held for his recovery. The accident, causing baseball's first death in this section in many years, occurred at Gainesville when the Gainesville and Alexander teams were playing a league tilt. A pitch "got away" from "Stu' Phillips the Alexander pitcher Eddy bent forward in an attempt to dodge the ball, but was struck in the back of the head. After first aid at the scene, he was taken to the Wyoming Community Hospital at Warsaw and then transferred to Buffalo for the attention of specialists. Ray C. Witter of Alexander, president of the league and a spectator at the game, reported in the wake of the player's death that the league "will carry on as usual." "I am trying to contact all the managers in the league in efforts to have teams play benefit games for the wife and children." Mr Witter, education officer at the Veterans Hospital here, said. Eddy is survived by his wife, Delores; a son, Richard, and a daughter, Bonnie. He had been employed with his father, Archie, of Nunda in hauling milk.
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