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COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK / FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER FOR THE PHILADEPHIA ATHLETICS & NY YANKEES SIX STARS JOIN BASEBALL'S IMMORTALS AT THE HALL OF FAME IN COOPERATOWN, NY / THE DIAMOND GAME'S GREATEST TRIBUTE IS PAID TO JOE DIMAGGIO, GABBY HARTNETT, FRANK (HOME RUN) OF FAME MEMBERSHIP TO EIGHTY / MOST FAMILIAR TO THE MODERN GENERATION OF FANS IS JOE DIMAGGIO, WHO AT 40 IS THE YOUNGEST TO JOIN THE RANKS OF BASEBALL'S IMMORTALS / CROWDS IN FRONT OF BASEBALL HALL OF FAME / JOSEPH PAUL (JOE) DIMAGGIO, FORMER NEW YORK YANKEE OUTFIELDER, NOW VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS ON WEST COAST FOR THE BUITONI FOOD CORP; CHARLES LEO (GABBY) HARTNETT, FORMER CHICAGO CUBS CATCHER AD MANAGER; JOHN FRANKLIN (HOME RUN) BAKER, FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER FOR THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS AND NEW YORK YANKEES; THEODORE AMAR (TED) LYONS, FORMER CHICAGO WHITE SOX PITCHER, NOW SCOUT FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX; HOAYMOND WILLIAM (MAY) SCHALK, FORMER CHICAGO WHITE SOX CATCHER, NOW OWNER OF A BOWLING ALLEY IN CHICAGO; AND ARTHUR CHARLES (DAZZY) VANCE, FORMER PITCHER FOR THE BROOKLY DODGERS / CHILDREN LOOKING AT PLAQUE IN HALL OF FAME / PLAQUES OF ROGERS HORNSBY, GEORGE HAROLD SISLER, CLARK C GRIFFITH, AND WALTER PERRY JOHNSON BABE RUTH'S CROWN / TILT-DOWN FROM CROWN TO BABE RUTH'S UNIFORM AND GLOVE IN LOCKER / JOE DIMAGGIO LOOKING AT HIS PLAQUE, FORM PLAQUE TO DIMAGGIO / TILT DIMAGGIO WIPING BAT TO FACE / DIMAGGIO SWINGING BAT (C-9554) / JOE DIMAGGIO SIGNING AUTOGRAPH .