The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-27
Chief Justice Robertson Cites
Judge Robinson To Sustain
His Temporary Injunction
HACKERS OF TIGERS GAMES
ASK WRIT or PRoHiBITIoN
Venice Players Cannot Under
stand Why They Were IN
willingly Dragged Into Row

Foreibly setting out in petition
the hardships imposed upon them BY
reason Of the temporary injunction is.
sued late Wednesday night by Judge
Robinson, the supreme court was called
upon yesterday by those interested in
tho promotion Of The Venice Tigers
baseball games to intervene and grant
aswrit Of prohibition to the end that
the scheduled games may be played.
Late yesterday afternoon Chief JUS
tice Robertson put his name to an order
to show cause why such q writ should
not be issued The order was served
upon Judge Robinson Of the circuit
court and upon Thomas TTeadway, man.
nger Of Athletic Park II was made
Yethrnable at ten clock this morning,
at which time, II the court calendar
permits and objection Is not made by
respondents to the petition, the points
raised 10 the supreme court win be
argued.
An Depends on Outcome
Should SUCCESS crown the efforts OF
the promoters and the lower court be
ordered to dissolve the Injunction and
refrain from taking further action in
the case, Herbert q. Lowry declares the
Valance Of the games Of the series will
be played. One is planned for this
afternoon at Moiliili, and one Satur.
dag and one Sunday there.
Under the provisions Of the tenn
porary injunction issued by Judge Rob.
inson, the players as we'll as the pro.
m0ters are prohibited from appearing
on Moiliili, on the ground that to do
so would mean a breach of contract.
Eorrin Andrews. attorney for Promoter
Lowry, takes the position that the
lower court erred in granting the i'm.
junction and asks the supreme court.
through writ Of prohihition, to cause
II 70 dissolve the restraining order
Issued as il was Wednesday night,
the injunction prevented the game De,
ing played yesterday. Hundreds had
planned TO see this game and the adj.
vance sale was very large Judge Rob
!, .inson in issning the restraining order
required the petitioners to put up o
1880 bond.
Seizure violated Contract
Lowry had contracted with the man,
agement Of Athletic Park for the
games in the Tiger series to be played
there. When the park management
seized $ll00 of the Saturday and Sun.
day gate receipts last week, Lowry
took the position that this violated the
contract and announced he would play
the balance of his games at Moiliili.
Hardly had he made this announce
ment before steps for the injunction
were taken by Freadway, through his
attorney, =. @, Peters.
K A. Honolulu promotionist, who has
followed the case closely, said last
night. g.@, E5f
"There are several points in the de-
cision Of Judge Robinson in granting
the injunction that seem difficult for q
layman 10 understand, though the Judge
may have good and sufficient reasons
for his decision. One is how the Venice
team, which had no contract with the
Athletic Park aud was under no obi.
cation 70 Athletic Park, but had come
here. to play baseball whenever and
wherever they could find games, could
+ be forbidden by the court to play any.
where Ia the Territory of Hawaii ont.
side of Athletic Park.
Tigers Had No Contract
{" II such an order islegal, Il would
seem TO approach rs near absolute serf-
dom as could ever be claimed to exist
under organized baseball on the main.
land The Venice team had NO agree
ment with Athletic Park, and probably
did not know before they came TO Ho,
uolnlh that this place existed; yet the
court, IN a quarrel between the officers
Of the park aud the lessee of the park
over playing a series Of games between
mainland and local teams, prohibited
fonrteeh visitors TO the city from play,
ing except under the auspices of GER
tain persons with whom they had made
no arrangements whatever. ets
May Affect Future Baseball
cit Is we'll known that previous to
the arrival of the Tigers ii was the
hope Rof many residents of Honolulu
that Coast teams could be persuaded to
come here yearly for spring training,
aud this expectation had been encour.
aged by Jack Bliss, who said that lif
the season here were successful some
thing along that line could be accom-.
plished. The unfortunate legal affair
dragging the players. Of the team into
court has, of course, made any, such
hope of these annual trips timpossible.
The players cannot understand why
their personal liberty should be inter.
fcred with In this way, and as one Of
the men expressed it, 1--WE would be
glad to get out il we could, before an
injunction is Issued preventing us from
leaving
''These unfortunate experiences will
make it almost impossible for other
Coast League teams to come here, and
IL Is to be regretted that few selfish
men have been responsible for closing
the doors TO what appeared to be a
good chance of getting annual visits
from the lest balliplayers on the main,
land. s..
Might Enjoin Spectators
twas also remarked upon the streets
by some who did not understand the