Show Rickey Obtains Pete Reiser For Pirate Club PITTSBURGH Dec Dee 2 P f Vet UP-Vet- Vet Veteran eran outfielder Pete Reiser was signed Saturday by the Pittsburgh Pirates as G General e n e era r a 1 Manager Branch Ri Rickey key started to build a up line-up which may not suffer in inroads inroads inroads in- in roads from the draft Reiser was recently released unconditionally unconditionally unconditionally un un- un- un conditionally by the Boston Braves as a year 10 man Only a few days ago Rickey said he planned to mix some veteran players with younger ones so the Pirates would not lose too many men to the armed forces Apart from home run hitter Ralph Kiner who still has a year to go on his year two-year contract contract contract con con- tract Reiser is the first Pirate to tobe tobe tobe be signed for 1931 A native of St. St Louis where he still resides Reiser is 30 years old a left-hand left hitter and a right- right hand thrower Though he batted only 20 in 1950 he has an time all-time major league average of To make way for Pistol Pete Rickey released first baseman Ed Stevens outright to Indianapolis of the American At the same time the Bucs added Dick Fischer of ot Buffalo N. N Y to their scouting staff Fischer has scouted for Brooklyn since 1939 and had been closely associated with sith Rickey before the Mahatma came to the Pirates |