The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
DISCIPLINE FOR
 DODGERS TO BE
 IS RICKEY RULE
High.Stake Gambling, Um- pire.Baiting Out; Leo
 Must Get in Shape
BY PAUL sCHEFFELs

(UMAeed Press stan COFreBpOnnenO
 New York, Nov. 20 - (U.P) - The Brooklyn Dodgers, for the past few years an organization noted for it's entertainment value, will come down to earth next season and play Q "strictly-business" game under the clear-eyed guidance of Branch Hickey and Q cut-to-patteFn man. ager--Leo Durocher.
 Durocher, whose capacity for argument on or of the field has won him several fines and renown as "Leo the Lip" was signed to @ one-year contract by the new pres- ident of the Dodgers yesterday but he will manage the club according to plan--a plan -hand-tailored in the best Rickey fashion.
 The fiamhuoyant days of the Lar ry MacPhail era will be no more and the boisterous tactics on the field which became synonymous with the Dodgers--particularly last season-already have become a thing of the past. Hickey has seen to that.
 Gambling "0ut"
 The former st. Louis Cardinals ex- cutive announced @ set of manda- tory changes in the Dodgers dis ciplinary code at the time he re- vealed he had retained Durocher for another season.
 The five main points of Rickey's first major i94S Brooklyn com-
 nunique were-tD No more high stake gambling among club mem bers; (2) Additional methods of dis- cipline were to be discussed; (S) Coach Charles (Chuck) Dressen was internationally released and no suc- cesSor appointed; CD Spring train ing will be ct West Palm Beach, Fla, starting March 1 and (6 The Montreal farm club will train at nearby Lake Worth, Fla.
 Durocher's reappointment - it marks his fifth year ct the helm Of the Dodgers - was the big news but the manner in which he is to run the club was almost as important,
 The aggressive Durocher was just v NNsSe AASAAbCt VI ttiG huuAGAlCS 4VI the press as Hickey outlined future plans. Hickey said Coach Red Cor. riden would be retained and he hoped to make Pitching Coach Fred Fitzsimmons manager at Montreal.
 His coaches would not be hired with an eye to succeeding Durocher should he be called into the army, Hickey stated.
 Leo is an excellent manager and tactician," he said. Although there was Q variance of opinion on meth- ods of discipline. This matter was discussed The unusual times alter the player part of his contract, too, and he will have to get in shape to step into the infield at any time"
 Hickey earlier had signalled the end of Brooklyn's flash spring train. ing trip to Havana=a typical inno- vation of the MacPhail regime-be- cause of transportation problems and the close location of Brooklyn and Montreal this spring will put e hefty squad of rockies on display.
 Bad Practice 7
 Durocher, when asked about re- ported high-stake gambling among the players, admitted that he saw now 1t was Q bad practice and will henceforth be eliminated"
 several armchair critics have sin. gled out gambling as one of the req. sons we did not win the pennant last season." Durocher said. "It probably was harmful, although 1t caused no i'll feeling. I can name seven-Vaughan. Camilli, Medwick, Reiser, Walker, Wyatt and Reese who never turned c card all season, So gambling does not account for their slump.
 "Yes, there are other disciplinary measures, he added and began to amplify when the velvet-voiced Rickey interrupted.
 T don't think we should mention them" he said. We are interested only in internal gambling, where 1t concerns the game itself. Outside, a player is on his own. I don't call 1t gambling where diversion or fun is the object. But whenever greed en- terS, 1t interferes with baseball. We'll forget the other disciplinary measures"
 Yet the other measures remain an important, new part of the Dodgers to-be and with the urbane, calcu- lating Hickey in the drivers seat propriety will be the rule rather than the exception for the once bombastic Brooklynites.