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Gus Baker, Springfield, left, and Myles Erway, Milford, Tuesday, July 24, began erecting the fence around the Induction’s VIP section at the Clark Sports Center.

Local SABR Chapter Due To Convene

ROGER BRESNAHAN read by Carleton Fisk

DAN BROUTHERS read by Orlando Cepeda

FRED CLARKE read by Bert Blyleven

ED DELAHANTY read by Billy Williams

JIMMY COLLINS read by Wade Boggs

HUGH DUFFY read by Jim Rice

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ooperstown’s Cliff Kachline SABR Chapter’s traditional post-Induction meeting will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Tillapaugh’s, 28 Pioneer St. Presentations will include Gabriel Schechter on the logjammed 1945 Hall of Fame election. Refreshments and a baseball-book auction planned, too. Since its inception in Cooperstown, in 1971, SABR (The Society for American Baseball Research) has grown into the sport’s premiere research organization, with 6,000 members worldwide. ON TV: The Induction Ceremony will be televised lived on the MLB Network. Also, Sirius XM Radio will broadcast the ceremony, which will also be webcast on the Hall’s website. ‘42’ SPOTLIGHTED: Legendary Entertainment CEO Thomas Tull, who produced the Jackie Robinson biopic “42,” is among honorees at the Hall’s Awards Presentation at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Doubleday Field.

LOU GEHRIG read by Cal Ripken Jr.

ROGERS HORNSBY read by Joe Morgan

HUGHIE JENNINGS read by Ozzie Smith

JIM O’ROURKE read by Tony Gwyn

MIKE “KING” KELLY read by Andre Dawson

WILBERT ROBINSON read by Tommy Lasorda

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Pre-Integration Committee Reawakens Sportswriter Paul Hagen Ruppert, White, O’Day From Shadows Only Living ’13 Honoree By LIBBY CUDMORE

Anticipating Steroid-Era Drought, New Entity Revisited Past Contenders By CHARLIE VASCELLARO COOPERSTOWN

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ell aware the steroids era would result in lean Induction classes, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 did some advanced trouble-shooting. It restructured its Veterans Committee into three entities designed to re-consider previous candidates – managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players – for election to the Hall. If not for the newly formed “Pre-Integration Committee (1871-1946),” there would have been no new inductees to the Hall when the

Induction Ceremony is convened at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 28, in the field next to the Clark Sports Center: • Beer baron and New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert (1867-1939), who famously acquired Babe Ruth for $100,000 from the Boston Red Sox. • James “Deacon” White (1847-1939), a champion of clean living who didn’t smoke, drink or gamble when many of the game’s players were considered ruffians and hooligans. • Hank O’Day (1859-1935), who after retiring from the major league Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884 went on to umpire more than 4,000 games. Please See TRIO, A6

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ports writing all came full circle for Paul Hagen. “The first book I ever read was a biography of Pee Wee Reese,” he said. “And in the late ’80s, I was covering the Phillies and went down in the broadcast booth to talk to Rich Ashburn, and there was Pee Wee!” It was just one in a series of coinPaul Hagen cidences in Hagen’s career, which, after 42 years, has earned him the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, to be awarded this Induction Weekend. Please See HAGEN, A7

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TWO ON DEAN’S: Benjamin Breiten and Kaleigh Herman, both of Cooperstown, were named to the University at Albany’s spring 2013 Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement.

Melanie Boyer, media relations specialist at the Delaware Otsego Corp., Cooperstown, offers an Italian ice to Lucy Hayes, who with mom Lindsay was partaking of the company’s hospitality at lunchtime on Friday, July 19. The DO, which operates the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad, organized a Brooks BBQ picnic under a tent in the company’s parking lot at Main and Railroad, and invited the neighbors.

PRESIDENT HONORS: Cooperstown residents Jeffrey Branigan, a sciencephysics major and Adelbert Cleaveland, a psychology major, were both named to the Spring 2013 President’s List at Mohawk Valley Community College.

FOUR GRADUATE: Four local students earned bachelor’s degrees from Ithaca College at the 2013 commencement exercises: Keely Sawyer, Cooperstown, exercise science; Kyle Brider, Cooperstown, television-radio; Tyler Smith, Cherry Valley, sports management, and Alain Zurmuhlen, Richfield Springs, Clinical Health Studies.

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Bill Tallman, left, and David Pierce Gibson presented a Congressio- of the Milford American Legion Post nal certificate. 1566 conduct the flag ceremony.

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ore rigor” is the phrase CCS’ first executive principal, Lynn Strang, uses to describe the goal of the state reforms she’s been brought to Cooperstown to implement. “The accountability is much more transparent,” said the new administrator. “It’s very standards-based. A district is held accountable.” Strang, most recently director of instruction at Hoosic Valley Central School

RICHFIELD SPRINGS lex Shields, the retired county representative, has filed a petition with the village clerk seeking the dissolution of the Village of Richfield Springs. Shields collected 100 signatures on petitions; 66 are required. A special election must be set within 30 days. If successful, the village would be absorbed into the Town of Richfield. The only Otsego County village to be dissolved was Schenevus, which since 1996 has been part of the Town of Maryland. For Shields’ statement, see WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

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Executive Principal Expects ‘More Rigor’ From School Reforms

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The Village Board has let the bid for the repaving of Susquehanna Avenue, whose potholes and cracks have made a symbol of the village’s crumbling infrastructure. Work will begin on the $67,000 job by mid-September, according to Village Clerk Teri Barown.

“You’re going to miss us when we’re gone,” Main Street merchant Rene LaFond said.

in Schaghticoke, east of Albany, said part of that transparency will be public meetings, planned this fall, to explain to Strang parents how such initiatives as the “Common Core Curriculum” and APPRs (Annual Professional Performance Reviews) will be rolled out. In her new role, Strang will chair the district’s “Inquiry Team,” charged with implementing the initiatives. It will meet WednesdayPlease See STRANG, A9

Roads Superintendent Candidate Withstands Residency Challenge By JIM KEVLIN Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, presents Congressional coins to four World War II veterans at noon Sunday, July 21, at the dedication of a Veterans Monument at the Middlefield Historical Association’s annual Community Day. Seated from left are Doug Olmstead of Middlefield; Cooperstown’s two Osterhoudt brothers, Homer and Howard, and Andrew Kubis, also of Middlefield. County Veteran Affairs Director Jack Henson dedicates black marble monument unveiled by Historical Association President Jan Bartow before a crowd of 200. In the foreground is a granite bench donated by Anne Lennebacker in memory of Floyd and Virginia Dubben, and George and Dorothy Dubben.

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t was a bit of a political imbroglio. Petitions filed by Mark DiLorenzo, Democratic candidate for Town of Otsego highway superintendent, stand for now after two challenges were filed over where the candidate says he lives. The challenges, one by the Republican incumbent, Shawn Mulligan, the other by former town supervisor Meg Kiernan, a Democrat, led to a hearing at the county Board of Elections

Monday, July 22. On his petitions, DiLorenzo listed his residence as 14 Walnut St., Cooperstown (Town of Otsego), although – according to Sheila Ross, the Republican election commissioner – he lives with his wife, Diana Nicols, and their children in Phoenix Mills, Town of Middlefield. However, Hank Nicols, the Democratic election commissioner, DiLorenzo’s father-in-law, who owns 14 Walnut, argued the law only requires the candidate to have the “intent” to live at a certain address, not to actually live there at the time Please See PETITIONS, A8

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here’s nothing like being there, as NPR’s Morning Edition emphasized Tuesday, July 23, as Philip Reeves reported “the excitement ... and the hype” from London, where a prince – George or James or, heavens!, Kevin – was born. “I can watch hockey on TV,” Canadian Steve Kyriacopoulos told Reeves, “but there’s nothing like being in the front in the best seats. It’s a different experience. This is a big deal.” Said Samantha Selness, a student from Virginia, “When you’re on a computer in front of the TV, it doesn’t feel the same. But when you’re in the moment and at the Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal city and at the place, you know “It’s just baseball,” said Mary Greenbaum, just arrived from it’s all perfect.” Detroit with husband Todd, as if to say, It’s just everything. • And yet, there’s the headline in reported. The Basketball Hall in It was Liam White, 10, on the the Wall Street Journal the other Springfield, Mass., is stymied at steps of 25 Main the other eveday, setting the stage for Induction 200,000. ning, who had prompted his dad, Weekend: “Empty Feeling at the The NASCAR Hall in CharBill from Tennessee, and Uncle Hall of Fame.” lotte, N.C., expected 800,000 the Joel from South Carolina, to bring It reported what we’ve known first year; it reached only 280,000 him all the way to Upstate New for a while around here, that the that year, 2010, and has since York. Hall of Fame’s gate has dropped dropped to 185,000. Joel remembers getting a call from more than 400,000 before “You can’t appeal to kids who from Bill when Liam was 2: A the Baseball Strike of 1994 to are 10 or 12 or 14 years old by restaurant where dad and son were some 260,000 last year. always looking backwards,” John eating had a banner with all the If there’s comfort in company, Doleva, Basketball Hall president, MLB logos on it, and the lad had at least we’re not alone. The told the reporter. named the team that went with Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto Phooey. every single one. has dropped from 500,000 to • “He plays,” said his dad, “but 300,000 in 20 years, the WSJ

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oo early to wake, yet the click-clicks got through to me – woodpeckers at work, at this hour? This year, these pesky but impressive birds seem more numerous than usual, and they come to work even before dawn. I’ve been wondering if they’ve been attracted to new weakness in my grove of tall but aging locust trees. The trees are also newly vulnerable to dry roots when there’s lack of rain, or soaking torrents as of lately, and thus are truly pushovers in the wild winds and unexpected storms we’ve had in the northeast of America this summer so far, likely due to climate change and the changing cloud patterns that are coming with it. The woodpeckers might find these locusts easy peckings now.

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about the draw. As a girl, she was “something of a tomboy. I grew up playing baseball. Playing at the corner. Playing in the lot. We just played.” Her dad was a truck driver, and on weekends he would pick up the visiting team’s equipment and deliver it to Tiger Stadium. She’d get to meet the stars and get their autographs, treasured memories until today. “It’s just baseball,” she repeated. • And so it is. And so it is, particularly in Cooperstown. This was the first visit for all these folks, and it fulfilled a lifelong dream. We denigrate life. Life is analog. We talk these days as if life is bits and bytes. Of course, all of us with our noses stuck into tiny screens at all hours are going to tire of that. How can we not? Eventually, inevitably, life will lure us back. And when it does, baseball will be there. And baseball fans will rediscover their love, and be in the front row in the best seats. When you’re in the moment and at the city and at the place, you know it’s all perfect. For first-timers and for the rest of us, welcome to Cooperstown.

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he’s also something of a student of the game.” • Why was Arnold Kaminkow, 72, here from Westhampton Beach, L.I. (“You picked the right one to ask,” said his wife Donna Rubin. “It’s very emotional to him.”) He told of one of his life’s memorable moments, seeing Babe Ruth in front of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium four weeks before he died. The couple had just arrived in town – first stop, the HoF gift shop – but he was looking forward to seeing Babe Ruth’s uniform, his bat – everything – inside the Hall the following morning. “Baseball’s a constant,” he said, recounting his fascination when, as a lad, he was taught how to keep score. “It’s in your blood. You can always relate to something that happened, whether it’s in the 18-hundreds or 2012. “It’s Faneuil Hall. It’s the Liberty Bell. It’s history.” • Todd and Mary Greenbaum, 60ish, had just arrived from Detroit, and were looking at the standings on the score board between the main entrance and the administration building. “It’s baseball. It’s just baseball,” said Mary, when asked

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Believe It Or Not! Editor’s Note: Our friend Dennis Corcoran provided these trivia questions from his “Induction Day In Cooperstown: A History of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ceremony.“ Test your knowledge.

IF YOU GO: Dennis Corcoran will be signing copies of his book: • 1-3 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. • 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 27-28, at the Book Nook, 61 Main St., Cooperstown.

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What prominent player and future inductee videotaped Hall of Famers at Doubleday Field? What Hall of Famer was a member of the KKK? He eventually left the Klan and went on to teach a black Hall of Famer how to play centerfield. These two rivals played for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, yet were the best of friends. Name these two infielders who went on to become Hall of Famers. What two Hall of Famers were members of the Harlem Globetrotters? What team had an interracial barbershop quartet in the late 1940s? Name the two black Hall of Famers who were members of the quartet? What future president came to an induction ceremony and for what Hall of Famer? What former president came to another induction ceremony and for what Hall of Famer? What Hall of Famer did the great Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens refuse to race against? What do prominent Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Mickey Mantle and Nolan Ryan have in common regarding the Induction ceremony? Who is the only Hall of Famer in both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame? What Hall of Famer discovered Honus Wagner and helped to turn Babe Ruth from a pitcher to an everyday outfielder? What Hall of Famer got “thrown out of The Otesaga” in Cooperstown?

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Dennis Corcoran provide us with these trivia questions from his book, “Induction Day at Cooperstown.”

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What Hall of Famer had his picture taken with the infamous Al Capone? What Hall of Famer quit as a scout when the team he worked for didn’t draft

What two Hall of Famers “walked out” during another Hall of Famers induction speech? Who is the Hall of Famer who never missed an induction in 34 years? National Football League Commissioner Pete Roselle attended the induction ceremony of what boyhood friend? Basketball great John Havlicek attended the induction ceremony of what boyhood friend? Which Hall of Famer lost a leg in World War II and made a hole in his wooden leg that he used as an ashtray for his cigarettes?

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Solve this riddle. The Wright brothers are in the Hall of Fame but they never flew an airplane. Who is the only Hall of Famer to arrive for his induction ceremony in a seaplane that landed on Otsego Lake? What four Hall of Famers missed their own induction in the same year? Which Hall of Famer never learned to drive and once walked from his hotel in Manhattan to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to attend a World Series game? Which Hall of Famer drowned at the age of 40 while trying to save his buddy? Which Hall of Famer’s grandfather was considered the strongest man in the Union Army during the Civil War? What Hall of Famer threatened to sue another Hall of Famer? Which Hall of Famer was the oldest living inductee at the age of 87. Which same Hall of Famer was almost traded for Ty Cobb. Which Hall of Famer was a police officer after he retired? He was almost killed during a police chase when his car crashed. Someone once said which Hall of Famer “sings like Lou Rawls”?

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Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

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Letter from Com. Lewis to the Secretary of the Navy – Off Sandy Hook, July 6: “Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you of the capture of the British sloop tender Eagle which for some time had been employed by Com. Beresford for the purpose of burning the coasters, &c. Her force was two officers and 11 men, with a 32 brass howitzer. This service was performed in a most gallant and officer-like manner by Sailing-Master Percival, who with volunteers from the flotilla which I have the honor to command, jumped on board a fishing smack, run the enemy alongside and carried him by a coup de main. I am sorry to add, that in this little affair, the enemy lost the commanding officer, one midshipman, mortally wounded, and two seamen badly.” July 24, 1813

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A bronze bust of Christy Mathewson by the American sculptor Gertrude Boyle Kanno, who died in San Francisco, California August 16, 1937 has recently been obtained by the National Baseball Museum. The bust occupies a prominent place in the museum, near other personal belongings of the beloved and prominent pitcher, which were presented by his widow. The bust was molded in plaster by Mrs. Kanno, wife of Takashi Kanno the Japanese poet. Before she started modeling Mathewson’s bust she passed dozens of afternoons at baseball parks watching him play. Later, he posed at her studio. July 27, 1938

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175 YEARS AGO

Steven A. Konchar, age 16, of Christian Hill was crushed to death last Friday beneath a car he was working on at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Konchar. According to state police authorities, Konchar jacked the Pontiac car up and then crawled beneath it to work. The car slipped off the jack and crushed the boy. He was found by his father. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Richard Ryder of the Bassett Hospital staff. July 24, 1963

There is nothing that more strongly illustrates the immense power possessed by the banking and stock-jobbing interest over the politics of this country, than a reference to the means used by the United States Bank, by which it obtained so great a force through the press and in Congress, when engaged in its struggle for a re-charter. From what may be learned from the facts then developed, it will not be found difficult for one to come to a proper judgment in regard to the power now in operation throughout the whole country, by which every effort of the Administration in separating so impure an influence from the use and control of the public money, has not only been foiled, but has been most iniquitously tortured by venal presses and selfish and unprincipled legislators, into a warring of the government against the people – the very people to whose Constitution that Government has made it its chief object to observe both letter and spirit. July 23, 1838

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How Fly Creek Was Named by Florence W. Michaels – There are two versions of the origin of the name Fly Creek. One is that the brook named Fly Creek rises near the southern boundary of the Town of Springfield. It rises in a marshy area now made into a pond by beavers. The Dutch called a swampy area a “vlie”. This became “fly” over the years. Another version is that a swampy area on top of the hill west of Cooperstown was called a “vlie.” “Vlie” became “fly” and the village became Fly Creek. July 27, 1988 July 24, 1863

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William Kinne of Warren, Herkimer County, just on the line of Richfield, commenced taking The Freeman’s Journal in the spring of 1822, and continued a subscriber until the time of his death a few weeks since, a period of 66 years, and it now goes to his widow. We think there is no name remaining on our subscription list that has been there for an equal period, though there are families in which the Journal has been taken through the period of its existence, eighty years. July 27, 1888

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Ruppert, White, O’Day Get 2nd Chance TRIO/From A1 Looking forward, the Expansion Era Committee will consider candidates from 1973-present at this year’s Winter Meetings for Induction in 2014. And the Golden Era Committee (1947-1972) will meet again prior to the 2015 election. The Pre-Integration era ballot was drawn up by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and its appointed Historical Overview Committee of 11 veteran writers charged with screening all eligible candidates and selecting the 10 most qualified for inclusion. The 16-member Pre-Integration Committee was comprised of a combination of Hall of Fame members, major league executives, members of the media, and baseball historians and chaired in a non-voting capacity by Hall of Fame Board Chairman Jane Forbes Clark. While the goal of the Veterans Committee restructuring – finding at least some eligible candidates for Induction during the post-steroid drought – some would consider the three inductees lackluster. The names Ruppert, White and O’Day don’t resonate much with baseball fans of recent generations, although each might have made a nostalgic addition to an induction ceremony that a living player or players from a more current era. Ruppert, in addition to acquiring Ruth, owned the Yankees from 1915 to 1939, and oversaw the construction of Yankee Stadium in 1923.

In addition to his squeaky clean image, White was the first batter in what has been deemed the first professional game between his Forest City, Cleveland, team and the Fort Wayne, Ind., Kekiongas, (for “blackberry,� which was also the name of the capital of the Miami tribe.) He was a catcher before there were catcher’s mitts, masks or shin guards, and finished his 20-year career on third base. A viable candidate for the Hall, it’s almost surprising White wasn’t elected sooner. He led the National Association with a .367 batting-average in 1875 and the National League with a .387 mark in the league’s second season of 1877, he compiled 2,067 hits with a .312 career batting average. A lifelong baseball man for six decades, O’Day compiled an unspectacu-

lar 73-110 record in seven seasons. On the 10th ump in the Hall, he began umpiring in 1897 when only one umpire oversaw the entire field; he worked long enough to see the expansion of crews to two for regular season games and four for the World Series. O’Day’s most famous or infamous ruling came in the legendary “Merkle’s Boner� game in which Chicago Cubs second baseman argued that New York Giants outfielder failed to reach second base before the supposed winning run scored in a late-season pennant race game between the teams. O’Day’s out call is seen as an example of his willingness to make an unpopular call and stick with it. National League president Harry Pulliam backed the call, evidence of respect O’Day commanded.

As a means of enhancing an Induction Day ceremony lacking its usual contemporary star power in the form of any living inductee(s), the Hall of Fame will recognize 12 deceased members who were unable to attend their original induction ceremonies due to wartime travel restrictions and/or illness including Lou Gehrig (1939) Rogers Hornsby and the entire 10-man class of 1945 selected at the time by the Committee on Old Timers and was comprised of: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Jim O’Rourke and Wilbert Robinson. The Gallery plaque text of the re-honored inductees will be read by a succession of Hall of Famers as part of the Induction Ceremony.

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Hagen Covered Baseball For Dallas, Philly Newspapers HAGEN/From A1 As it happens, Hagen will be the weekend’s only living honoree. Growing up in the Buffalo suburb of East Aurora, baseball was always a passion for the young Dodgers’ fan who had a baseball diamond built into his backyard. “The kids would all come over after school and play,” he said. “After dinner, my brother and I would play one-on-one, with imaginary runners.” Hagen played baseball, basketball and football, but soon realized that while he enjoyed the game, playing sports wasn’t exactly his calling. “I realized that I wasn’t a good enough athlete to go any further than high school, so I started writing about sports.” He went on to study journalism at Ohio University, where he got the best writing advice of his career. “Classes are great,” he recited. “But the first thing you should do is work for the college paper.” It was there that he met Phil Fuhrer, who, in another coincidence a few years layer, would call out to Hagen

across the court of the Ohio Bobcats basketball game and offer him a job as an assistant sports editor covering the Dodgers for the San Bernardino Sun Telegram. “He asked if I was interested,” he said. “Of course I was interested!” On the desk of the smaller paper, Hagen got to cover a variety of sporting events, including high school, junior colleges and universities. “Sports writing gave me an opportunity to express myself,” he said. After three years, he left for the Dallas Times Herald, his first “real” beat covering the Texas Rangers. “I got to travel to spring training, follow them to all their games.” But after 10 years in Texas, he was offered a chance to cover the Phillies for the Philadelphia Daily News in 2001. “I loved living in Texas, but that was football country,” he said. “Philly was the chance to work in a town that loved baseball.” But baseball journalism was changing, as travel budgets tightened and editors became “less and less willing” to send him out on assignments. “The

job was shrinking,” he said. “I had done some work for MLB.com, and in the fall of 2011, it just seemed like the time to take that job.” He was nominated for the Spink award once before, but lost to Bob Elliot of the Toronto Sun. “I was happy he’d won,” he said. “He’d been on the ballot before.” At the winter 2012 meeting of the Baseball Writer’s Association in Nashville, Tenn., he was out in the hall chatting with old friends when Jack O’Connell came out to find him. “He told me he’d been trying to call my room,” said Hagen. “I told him, ‘no one uses their room phone anymore!’ And he said, ‘well, congratulations, you’re the Spink winner’.” “It’s surreal,” he said. “It’s the greatest honor I’ve ever gotten, but it took awhile to sink in.” For Hagen, Induction Weekend reminds him of the best in baseball. “You get jaded, seeing these guys every day,” he said. “But seeing how the fans react to these players. They’re a big deal to a lot of people.”

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Mayor Denies Curbing Police At Furthur Fete MAYOR/From A3 breaking by Deadheads – there were an estimated 7,000-10,000 here Sunday, July 14 – and Shakedown Street, 200 plus food, clothing and paraphernalia vendors, Covert said, “I’m not going in there with just my seven officers to try and stop all that.� He noted, “My problem is I have to pick and choose my fights,� and he chose crowd control. The officers stayed outside Doubleday Field during the concert, although they kept an eye out for illegal drugs, underage drinking and the like in the parking lot. He reported village police made nine arrests, and took nine people to Bassett for drug overdoses and other issues. State police, during a routine stop, found a cache of 270 hits of LSD, he said. While Furthur, a Grateful Dead successor band, is an extreme case, “if you

have any concert, you’re going to have drug activity,� the chief said, noting he’d noticed the tell-tale aroma at Sugarland and other performances. The next morning, Monday, July 15, Covert sent an officer out to advise Shakedown Street vendors, sleeping next to their kiosks, to vacate by 8 a.m., but they were like typical teenagers: “When he came back around, they were all asleep again.� The issue of curtailed enforcement was first raised obliquely by resident Jim Donnelly, who asked during the public comment period of the Monday, July 22, meeting: “Where does the authority to suspend laws come from?� Brian Paterno of the Paterno Bros. baseball store noted he, already a village taxpayer, will have to pay a $100 fee to put a table in front of his store this Hall of

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Fame Induction Weekend, whereas the Shakedown Street vendors “didn’t have to pay a dime.� Paul Clark, son of a former mayor who now lives in Syracuse, made it specific: “I wonder who told the cops to look the other way?� In recent days, it sometimes seems, village folks talked – and complained – about nothing but Furthur, but only a handful showed up at the trustees’ meeting. Renee LaFond, proprietor of Little Bo’tique, the children’s store, said, with bricks-and-mortar merchants facing unprecedented challenges from the Internet, they see little support from Village Hall. “There has never been a feeling that we’re working together, we’re here to help you, we’re here to hear your concerns.� She also touched on the earlier concern, declaring, “The police were asked to turn away and not see the drugs and alcohol that were being consumed.� She continued, “I’m frustrated. I’m disappointed. I don’t know what to do with my business.� Addressing the trustees, she asked, “How can you go forward and not kill us?� And she noted elegiacally, “You’re going to miss us when we’re gone.� The next morning, the mayor generally defended

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Principal Expects ‘More Rigor’ STRANG/From A3 Thursday, July 31-Aug. 1, for the first time since her arrival Monday, July 15. While many details of the rollout are yet to be determined – for instance, the results of Grade 3-8 assessments done for the first time in April aren’t back yet – Strang already has some thoughts on priorities. She expects the school will expand electives available to students: more AP offerings and dual-credit college courses. Teacher schedules will be reviewed to create more “common planning time” for intrateacher collaboration. Front of mind in all discussions will be achieving the “common core standards,” the result of a nationwide effort of the

National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to prepare all students for “college and career.” So far, 45 states have adopted the standards, with adjustments. Strange was raised in the Rochester area, graduating from the Gates-Chili district and receiving a bachelor’s (1989) and master’s from Nazareth College there. Joining Rochester city schools – she taught first, third and fifth grades – she was soon designated to seek out “best practices” that might be applied in the classroom. “Rochester was not performing very well,” she said. “I started my career looking at data and at what students need.” That data focus has only intensified, she said.

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In 1998, she joined the Naples district in the Finger Lakes as an assistant elementary principal, and was promoted to director of curriculum and instruction. She joined Hoosic Valley in 2010. CCS began introducing the reforms in 2012-13, but Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert said the principals, Mike Cring at the high school and Teresa Gorman at the elementary, were “inundated” by the requirements. The original idea was to hire a director of curriculum, but when that round of interviews didn’t result in a hire, the executive principal concept moved to the fore. Cring and Gorman will report to Strang, but will continue to handle day-to-day management – scheduling, discipline, parent interface and the like.

The 80-some teachers in the district have gone through their first APPRs – they involve “a formal observation” and “informal observations” to ensure a range of techniques are being applied. “It’s evidence-based,” said Strang. “You’re collecting evidence.” In the classroom, getting the right answer will be less important; understanding the process that leads to the right answer will be the new emphasis, according to the principal, who has two children of her own, Lindsay, 29, a lawyer in New York City, and Austin, 19, a sophomore at SUNY Buffalo. Her husband, Tim, is an engineer. “We all in this together,” she said of her new mandate. “It’s a collaborate effort.” The goal? “To make kids successful.”

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Naomia C. Bourdon, 99; World Traveler Taught Arts& Crafts COOPERSTOWN – Mrs. Naomia C. Bourdon, 99, a world traveler who used Cooperstown as her home base, died early Monday morning, July 22, 2013, at the Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. Born Sept. 10, 1913, in Waterloo, she was a daughter of George and Catherine (Dorsey) Clapp. After graduating from high school, she was one of the few women accepted to The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan at that time. It was while she was attending school that she met fellow student, Sigmond A. “Jim” Bourdon; on Sept. 8, 1939, Naomia and Jim were married in a New York City ceremony. Naomia began her career as a librarian in New York City and during the war worked in a patent attorney’s office. First settling in Pelham and shortly thereafter moving to Mt. Vernon, five children were raised. When her children matured she moved from a home maker role to that of an arts and crafts teacher in White Plains. In 1976, Naomia and Jim permanently moved to Cooperstown, where they not only enjoyed exploring the village and surrounding areas, but using it as a home base, for travels elsewhere both in North America and to South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic

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COOPERSTOWN – The Rev. Albert K. Jungers, 64, a former priest at the Church in Cooperstown. Cooperstown Episcopal Naomia is survived by Church, passed away at her children, James Bourdon Portage Health in Hancock, and his wife, Stephanie, of Mich., on Monday (MemoCroton-on-Hudson, Frances rial Day), May 27, 2013. Bourdon and her husband, He was born on Dec. 10, Richard Kline, of Yonkers, 1948, in Chicago, Ill., to Katherine Czasonis and her the late Archibald and Mary husband, Paul, of Granby, (Hillicker) Jungers. Conn., Naomia Ann BourFollowing high school don and her husband, Tony graduation, he earned his Vegliante, of Alexandria, Va. and Margaret Sanchez of Pawling; and 8 grandchildren, James, Jesse, Regina, Megan, Alissa, Shana, Christopher and Lillie. CHERRY VALLEY She was preceded in death – Mrs. Nellie E. Bouck, by her husband, Jim, who 95, a lifelong resident who died April 29, 2005. spent much of her career A Mass of Christian Buri- in the service of Otsego al will be offered at 11 a.m. County, passed away on on Friday, July 26, 2013, July 17, 2013, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of She was born in Middlethe Lake” Roman Catholic burgh on Dec. 24, 1917, Church in Cooperstown with the daughter of George and Fr. John P. Rosson, pastor, Emma (Henness) Rivenofficiating. The Service of burgh. Committal and Burial will In 1933, she was united follow in Mount Calvary in marriage to Peter Bouck, Cemetery in Emmons. who passed away in March At the request of the fam- of 1993. ily, there will be no calling A lifelong area resident, hours. she worked for 18 years Funeral arrangements are as a nurse’s aide in The entrusted to Connell, Dow & Meadows, Deysenroth Funeral Home. Mrs. Bouck is survived

Masters in Divinity from Nashotah House Seminary in Oconomowoc, Wis. He served as a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in Cooperstown, and was also a Hospice chaplain. He was married to his wife, Patricia, for 43 years. He was a Fellow in the College of Preachers, was involved in the Boy Scouts of America and Canada, be-

longed to a Masonic Lodge, and Cursillo. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; two daughters, Martha (Michael) Heather of LaGrande, Ore., and Amanda (Christopher) Plummer of Hancock; and four grandchildren, Katie, Connor, Andrew and Dylan. A memorial service was

held Monday, July 22, 2013, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cooperstown. Interment was at the Nashotah House Seminary in Oconomowoc, Wis. Memorials in lieu of flowers, may be directed to the Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820; 432-6773.

Nellie E. Bouck, 95; Lifelong Resident by her children, daughter, Shirley (Milt) Beaulieu; and sons, Leonard (Carol) Bouck, Joseph (Starr) Bouck, Willard (Linda) Bouck; son-in-law, Raymond Yerdon; daughterin-law, Helen Colbran; brothers, Edward (Nancy) Rivenburgh, George (Fran) Rivenburgh. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Bouck was predeceased by a son, James Bouck; a daughter, Marian Yerdon; grandsons, Ricky and Jeffrey Yerdon and Kenneth Bouck; greatgrandson, Adam Yerdon; and a sister, Blanche Merwin.

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MLS#88974 - Move-in ready 4 BR, 2 bath home w/spacious rooms, new carpet in BRs, some replacement windows, newer furnace and hot water heater, pellet stove, new metal roof, large covered deck and rocking chair front porch. $89,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

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MLS#89063 - Move-in ready new home in Richfield Springs. 3 BRs, 2 baths, wood fireplace in LR. Views of the lake, and 2-car garage on just over an acre. Call today. $139,900 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

MLS#89409 - Perfect starter home. 2 BR, 1 bath, well maintained home on beautiful treed lot on quiet residential Richfield Springs street. Move-in condition. $119,000 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

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Priced to Sell! - This affordable home is close to Valleyview Elementary School, playground, parks, hospital and downtown Oneonta. This 3 BR, 2 bath home is a great starter home w/new roof and newer furnace. Private fenced yard and back deck for entertaining or just to relax on a nice summer evening. Backyard has beautiful landscaping w/perennial flower gardens. $99,900 MLS #90376

MLS#90122 - Historic 1835 home, formerly a gristmill, on 3 acres w/2-stall horse barn, 2 paddocks, hops barn, woodshop, guest cottage, pond and stream. Hardwood floors, molding, wainscoting, spacious rooms. $249,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

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MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $199,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)

MLS#89246 - Professionally restored post-and-beam, 3 BR, 2½ bath home on 16.11 acres w/breathtaking views. Beamed ceilings and pine floors in great room, country kitchen, studio, family room, library/den. Workshop, pole barn w/ 2 horse stalls, stocked pond, orchard, and woods. $399,900 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

MLS#89527 - Move-in ready home on treed lawn w/¼ acre of shorefront property on Canadarago Lake. Over 1.57 acres, 4 BRs, bonus BR over 2-stall garage. The T-shaped dock is one of the best on the lake. You must see this home! $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

3-4 BR, 2 bath home in the Cooperstown School District. Located outside Fly Creek, this farmhouse sits on 5 gorgeous acres w/spectacular views. Home includes eat-in kitchen, DR, LR, family room, and additional room which could be an office or 4th BR. Wood floors throughout! Downstairs bath includes laundry. Upstairs: 3 BRs, bath and another small room. Deck , storage shed and covered front porch. Plenty of level land for the new owner to build a 2-car garage.

$139,000 MLS#90058

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(7497) Well kept 4-BR residence is near hospital, sports center, and schools. One-owner home features 1¾ baths, formal DR, eat-in kitchen, playroom, built-in bookcases, cheery brick fireplace, oak flooring, newer furnace. Garage, workshop, partially finished basement,enclosed porch. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$299,000

(7525) Exhilarating 3 BR, 2 bath ranch with widespan views and 238´ of private lake frontage. Cathedral beamed ceilings, large deck, family room, 2 fireplaces. Airy and bright floorplan, new carpeting. Kitchen with eating bar, sauna, 2-car garage. Impressive easy access lakefront and beautiful features. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$650,000

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Two (2) parcels selling “as-one” T/Decatur 156.00-2-26 and 156.00-2-27.06 No MiNiMuM STARTiNg BiD! FREE iNFo: AARauctions.com

(7440) Fascinating 3 BR, 2+ bath home is enriched by valley views on 2+ acres. LR w/ gas fireplace, family/ rec room, master BR w/tiled bath and walk-in closet. Custom kitchen w/SS appliances, DR, cement-board siding, large deck, 3-car garage. Close to Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$289,900

Exceptional Center City Duplex Move in condition, owner-occupied center city duplex. Your tenant income will help pay your mortgage. Each unit has 2 bedrooms and updated baths, new windows and a freshly painted interior. The property has a beautiful fenced yard and plenty of off-street parking.

$134,900 MLS#89988 607-431-2540 • www.prufoxproperties.com

A 2010 renovation doubled the size of the original house. This lovely home has lake views from the added firstand second-story porches. Formal LR, kitchen w/dining nook, library/DR, first-floor BR and bath. Second story has 2 BRs each with access to veranda, private bath and shared sitting room. The 2-car detached garage includes The Folly, guest accommodations w/ LR, bunk beds, kitchen, ¾ bath, AC and radiant heat. The grounds have been landscaped with perennials and open spaces. Minutes from Glimmerglass Opera, Springfield Center, and the village of Cooperstown. We would be happy to show you more of what this property has to offer. Exclusively offered by Don Olin Realty at $749,000 For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue, Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz, Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie, Sales Associate – 547-4141 Carol Hall, Sales Associate – 544-4144 Michael Welch, Sales Associate – 547-8502

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