The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
Reiser Youngest Star In All-Star
 Game History

Youngest player ever to represent the National League in an All-Star game in the 9-year history of the mid-season baseball classic is Pete Reiser, freshman center fielder of the Brooklyn Dodgers and pace maker for the league batting cham pionship during the June dingdong fight for first place waged by the Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals.
 Pete turned 21 St. Patrick's Day, making him @ real babe" on an all-star team whose collective age rates 1t as the most experienced and seasoned crew of stellar diamond talent the parent loop has ever sent into battle against the Ameri- can League in 8 July showdown con- test since the first game back in 1883.
 The joint "birth- date" of the National League array, calculated in years, months and days, was De- cenlber IA, 1911, making their aver age age 29 years and about 2 months, roughly 4 months older than the team which took the field in St. Louis last year to record their 40 triumph over the American League, and 5 months older than the vtc- torious 1888 National League team when 1t went to bat in Cincinnati. In the All-Star annals, 1t ranks second In seniority only to the 1883 galaxy at the Century of Progress game, which averaged 29 years 8 months.
 The N. L. All-Star squad selected for the 194l contest at Briggs Stadi- um, Detroit, shows greater age spread and a more effective balance of major league service than any previous National All-Star array. With Reiser the youngest player ever chosen for the classic, 38-year- old King Carl Hubbell is the most elderly ever to appear for the senior circuit, about 6 months older than Gabby Hartnett was as a member of the squad in Cincinnati 3 years ago.
 Other Youngsters
 Prince Hal Schumacher made the team for the first All-Star Game in 1883 as a 22-year -older. A year later kid Arky Vaughan, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, qualified at the age of 9 years and about 4 months, as did Medwick, 3 12 months older than Arky. Until the ballots of the 8 National League managers posted 2-gun Peter of the Dodgers in this years galaxy of stars, Vaughan held the honor of being the young est player that ever appeared for the National League in any All-Star game.
 Young Arky is in the game again this year, his 9th appearance in All-Star competition. Last year he made the games first hit and scored its first run when Max west, the "baby" of the 1940 team, belted the first-inning homer that regis tered more than enough tallies to win the day then and there.
 West and his teammate, Eddie Miller. last year, John VanderMeer and Harry Lavagetto in 1888, Stu Martin in l936, and Dizzy Dean and Van Mungo in 1884 were 23-year- olders when they debutted in the Nee-eSt@A @AhhAAgAs N&HEAaaH 1kad Medwick, ali-stars at 22 in 1884, made it again in 1885 to complete the list of 23-year-old sparklers.
 Reiser's selection marks another bright headline in the meteoric | career of the swift-footed St. Louis l boy who years ago was swinging | and sprintlng for Elmira in the | EahteFn League. Golorful and spec | tacular from the start. 2-dun Pete tn his first full season in the majors | not only has set the pace in the | batting averages, but by his brilliant l base-runnlng, Tifle-shot throws and | ball-hawk exploits in the ontfleld Is already labelled for Q niche among l the all-tine greats of baseball hls- tory.
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