The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-28
SUNDAY GAMES
CAUSE TROUBLE
Supervisors Dragged Into a
Dispute Between Ball
Teams.

The Board of Supervisors seems
about to be brought into a dispute
over the baseball games at Aala Park
once more. and the result may be the
games which have been seen there
every Sunday afternoon and morning.
This comes as the rs<ult of trouble
between the Kalanianaole League.
which has been playing games at Aala
Park for some time, and the River
side Junior League, which has been
faction of the first-named organiza-
ton.
According to a statement made by
a representative of the Kalanianaole
League, the following circumstances
surround the matter. When the league
was started it was connected by nu-
merous ties with the Riverside League.
then playing the only regular games
at Aala Park, and started on the
morning schedule, but with the uncer-
standing that, when the Riverside
season was completed, which should
be next Sunday, they should give up
the grounds to the other and newer
organization. At first everything went
along well, when trouble arose over a
player on the Chinese Alohas, and
which resulted in the withdrawal of
that team, headed by one Tin Chong,
from the Kalanianaole League. Tin
Chong then proceeded to form the |
Riverside League Junior, which has |
asked for permission to use the |
grounds on Sunday afternoons, thus |
it is claimed, breaking faith in re- |
gard to the agreement which had been
made with the Riverside League.
When the permission of the Super
visors was asked for the use of the
grounds by Tin Chong, the members
of the board had no knowledge of
the fact that there was any dispute.
nor of the fact that the request was
any violation of an agreement between
the two leagues, and it was granted
Now it seems that the matter may be
taken up again and looked into fur
Their.
Another question has arisen through
the hotheadedness of some of the ball
players The leaders of the Kalania-
naofe League have interviewed attor>
neys, who state that the park as
public place and that the team which
is present on the grounds first mas
the right over others, regardless of
the permission given by the board.
They also state that the Sheriff takes
the same view and if they are playing
and the members of the Riversids
League Juniors attempt to stop them,
there will be arrests made. ~
In speaking of the matter yesterday,
an old ballplayer who is unconnected
with either organization said:
This sort of row is just what Is
bound to hurt baseball unless it is
carefully handled. The Board of Su>
pervisors has control of the parks, and
If they make a rule that there shall
be no baseball at Aa1a Park, as they
would be fully justified in doing III
case there is a fight there and arrests
nave to be made. it will kill the best
sport which is seen in Honolulu to-
lay.
From what l can see, the River
side Juniors have stolen a march on
heir opponents, though they have nos
lsed the most creditable of tactics,
,een a pledge of their own but GER
ainly was a pledge which some OF
heir leaders had part in making.
"A good settlement would be, in my
mind, to let the older league have the
fternoon games, which it would seem
O deserve, as it has been longer es-
ablished and that it would have this
ime has been the general understand
ng. Then let the Riverside Juniors
ave the morning games, to which, il
hey play good ball, which no one
nows as yet, they should be able to
ttract large crowds. / hope that
here will be peaceful settlement
made, as l understand that Chairman
Iustace says that in case of trouble
e believes that the board will vote
o put an end to the Sunday ball
ames at the park, which many now