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1965: Houston’s 5th MLB Dinner

July 27, 2014

BOB ASPROMONTE
1965 WINNER
FOR 1964 SEASON
JIM UMBRICHT AWARD

No direct mention was found in old reports of the master of ceremonies for Houston MLB Dinner No. 5, nor could be find the ticket price. Last year, the price had jumped to $12.50 each from the $10.00 they each cost in the first years. Also, no mention was found of the dinner site. The first four were held at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel on South Main at Holcombe.

Here’s how Houston MLB Dinner No. 5 of Tuesday, January 19, 1965 was reported:

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AT HOUSTON BASEBALL DINNER:

Cardinal Players, Former Manager Receive Plaudits

Ken Boyer
1965 Winner
Tris Speaker AWARD

Houston (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 the fifth annual Houston 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 moments of the October classic.

Homer Is Shown

There was McCarver, the 23-yearold catcher, racking 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 Al Downing change-up, to beat the Yankees in that one, 4-3.

“Thanks for showing the movie,” said a grinning (Ken) 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 (Dean Chance) beat them (the Yankees) four times (in 1964),” pointed out Clark Nealon, the Houston Post’s sports director who introduced Chance.

The other awards went to:

Dean Chance
1965 Winner
Dickie Kerr Award

(Johnny) Keane, who was given the Eddie Dyer Award – for leadership – by Mickey Herskowitz, sports editor of the Post.

(Tim) McCarver, who was presented the Rogers Hornsby Award as outstanding player in the 1964 World Series by Max B. Skelton, Associated Press correspondent.

Chuck Harrison of (the) San Antonio (Bullets) (received) the Jimmy Delmar Award as the outstanding Texan in the minors last year, presented by William Clayton of the United Press International.

Ernie Banks (received) a special award presented by Bob Rule, director of the Houston Golf Association (and) a former Houston sports editor.

Bob Aspromonte (received) the Jim Umbricht Award as Houston’s most valuable player, presented by John Wilson of the Houston Chronicle sports staff.

Tom Gorman (received) 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 fans attended the dinner.

~ Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Wednesday, January 20, 1965, Page 64.

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