The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-19
TRICKS Of
W|RY JAPS
No Joke to Try
and Arrest Some
Of Them.
EXPERT WRESTLERS
MEET POLICEMEN
A Hawaiian Officer Thrown Over
the Shoulder of a Little
A Hawaiian Officer Thrown Over
the Shoulder of a Little
Brown Expert.

Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and
his associates. who raid gambling and
| liquor resorts at night, seem to have
had run of hard luck recently in
meeting with a number of crack Jap
anese wrestlers, and the police have
had cause to rue their luck.
| Among the Japanese coolies are some
of the most expert wrestlers in the
Hawaiian Islands. In most cases they
| have reached a degree of proficiency
! which would win them admiration in
the roped arenas of the sporting COM
| munities of the East. It was one of
the features of quarantine camp life
at the Drillshed last year. during the
plague, to have nightly exhibitions of
wrestling, Stripped to the waist the
muscular and sinewy Japanese show
| ed a training which was surprising to
outsiders.
In recent raids upon Japanese gam
blers, both in Kakaako and in Palama,
the police officers under the leadership
of the deputy sheriff have had to use
combined brute strength in order to
| overcome some of those whom they
arrested. Two weeks ago, Apana the
special Chinese officer, and Tanaka,
| the wiry japanese officer. encountered
a mild-looking, well-dressed Jap, who,
with simple turn of his wrist, threw
them upon their backs or caused them
to writhe in pain by a steel-like grip
| upon their wrists and thumbs. The
man was overcome by the clubs of
three policemen.
| Last Monday night DENNY Sheriff
Chillingworth, accompanied by Keala-
kia, a big, Strapping Hawaiian special
officer; Apana, Officer Joy and one or
two others, descended upon an inter-
esting crap game at Leong's place in
| Kakaako. About fifty of the little
brown men from the land of the chrys-
anthemum We're gathered in circle
around a box whereon the dice were
| being thrown, the game being the ia
nous "seyen-eleven' introduced by the
| negro soldiers. Chillingworth made a
dive to the center of the ring, scatter
ing Japs right and left, and capturing
the gambling paraphernalia. He tackled
a Japanese about as tall as himself.
The fellow at once showed that he was
skilled in the art Of wrestling, for the
instant Chillingworth extended his
hand to grasp him, the japanese
| caught his wrist and turning his back
| toward him, made as if to throw him
over his shoulder.
Chillingworth knows several of the
tricks of the profession, and luckily
escaped the throw with the result that
both went to the ground together,
where each attempted to be the upper
man. They struggled. both applying
every muscle. Both finally got to their
feet, and the scientific battle went on
again. Now it was Chillingworth, now
1T was the japanese. The deputy at
| tempted to catch the bullet head of
the Jap between his hand and elbow
and bend it over almost to the break
ing point, but so surely as Chilling
worth made the attempt he was baked
by a counter move at his waist.
Meanwhile Officer Kealakia had met
his match. The Hawaiian weighs
about 220 pounds His first try with a
japanese was to reach for his man
The Jap caught his wrist, turned with
| his back, and in the twinkling Of an
eye Kealakia was thrown into the air
over his 1.-THE opponents shoulder,
landing on his back in the dirt Again
and again the officer tried to get his
hands on the japanese, who only re-
newed his ground and lofty tossing. At
last the Hawaiian was out of breath,
and muttering, "Auwel Auwe!" Hap
PLY, in another bout he tripped his OPP
ponent and then tried to use his fists
upon him. Every time he struck at
the Jap's face, the face moved and the
officers fist struck the ground or the
wall. The entire group of men rolled
about In the dust until their Identities
were almost concealed.
Chillingworth finally proved himself
master of the wrestling art by
quick movement which almost took the
breath out of the Jap wrestler, the lat
ter being thrown heavily to the
ground. This ended the fight. The
japanese got up to his feet, leaning his
body over, with his elbows resting on
his knees. He swayed his body back
ward and forward and muttered in a
way that caused Chillingworth to be-
lieve he had been hurt Upon cues
tioning another Japanese the deputy
learned that the wrestler was only be-
moaning the fact that he had met a
man more skilled than he, and was ac-
knowledging his defeat. The beaten
coolie shook Chillingworths hand, con-
graduated him upon his strength and
skill, and invited all to partake of
sake. The Japanese said: He No. 1
wrestler of Kakaako."
AT this moment Officer Atatani, the |
big Samoan, who lives near Leong's
place, came to the scene of the fight |
and roughly grasped the deputy's arm |
A fight almost occurred between the |
men, until Atatani recognized his SUI
perior through the coatings of Kakaa-
ko soil.