Night moves

First baseman Elbie Fletcher, who in 1934 at age 18 becomes the youngest position player in City Island history, is the first former Harrisburg Senator to start in an All-Star Game as he represents the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League's 5-3 loss to the American League 80 years ago tonight at Philadelphia.

The contest at Shibe Park also is the first All-Star Game to be played at night. Fletcher goes 0-for-2 with a groundout and flyout before being replaced by the Phillies’ Babe Dahlgren.

Dahlgren also is the first baseman who replaces Lou Gehrig as the Yankees’ first baseman in 1939 before, coincidentally, replacing the Navy-bound Fletcher as the Pirates' first baseman in 1944.