“I do not go back to the beach any more,” she said. “Once I went back and there were 50 boats of people throwing flowers into the water. For two months every day I would receive a big package of mail from all over the world. started to answer the letters myself but can't do it. I still get 10 or 12 a day.

“I knew from traveling with him that’ everybody loved him, but when. I received all, that mail, I knew how far, it went. Some people even sent poems, beautiful things about him. People I don't know still come and stand in front of our house. The Puerto Rican people are proud Of Roberto.

“He didn't like to talk baseball with me. But, he told me that when he finally quit baseball, he wanted to stay home with the people. He was tired of traveling but said he would play a few more years.”

Mrs. Clemente said she would stop tomorrow in Bradentown, about 30 miles south of here, to visit the wives of other Pirate players in the Pittsburgh camp. Then, home to her sons and to the memorials building up for her husband — including the fund for the Youth City complex he supported, which now has passed $500,000 in gifts, half from baseball fans.

Another memorial was dedicated to Clemente today: the trophy given by the commissioner each year to a ballplayer of high reputation was named the Roberto Clemente Award. It was given tonight at the annual Governor's Dinner to Al Kaline, 38‐year‐old outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds was second in the voting.

Clemente's plaque at Cooperstown will be unveiled Aug. 6 when five other baseball figures enter the Hall of Fame in the annual induction. They are Warren Spahn, the pitcher; Monte Irvin, who was elected by the special committee on the old Negro leagues, and Billy Evans, George Kelly and Mickey Welch, voted in by the Veterans Committee.

During 18 seasons with Pittsburgh, Clemente became one of the great defensive stars of the game and batted .317 with 240 home runs and 3,000 hits. The last hit, a double off Jon Matlack of the Mets on Sept. 30, made him the 11th player in history to reach 3,000. He was 38 years old When he said good‐by to his wife at the airport on New Year's Eve and took off with a plane‐load of relief supplies for Nicaragua.