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Hal Smith, the Barling Darling

Hal Smith is a Barling, Ark., native who played six years (1955-60) with the St. Louis Cardinals and was a three-time All-Star.

Mr. Smith, now 78, will appear at the Butler Center’s Legacies & Lunch program today (Oct. 7) at noon in the Darragh Room at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library on Rock Street in downtown Little Rock. Appearing with him will be Billy D. Higgins, author of “The Barling Darling: Hal Smith in American Baseball.”

The program is free, but participants are asked to bring their own sack lunch.