The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-29
SUNDAY GAMES
CAUSE TROUBLE

The Board of Supervisors seems
about to be brought into dispute
over the baseball games at Aala Park
once more, and the result may be the
temporary suspension of the regular
games which have been seen there
every Sunday afternoon and morning.
This comes as the re<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
recently organized by a disgruntled
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 unser-
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 Kalanian2Ole 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 bali |
players. The leaders Of the Kalania- |
naole League have interviewed attor, |
news. who state that the park is a
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 Riverside |
League Juniors attempt TO stop them,
there VIII 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 IA
bound to hurt baseball unless it is
carefully handled. The Board of SUI
oervisors has control Of the parks, and
# they make a rule that there shall
be no baseball at Aala Park, as they
would be fully justified in doing In
,ase there is a fight there and arrests
AVE to be made, it will kill the best
sport which is seen in Honolulu to-
lay.
From what 1 can see, the River
tide Juniors have stolen march on
heir opponents, though they have not
ised the most creditable of tactics,
md have violated what may not have ]
,een a pledge of their own but cef- +;
ainly was a pledge which some or I
heir leaders had a part in making. /
"A good settlement would be, in my ]
mind. to let the older league have the l
fternoon games, which it would seem I
o deserve, as it has been longer es-' s
ablished and that it would have this e