The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-09
ATLANTA HAS ]. A NEW WONDER Combination Pitcher and Slugger. BREAKS UP CLOSE GAME Late Trolley Motofman is There With the Goods. Helds the BreoAIyn Batssrs HeIpasss and whsa shs rrsper ri.s comss. Y
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Over in Atlsnta Billy Smith has unearth- ed q gold mine in the shape of left hand ed pitcher by the euphonious nomencia- ture Of Hanks. This Hanks. 1t seems, was an empioye of tho street railway in AtIan- ta when Sir William gave him trial. While he may not have .as much ss Cyclone Bill. who wants to ret. on with Big Ed, stIil he nroke up game with. Brooklyn by punch on the saes' and he is evidently some hurI- . The Aslan.a Journal hands ou. .Al. abou, A modern Aladdin has rubbed his lamp A5aDea msn,nr o,S Sish,. t, that used to 20 about made rancid butter taste @ ike ike 'is is Sad n suss sole pair % of shoss wtsowf wh0 ssIld half thing more wonderful than iss sse come e oSs oSsr ,g- Three weeks arc he s1s was wearinx a the i'm print of the trolley car company on his Today he T. wearing crown of baseball glory upen his brow.
 In place Of having to keep . sharp watch Tor the ccmpany's inspectors. he now has 70 DICK nis way through the crowds that gather about the ball park gates to take a look at him as he makes his exit each day E Hanks has fallen into a bed Of ease. He of balldom. He viii eat at the best hotels be the big 1T, 1T instead of 'sp shs little fe,soM @ hanging on by his eyebrows.
 Hanks is ssattraI ball player. He is him under his wing. and bright days are In store for the newly discovered. southpaw.
 Tuesday Hanks kept the Brooklyn Club at his mercy for four innings. During that time but two hits-wsre made off his -dsliv- in the four rounds he pitched euiy four halfa wi to fha nsr4fi hxrf ndex- CTS.
 Rveryone of those went to right field.
 Burch ard Hummell were the men to do the hitting.
 They got singles.
 It took single. an error and two sacrf- to get the only run that was made while Hanks was pitching.
 Hanks had almost perfect control, and
 His home run in the fourth was the best thing of the day.
 When Hanks goes to sleep now he does turbed in his siumbers by the nightmare of changing gongs. titude and sees visions, of the long green coming down in showers to fall in his lap.
 The real bero of the occasion. the grand
 A home run made by Hanks that brought two other men over the plate was ahe best csfsTaE Of ias tsss sss .tsrs. sIslss bsR.s Is ss smss SSsay % dsss s Sss sss'.r ssss ss Sts . M T sas been for that Hanks might have gotten two home runs before the sphere. got back
 When Hanks left the box ct the end of the fourth inning Brooklyn had but one run The mix-up and the tied score came later !
 The story of Hanks sounds like romance A few. days ago be was employed by the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Now he Is pitcher with . scod chance of dreaming. either. He is not seins to wake up and wish he had slept on forever. He is no: sH0E.sf rnsrs l pi no. going to b. a rude shock jolt and fall out of bed. Hanks is flesh and blood and he can see the sunshine coming into his baseball soul.
 Joy on Atisnta Bench.
 When he got his home run there was Joy on the Atlanta bench. Otto Jordan grabbed his bat and as Hanks came romptng in was there to get a rub on his back. He rubbed the bat all over him ia the hope that 1t
 Sid smith and Roy Moran were appointed a committee to escort Hanks back into the midst of his friends.
 Bayiesa famed, Jordan was out to Kustus and Smith got triple to left Moran sim sled to center and scored him. Bastain
 In the fourth there came the surprise. Moran first up. singled by short. Bastain singled aown thiTa edse h, ne ..se ane snS an his error vas safe. Newton made long sacrifice out to Burch and Moran scored. Walker flew out to Kustus With two men down and two on bases Hanks came to the bat.
 man seated in the grandstand took . look at him and said: "oh. know that fel- low. He used to pitch for the street car nins in the City League and he couldn't hit
 Bans. went the bat and' the ball as they colfided. Then Hanks romped around.
 The man who said he could not hit made his escape during the excitement.