Thursday, November 14, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Card's Bob Gibson named MVP; completes domination by pitchers
NEW YORK (UPI)—Bob Gibson, the strong righthander of the St. Louis Cardinals, completed a sweep for the pitching fraternity yesterday when he brushed back the challenge of batting champion Pete Rose to win the National League's Most Valuable Player award for 1968.
Gibson, whose earned run average of 1.12 was the best in the history of the league, won the MVP award from the Baseball Writers Association of America. He received 14 out of a possible 20 first place votes and wound up with 242 points.
Rose, the Cincinnati Reds outfielder whose .335 batting
average was the best in the major leagues, got six first place votes and a total of 205 points.
It was the second major award won this year by the Cardinal mount ace. Earlier this year he won the NL's Cy Young award. His accomplishments enabled him to match the exploits of Dennis McLain of the world champion Detroit Tigers, who won the same two awards in the American League. Thus, the four major awards given by the Baseball Writers went to pitchers for the first time since 1924.
Gibson, who rose from the ghettos of Omaha, Neb., to become one of baseball's premier pitchers, compiled a 22-9 record
during the 1968 season in leading the Cards to their second straight NL pennant.
His designation as MVP gave the Cards back-to-back winners. Last year first baseman Orlando Cepeda won the award. Cepeda didn't get a single vote this year.
first baseman Willie McCovey and pitcher Juan Marichal, both of the San Francisco Giants, were the only players besides Gibson and Rose to be named on all 20 ballots. McCovey had 135 points and Marichal 93.
Barry's 44 points are not enough
The Oakland Oaks are finding out, much to their dismay, that it takes more than a one-man scoring attack to carry the burden in the American Basketball Association pennant race.
The Oaks, who were threatening to make a runaway in the league race, were sidetracked last night even though superstar Rick Barry collected 44 points.
The hot-shooting Denver Rockets, capitalizing on balanced scoring and superior rebounding, gunned down Barry and the Oaks, 134-127.
Gibson's teammate, outfielder Curt Flood, was fourth in the balloting with 135 points.
It was only the second defeat in 11 games for the Oaks while Denver won its third straight game on its home court after dropping four contests to start the season.
Larry Jones, a former Toledo player, was the big-scorer for Denver, hitting 33 points. Teammate Byron Beck, who played his collegiate ball at Denver University, had 29 points and a game-leading 20 rebounds.
In the only other game played, the Minnesota Pipers, leaders of the Eastern Division, also went down to defeat. The Los Angeles Stars downed the Pipers, 123-116, behind the shooting of Steve Chubin, Chubin hit a field goal and a free throw late in the overtime period to give the Stars the win. He wound up with 34 points. Connie Hawkins led the losers with 29.
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Gibson made 34 starts during the regular season and had 28 complete games. The 32-year-old pitcher, known as a wit off the mound, had a streak of five straight shutouts and had a string of 47 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. Over one stretch of 95 innings he allowed only two runs, one on a wild pitch.
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