The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-26
RIOTERS ARE ANXIOUS
ST. PAUL, FANATICS INTEND TO
HAVE A REAL DIAMOND
Order When the Saints Open
Their at Home SeasOn-PrOmoters
Plan Emblem and Offer Prize for
the Star RoOter.

The St. Paul Diamond Of the United
order Of Baseball Rooters is to be the Re al
diamond of the order, for since Monday
the requests for membership blanks have
been pouring into The office of the srcrt-
ing editor of e Globe.
yesterday more than sixty requests for
application blanks were received and
these blanks will he mailed to the real
fans some time today. They would have
been sent out yesterday, but the first pad
OF blanks received from Columbus has
been exhausted and the rush order fer
more blanks placed with the printer will
not be delivered until this morning
Blanks will be mailed today to all apply
ing for Them and if they do not reach
the writers Monday the applicants are re-
Quested to notify the sporting editor OF
Il h e Globe.
The promoters Of the local order are
more than delighted with the success
they are meeting and are now
planning an emblem for the order This
emblem will-without doubt be an artistic
button and these buttons as soon as
they are delivered will be forwarded
to the charter members Of the local dia-
mond without charge.
The charter membership list is still
open and will remain open until the first
meeting of the new order is called. Fans
who desire TO pose as charter members
should send in for application blanks at
once.
The managers and captains Of the anna
teur teams Of the city are coming to the
front, and to these managers and cap
tains the promters give credit for the
great interesF taken in the new rove
ment. Yesterday eight managers of lC-
cal teams forwarded requests for blanks
OF applications.
The following are some of the letters
received by the sporting editor of L e
q o e yesterday:
Sporting Editor GIob evil you
please mail me at once fifteen appllca-
ton LlankS for the rOoter order. Our
boys VIII be there when the season opens.
for We knew that Kelley has real team
this time. Send the blanks at once for
we want to be charter members of the
order. Yours, H e."
"BiIly Mac, Care T h Clio b please
find stamped envelope with this request
and as soon as possible get me ten blanks
for the Order of Rioters. We don't care
about the contract jumpers, for elley
signed enough to save out team. You
watch my delegation make a noise when
the opening game starts. Yours for the
game IN. ii. j.
TO the Editor of The Globe:
Please send to the enclosed address
twelve application blanks. Every man
On our team is going to be a member of
the order Of rooters. Respectfully,
The promoters of the order do not
intend to stop until the st. Paul dia-
mond is the real diamond of the country.
Many of the cities Of the East have had
a two months start, but the SANITY
City rCoters are expected to make real
squirt end pull up ahead
To attract the attention of the fana-
ties the promoters have planned
prize contest and OIIly charter members
of the order win be permitted to partic-
ipate in this contest.
The prize is to be a season pass to the
st. Paul baseball park. Every charter
member of the rOOtcr order will be per-
mitted to vote for the man he believes
to be the star rooter of the local base
ball world.
If the names continue to pour in a
meeting of the rooterS will be called in
some down town hall next week and the
local diamond will be organized That
meeting will end the charter member
ship list. Other rOOters can apply for
membership and may be admitted, but
only the charter members will be per-
mitted to vote in the popular rooter con-
test The promoters of the order have
secured the season pass that will be
awarded TO the star rOoter of the city
and the offer must be considered real
from this time on.
The rules of the contest will be sim
pie. Each charter member of the order
will be permitted to cast one vote for
any one man who, in his opinion is the
real baseball roOter of the city The
votes viii be counted by a committee
appointed by the officers ct the rooter
diamond about to be organized and the
man securing the highest number of
votes will win the season pass.