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Show Is zr: -! MB Bransfield Replaced by Charles Moran Nationals Adopt a Schedule. New York. Feb. 12 When Uie club owners of the National league ended their first session of tho regular annual an-nual two-day schedule meeting hero, today very little of the proceedings, announced by Secretary John A. Heydlor, was of more than passing In-i In-i terest to the followers of baseball. The playing schedule for the coming season, In which there are only three conflicting dates on tho two major leaguo circuits, was adopted. The championship season opens April 1G, . ! and closes In tho eastern cities Oc tober 5 and In tho west on tho fol-! fol-! lowing day. ) Tho board of directors ratified President Toner's appointment of umpires um-pires as folows: Robert Emslie, "W. l J. Klom, Henry O'Day, Charles Hig-I Hig-I ler, W. J. Byron, B. C. Quigley, Peter A. Harrison and Charles B. Moran. 1 V Tho last named, who lakes tho place of Bransfield, played both as I pitcher and catcher for the St. Louis , Nationals several years ago and last I j'ear officiated as arbiter for tho I Southern association and for three i years previously in tho Texas league, l.i He was born at Nashvillo and has " j I been identified with baseball and ' ( football since ho left Vanderbilt col-f'1 col-f'1 I lego twenty years ago. i lit ' Tho directors refused to allow the I ' 1 Chicago Cub's claim of $2500 paid as , salary to an Injured player. Victor Saier, from tho date that the Pitts-' Pitts-' tl : burg club claimed him. The player M J remains with Pittsburg and Chicago ; i loses the money. A stricter onforce-,1 onforce-,1 ! ment of tho coaching rules was recora-1 recora-1 1 mended so that "goat-getting tactic3 1 from the coaching lines or the play-Vj play-Vj ers' benches will bo eliminated as far K I i as possible in future. I'I A readadjustment of official salar-ies salar-ies iwas confirmed during tho regular .f league meeting, but just how far this j "retrenchment went was not made ' known. Wednesday, May 15, was sot as the j , date on the western circuit on which , ' 25 per cent of the home club's sharo i i of tho admissions is to be donated to , 1 -.!!- V i J 1.-11 f...l ,1 IUjarK urmitii a urn. uuu uu iuuu imu Tuesday, June 11, at the eastern parks. In case of postponement tho ' following day's admissions will be 'l levied on. Tomorrow the league's , , ' committee on the war tax problem will mako its report. I . The American leaguo will meet here i Thursday to adopt Its schedule. |