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Show Pacific Coast League Will Keep Shaughnessy Playoff Next Season SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 18 (UP) Pacific Coast league officials offi-cials placed finishing touches to their 1938 schedules today and prepared pre-pared to adjourn their annual session, at which they adopted a new play-off. system and revised the loop's waiver rule. Sacramento particularly, and Oakland and Los Angeles to a lesser extent will be hampered by the new waiver regulation, adopted over the protests of the Los Angeles and Sacramento delegations. Ha said hs would pay visiting clubs the difference himself. The directors agreed to keep the player limit intact at 20 experienced men and five rookies. Clubowners agreed that henceforth hence-forth no waivers would be necessary neces-sary if a player is going to the major leagues, but waivers would I be required If he is to be sent to I a league of class AA rating or below. be-low. ! Waiver Price Boosted j Sacramento, one of the St Louis Cardinals' numerous farm teams. will be hindered in Its manipulations with other Cardinal minor league clubs. Th waiver price waa In- creased from SI 500 to $2000. j The Shaughnessy playoff, ap- proved at an earlier session in San Diego, will be employed next year, directors agreed. This provides that the team finishing the regular schedule at the head of the league will be the pennant winner and receive re-ceive 12500. Winner of the four-club four-club playoff will get J5000. and the runnerup will be rewarded with J2V0. Third and fourth place clubs will split $2300 equally. Ticket Cot Uftrd E J Schefter. owner of the Portland Port-land Beavers, rb the only director disapproving recent admission jorice increases from 40 to 30 cents , in ths bleacher sections and from j 173 to 80 cents In th grandstand |