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CHAMPIONS TALK—Tim McCarver, left, St. Louis Cardinal catcher, along with teammate Ken Boyer, right, are shown in an informal chat with their former manager, Johnny Keane, Tuesday night at the Houston Baseball Writers’ dinner. The three were honored at the event. (AP Wirephoto)AT HOUSTON BASEBALL DftVNER: *Cardinal Players, FormerManager Receive PlauditsHOUSTON (AP) - Ken Boyer and Tim McCarver of the St. Louis Cardinals and former manager Johnny Keane were among the eight guests of honor Tuesday night at Houston's fifth annual baseball dinner.For a night, at least, Keane was not yet the manager of the New York Yankees, the World Series losers.He was again the manager of the Cardinals and he watched as a movie projector brought back two of the magic momenta of the October classic.Homer Is ShownThere was McCarver, the 23-year-old catcher, whacking a three-run homer over the right field fence, over the head of a back-pedaling Mickey Mantle, to win the fifth game of the Series.And there was Boyer to club a grand slam in the fourth game, on an A1 Downing change-up, to beat the Yankees In that one, 4-3.Thanks for showing the movie, said a grinning Boyer, as he accepted the featured Tris Speaker Award. I enjoyed seeing it again.”The award was given to Boyer by Dick Peebles, sports editor of the Houston Chronicle and chairman of the sponsoring baseball writers' chapter.Dean Chance, the Los Angeles Angels’ right-hander, received the Dickie Kerr Award as the year's outstanding pitcher, and his mastery over the Yankees helped make him so.He beat them four times, pointed out Clark Nealon, the Houston Post’s sports director, who introduced Chance.The other awards went to:Keane, who was given the Eddie Dyer Award — for leadership — by Mickey Herskowitz, sports editor of the Post.McCarver, who was presented the Rogers Homsby Award as outstanding player in the 1964 World Series by Max B. Skelton, Associated Press correspondent.Chuck Harris of San Antonio, the Jimmy Delmar Award as the outstanding Texan in the minors last year, presented by William Clayton of United Press International.Emie Banks, a special award, presented by Bob Rule, director of the Houston Golf Association, a former Houston sports editor.Bob Aspromonte, the Jim Umbricht Award as Houston's most valuable player, presented by John Wilson of the Chroniclesports staff.Tom Gorman, the Bill Klem Award as the top umpire, presented by Jimmy Delmar, well-known Houston baseball figure.The night’s most solemn moment came when Aspromonte accepted the trophy which now bears the name of Umbricht, the Houston pitcher who died last April of cancer.About 900 baseball fans attended the dinner.Monterey Takes Lead As Westerners Fall(Continued From Page One) he took his own rebound and made good on a second set shot from the key.The big Westerner then fouled Roper and the Harvester standout made good on the first of a one-and-one but missed the second to give Lubbock one-point margin.Pampa’s Kenneth McWilliams then fouled Washington but his shot rimmed the basket.With ten seconds left Ronald Curlee found daylight in the left comer and lofted a shot that proved to be the downfall of the Westerners,Washington was high for Lubbock High while Doug Dunlap contributed 15. Curlee hit for 13 for Pampa while teammate Carl Hamsberger had 12.The LHS crew missed a pair of golden chances when both Milbum and Westerburg missed on one-and-one counts at the line.The LHS 'B' team Cowhands defeated the Pampa ‘B’ combo, 48-42, in a preliminary affair. Leading the locals were Gary Steward who hit for 14 points.Scrambling little Bobby Pierce was the big gun in the Monterey attack as he couldn’t miss from outside, hittine for 18 Doints onthe night as it tallied 14 points in the second period — just one A tip-in and a 20-foot set by Mason and jump shots by George Coffey and May accounted for the spotty Palo Duro points in the stanza.Continue Onslaught Monterey, working for only the good shots, continued their onslaught as they outgunned the Dons, 14-6 in the final quarter.Pierce carried the bulk of the load but got help from Gilker-son, Hughes, David Reed, and Craig Wright.★ ★ ★Box ScorePampa tt 11 pf tp Lob bock tt ft pf tpRoper 2 4 18 Clawson 2 0 2 4Lewis 4 2 S10 Vemer 2 0 2 4M'Dan'U 4 4 2 12 W'slrbur* S 3 4 IH’mib'rr S 0 1 12 Milbum 2 0 4 4M’Wilt'm* 0 4 5 4 Wash'ton 1 S 119Curlee 4 5 1 13 Dunlap 7 1 4 14Burrell 2 0 3 4Total* M It 11 M Totals » 19U Score By Quarter*PAMPA . 14 13 14 15 3-3?LUBBOCK ....... 19 12 13 12 3—5SMontereyBeckJohn tonPierceWhittReedWrightf* It pi tp Palo Duro Is tt pf tp2 0 0 2 Echo!* 0 3 02 3 17 Cook 0 13 19 0 118 OoHey 10 0 21 0 0 3 Burkham 10 0 23 0 16 Nichols 0 0 0 010 12 Bro’beck 0 0 0 0
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 20, 1965
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