The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-17
BASEBALL GAME
IN PUBLIC PARK
ENDS IN melee
Hawaiians Start Riot When I'm.
pire Awards Deciding Run
To Filipino Nine
.oANDEM0NlUM BREAKS
LOOSE AND FIGHT STARTS
Bats, Fists and Knife Are Weld.
ed Before Police Quell
Belligerents

. A baseball game between HAWAIIAN
and Filipino hihes at Aaia Park ended
in small sized riot yesterday after
noon. But for the presence of mum
Der of police officers who were of duty
and who kept the mob in hand, seri
Gus trouble might have occurred.
The crack Filipino nine were playing
game with the Paradise team. A
great deal Of money had been wagered
on the result and partisan feeling ran
high. s...s. g.. i. .-..-.s..t. ....'.
The Filipinos were out in force to
root for their favoritcs, several hun.
dreds of the little brown brothers be-
ing present at the game. n.y..
At the beginning of the last half
of the ninth inning the score was
TO in favor of the Filipinos and tho
excitement was intense.
Pandemonium Breaks Loose
The Paradise crowd got man on
third and a Filipino threw the ball
wild and over the head Of the third
baseman. The shortstop chased thu
ball and threw it cloverly to the plate
lust as the runner arrived 1t was o
close thing and Umpire Sam Hop called
the man out. Had the run been al
lowed the score would have been tied
Pandcmonium broke loose, with thu
Paradise team and their supporters do
ing the unloosing. The umpire was
mobbed and cries of "Bumpire were
heard on every hand.
The captain of the Filipino team
backed up the umpire and the Fill
pinos backed him up.
Hawaiians Prepare For Eush
The Hawaiian players, scenting
trouble, grabbed their bats and pre-,
pared to repulse a. threatened rush Of
the indignant Filipinos, who resenteC
the vociferous insinuation that they had
won the game unfairly.
Then Police Officer Lii showed onf
of the most belligerent of the Fill
pinos out of the way, who, after max
ing a pass at the officer, ran away
with Lii in pursuit. :, ,
Several Filipinos attempted to bloch
the police officer and one of them tro'
on Henry LAM, a Hawaiian boy, Wh'
was lying on the grass.
Lani jumped to his feet and pushef
the Filipino, whose name is kodrigue'
Lopez, back, and the latter started u
SCRAP. Some good blows were strucN
and the crowd, which must have mum
bered a thousand, surged round tn
rOmbatants.
Patrol Wagon Is Called
Rodrigues' brother, l.. Lopez, joinet
forces with him and the first thint
LAM knew he was knocked down by
| blow which land the flesh over his LEI
eye open. =,
Police officers in plain clothes grab
bed the Lopez boys and word wa
phoned to the station to send the pa
troll wagon.
Someone picked up knife with tn
handle Of which ROdrigues Lopez l
said to have struck LAM, and which h
is declared to have thrown away whe
arrested. A knife was also found Il
the hand of the other Lopez.
For a time it looked as If ther
would be riot between the Hawaiian
and the Filipinos present, but the Pc
lice officers were able to control tn
crowd until the wagon arrived, Fran
Kanae ,loing excellent work in this r.
spect.
Park Packed With People
When the patrol wagon arrived IN
streets near the park were packed hk
mass meeting, word of the row ha'
ing spread to the surrounding distri'
and everyone who could, having hu
ried to see, what was going on.
The Lopez brothers were taken
, the station and hold, pending invest
p CATION.
The umpire, Sam Hop, hoped fro
the scene with great celebrity, whe
= things began to warm up, and is sa
to have been discovered hiding und
!. the counter of Chinese grocery stor
half mile away.