The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-30
BASEBALL ROW
At WAIPAHU

no way concerned but which arose
out of the game. A band Of rooters
from Honolulu arrived to see the
match and rooted for the Eva team.
They seem to have conducted them
selves i'm a somewhat unruly manner,
and after the game took sides with
the umpire, whose decisions were adj
versely criticised by another group .
of spectators. Then trouble began. It
is alleged by one side that the other /
gang hurled foul epithets at them, |
and counter charges to the same eff |
feet were made by the other side. |
One thing is certain, and that is that |
Ed Simao, one of the visitors from /
Honolulu, was struck on the upper
lip by Charles Spilner, and the cir
cumstances leading up to the strik-
ing were the subject matter of an
enquiry before Judge Frank Andrade
at the police court this morning. At
| torney A. NJ. Brown conducted the
prosecution and Attorney Lorrin An
drews appeared for the defense.
Witnesses for the prosecution ac-
cused the Waipahu boys of calling
them Honolulu loafers" and Homo
! lulu hoodlums," among other names.
| and to these remarks the Honolulans
reioined that they were not loafers,
neither did they work for 81 per
month";" The actual hitting took
place after the game. when the Hon
olulans, posing as injured irnocents,
were leaving the grounds. From one
of the Honolulu group the Waipahu
! boys were invited to perform a par
| ticularly disagreeable act. and this
is said to have melted Spillner to
run behind Simao and to strike him
in the mouth. When the blow was
| struck. Spillner's father who is a
police officer. stepped between the
CONTESTANTS and prevented further
bloodshed, Spillner meanwhile back
ing away and warning Simao to keep
off or he would get more
| The HOnolulans declared that thew
| did not go down to the game to start
rough house; in fact, when it was
seen that trouble was brewing. one
of them remarked to his mates
Lets beat it before there's trou
BILE But they delayed too long. Tho
umpire was Johnny Williams He had
refereed the game the best he knew
how, but he was accused of cheating
and IBIS boys" as he termed tho
Honolulaps, stood by him in the ar
gument which ensVed After the blow
which Williams stigmatized as COW
ardly, witness told Spillner to paint
his face the next time he came to
town. insinuating that failure to do
so would lead to another conflict.
As to the language used there was
some divergence. Police officer
Spillner, father of the accused said
the Honolulans were noisy and used
bad language, but when Attorney
Brown asked him to specify the
words, SDillner, senior, was in a
quandary. He said the Hcnoulans
called the players "sauerkraut." aud
Cheese" and told one player that he
couldn't see with his eyes, while an
other player was told to go to HI,
as he was a fat Kanaka.
Attorney Brown-"Tell us some
particularly bad ones. You haven't
said much yet Don't be afraid to
swear in this Court" Oaughter.)
But witness could not think of any
other expressions which were made
use of.
Attorney Brown-"Then it was only
regular baseball talk"
AttoJney Andrews,-''No! mo!
am a baseballer. but I don't use ex-
pressions like that"
Attorney Brownies, / have
heard counsel use oven worse ex
, pressions than those"
Attorney Andrews-"No! No!
Don't abuse me-"
Defendant said the Honoluhns
went down with the umpire and en-
! deayored to place bets on the game
and this point was taken up by At
torney Brown in his address to the
Court. "These boys" he said, 'ac-
companied the umpire down to the
game and then tried to bet on one
rame, If they had succeeded the
umpire would have been tipped and
that team would have won"
Attorney Brewn-"Are You speak
ing from eXnerience?'
Attorney Andrews-'It has otter
b been done, It is that sort of Trims
that kills baseball"
Judge Andrade win hand down hi,
!. decision ON Tuesday next.
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