Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-17
BOOSTERS MEETING
IS WELL ATTENDED
Speeches Received With En-
thuSiasm and Much Good
Will Is Evidenced.

About thousand persons gathered In
| the Gayety Theater last night to evidence
their intention to boost the Nationals al
| every opportunity. And they did show
| that disposition, because it is seldom that
| a more enthusiastic crowd has beer
| drawn together Addresses were made by
! those at the head of the club, and also
, by several who have just been followers
of the team.
Perhaps the most interesting speech OF
all was that made by Griffith. 1t was
only reiteration of what he has said be-
fore. but the crowd enjoyed it, and cheer
! ed him time after time. Griffith thanke ed
the men who have stock back of the
club. and thanked them heartily. He said
i, that he was gong to do his best to give
Washington a pennant winner. and tina
he expected to do just that some time
President Minor also made an appropriate
address. "Cy' Cummings gave one OF
his orations, and several others made q
few remarks. The words of the players
who spoke were given very marked ap.
probation.
Today is Boosters day. 1t is expected
that great crowd will go out to Ameri-
can League Park to give the Nationals a
hand in their first game with the Maps.
The following is a letter received from
Mr.. Hoover who has been the originator
of the Boosters movement, in which he
expresses his appreciation of the aid
given by the papers:
Sporting Editor Star:
1t is up to me to thank. through the
papers, the hearty support of the
boosters mass meeting at the Gayety
Theater last night by the loyal fans
of Washington, d. c. l am sure that
if it had not rained we would have
filled 9Th and F streets with fans
AS it was, we had a packed house
Every one present enjoyed himself and
was glad he was there. / am sure
every one has the thanks Of those who
conducted the mass meeting for the
demonstration of the feeling. and moth
ing could show it better than the at
tendance. l also take this opportunity
to thank each and every man who
helped to organize the boosters. as
that the movement attained the grand
success it has met l certainly ap-
preciate the response | received from
every individual whom l called upon
in organizing the Boosters Club. That
it will be a permanent organization is
evident.
| am sure that every man VINO had the
pleasure of listening to the many speak
erS must have gotten some new thought
in regard to boosting that he will never
forget and will pass it on to others On
the whole, we, the boosters. are a sue
cess: we are here. here in punches, and
here to stay We are going to be game,
loyal rooters, just as We, as body,
pledged ourselves last night, and l am
sure that pledge was from the heart.
Now. boys, it is up to us to make our
selves evident at every game In good,
clean, gentlemanly way. Be as noisy as
You please, but keep our boosting clean.
Once more l am going to thank the sport
Ing editors. and | will say / never met
more loyal bunch Of boosters than are
connected with our Washington press.
They are good. game. loyal friends OF
base ball and base ball players 1t was
largely owing to the help Of the sporting
editors and their papers that the booster
movement was promoted. so let us all
join in thanking them for their loyal
support of our game little team.
Yours for clean. manly but noisy boost
ing, BOOSTER BILL HOONER