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Show Landis Warns of Fines; Banishment Judge Says Clubs Must Obey Rules By PAI L K. AIXEBUP CHICAGO, Jan. IT INS Professional Pro-fessional baseball magnates today had a ready-made list of "do's" and "don'ts" to paste on the walls of their offices as a constant Reminder that their high commissioner. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, expects them to toe the line or get out of the game. Reduced to Its simplest terms, the 1800-word pronouncement of the commissioner yesterday to owners and officials of baseball clubs was a warning that they must play the game according to the rules. He said.. In effect, that In his with rules violators because there was a question whether the rules were clearly understood. Threatens Pines TThat defect the Judge corrected yesterday. He made his rules for magnates and officials unmistakably unmistak-ably plain, then added that any violations of them would result either In fines up to $1000 or placement place-ment of the violators on the Ineligibility In-eligibility list, L e, banish them from baseball. Judge Landis left little doubt that he has been highly displeased by recent trends In the national pastime. He indicated that when he declared 91 players In Detroit's farm system free agents, he did not fine the American league club because he had not fined other clubs for similar Infractions of fairly recent date. But the judge's hand will be gloved no more. When and If he must strike again against "covering up" of ballplayers, illegal trades or fake contracts, he will strike hard. Lists Do's," Don'ts Judge Landis listed his "do's" and "don'ts" roughly as follows: Clubs must not sign players for other clubs, either directly or Indirectly; In-directly; they must not sign players play-ers to blank contracts. Players may not be sent from one club to another unless proper filed and the matter la made a matter of record In every respect. Player agreements and contracts must contain no secret clauses; all considerations, terms and conditions condi-tions of such agreements must be in the document as filed. Contracts between players and clubs must be executed by the club actually making the agreement, agree-ment, and not In the names of affiliated or subsidiary clubs. Where legal transfer agreements are made, such agreements must be optional If the club assigning a player to another club wishes to retain a right to the player, exercisable exer-cisable before the player has gone through a selection period and become be-come subject to draft by other clubs. There must be no attempts to "cover up" the transfer of a player; play-er; wherever transfers are made, all Interested clubs must make known their relationship, affiliation affilia-tion or connection with such transfer. |