The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-13
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National League Orders Conduct of Players I'm proved and Noisy Coach ing Prohibited - Former Football Star to Be One of Eight Empires.

{, New York, Feb- 13.-The National League, at its meeting at the Wal Elerf- Astoria yesterday, decided that the behavior of the players would have to be improved next summer, so it has ordered the staff of umpires to enforce r1gidly the rules about the conduct of the players on the field. The league went on record as being opposed to clubs engaging coaches for the sole purpose of trying to rattle Nthe opposing. players. It seems that some of the clubs this season were going to engage players whose special talent consisted of nagging the oppo- sttion- These performers are known Sas --goat- -getters,'' and the National dseague is determined to have them si- ilenced.
 1t was mt designated just what club this new ruling was directed at, but it affects all of them alike. It was stated that the league had such play lers as Johnny Evers in mind in or dering a rigid enforcement of the rule, as Johnny is now dickering with gEboth the Chicago and St Louis clubs for position as untility man and coach Evers is one of the most sar- castle coaches in the business and can rattle a young player as quickly as Kid Gleason of the White Sox. Otto Knai5e is another player who has been named as coach for the Cubs, and he will probably get the Chicago job if Evers goes to St Louis.
 The. Boston Braves yesterday signed a new coach in Jack S4attery, the vet eran catcher, who has been baseball Scoach at Tufts College, where he has turned out several high-class teams. iSSla+tery is the aggressive type of lc0ach who directs Q lot of attention toward the opposition during a game. President Tener named his staff of urnpires and they will meet in this city within a short time, when they wn be directed in the new policy which the league intends to enforce. ITmpires Al Orth and Kitty Bransfeld Fha:ve been retired and the league will fa1ave a staff of only eight indicator tho]ders this year.
 The new man on the staff is Char Hey Moran from the Southern Asso- ciation. Before last season he was tthree years in the Texas League. Mo kran is an old St. Louis player and he kplayed football when he was at Van- derbit University. Later he played professional football with the Massil- s4on, Ohio, team He has also been 2 college football and baseball coach kAESoran,s home is at Horse Cave, Ky. where he runs a grocery store in th' Iw4nter. The umpires retained arr Bob Emslie, Bill K1em, Bill Byron Hank 0Day; Charley R5gler, Ernes kQuagley, and Pete Harrison
 The Chicago club put in a claim O k$25a0 against the league for salar! paid to First Baseman Vic Safer, thu kplayer who has been awarded t Pittsburgh. Chicago wanted reim 1Durse1nent for the money it paid tn Eplayer after the time he had bee1 claimed by the Pirates The 1eagu refused' to recognize the claim
 Special dates were named for tn hbeneht. games for the Clark Griffit Ball and Bat Fund for the soldiers i hFTance. The date for the games i s4he West is May 15, and in the Eas +4he date is June Il. On these days sper cent of the gate receipts of tn shome club will be given to the funt Chicago plays in New York on tha
 date and Cincinnati in Brooklyn.
 In the schedule adopted for ne1 season no provision was made fC Sunday games in this State, but if tt bill lega1iz1ng Sunday baseball shoul pass before the seanson opens, bot leagues will rearrange their dates include the extra day.
 President Charles H. Ebbets had tv
 or three new machines at the mee
 ing to show the club owners how
 would |" be possible to make chant 'i with pennies as we'll as with oth, coins, and when the league mee
 again today the question of the pa,
 ment of the war tax will be consi'
 cred.
 There is a great difference of opi
 ion among the club owners about u
 payment of the war tex. It seen
 that there is much opposition to t
 plan to boost the prices of the 25-ce
 and the T5-cent seats to 30 cents aI
 '85 cents Conditions in the vario
 cities differ widely, and it may be q
 cided to permit each club to char
 whatever price best suits local conC
 tions. The American League me-
 here tomorrow to consider the sal
 question, and it is likely that a joi
 session of the two organizations W
 bo caIled to adopt~a uniform plan.