Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1912 — DANGEROUS FACTOR IN 1913 [ARTICLE]

DANGEROUS FACTOR IN 1913

Washington Team Expected to Cut Big Figure In ChamplonsJUp Race , in American League. Owing to the success which the Washington club has had this year it is the opinion of many that the team will be a more dangerous factor for the championship of the American league in 1913 than it has been in 1912. This is the first season In which Washington has been a boardwalk promenader in the junior organization. Heretofore the Washingtons have traveled along the side streets, peeping out now and then to watch the big show. Griffith has a team which is composed of some very good material, some average material and no material which ft really bad. If he Is able to “hit up” a little strength in one or two positions between now and the beginning of the next season he may enter the fight in the spring with a formidable aggregation. ' Another fact to he considered in regard to the chances of the Washingtons next year is that the team will not start with mild curiosity as to its future. The players have found thht they can win, and if they get a good training season they are likely to step out in front at the drop of the hat and make everybody come to them. Johnson will probably be-assisted by a better pitching staff than operated with him this year, and that la going to add to the success of the team. If Johnson had a running mate who was the same type as himself, the Washingtons might have won the championship this year, In spite of the fact that they were outplayed in some other departments of the field. Their defense would have been so strong that their ability to make two or three runs to a game, or perhaps even a better margin than that, would have pushed them out In front