Predominantly Jewish Harbord Playground Team: Christie Pits

Christie Pits: TORONTO - Joe Black still remembers that warm summer night 80 years ago when he stood watching in shock as one of the worst riots in Toronto's history transformed his favourite neighbourhood park into a battleground. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The game between the predominantly Jewish Harbord Playground team and the mostly Protestant St. Peter's Church team was almost over, when a group of men unfurled a white bed sheet with a black swastika painted on it. Joe Black, 87, speaks prior to a commemorative baseball game at Christie Pits ballpark in Toronto on Sunday, August 11, 2013. The game marks the 80th anniversary of ethnic riots that broke out at the park, where scores of people were injured in 1933 after pro-Nazi sympathizers unveiled a swastika at a game. Black was seven years old at the time of the riot and has vivid memories of the violence that occurred. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adam Miller "There was blood all over the place," said Black, recalling the events that unfolded on Aug. 16, 1933, during a baseball game at the Christie Pits Park in the city's west end. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.