The following is from a newspaper article by Jack Clarke found in the Marge Vogel sports scrapbook.
Down to the land for which all song-writers pine… [where they] make those great big double decker flapjacks which bring tears to your eyes and indigestion some where else – in other words – South! — that’s where the [Fairbanks] Fairies are going.
The Beloiters, moreover, headed themselves for the Southland this morning full of hopes that the weather below Mr. Mason’s and Mr. Dixon’s famous line will be slightly more appropriate than that found around here for the past several months. Most of the boys are in good shape, now, notably Eddie Gharrity, Dutch Witte and Butch Krueger who kept themselves in the well known pink this past winter by chasing the basketball all over the hardwood, but one or two of the diamond artists may find it expedient to melt off a few pounds of avoirdupois before reaching the willowy proportions most conducive to the hit and run pastime.
Eddie Holloway, second sacker these many years is the only one of the contingent who is not set right now to go out and dash 100 yards in .15 flat. Eddie pulled up with a pair of ailing pins about a month ago due to an attack of rheumatism but he has been feeling OK of late and with the hot Arkansas sun and the proximity of dear old Corsicana, his home town, to Hot Springs, he is expected to be as sprightly as ever around the keystone sack by the time the Fairies head north.
Carl Cashion, who will handle most of the work done around first base this season, is now in Florida but will join his mates in their training camp in a short time. Manager Ray Thomas, the little Napoleon of the Beloit aggregation, has decided to start Cashion at the initial corner and Beloit fans will be given a chance to see just what the fence-busting mastodon can do away from the pitching mound. Carl finished the season last year at this infield position and turned in a great brand of ball and there is every reason to believe that he will be better this summer. He can also be called upon to pitch whenever necessary although it looks now that Jim Vaughn, Herb Kemman, Tom Phillips and Butch Krueger will be the “Big Four” of the slabbing corps.
Carl East, the Fairies leading hitter last year, who spends the winter picking eggs on his farm near Memphis will join up with the rest of the enginemakers at Hot Springs and it is certain that he will start in the right field job. Carl can hit any and all kinds of twirling and his warclub has put many games on the credit side of the ledger for the Fairies.
The Kenosha Twin-Sixes led by General Harry Meyers will also sojourn with the Beloiters at Hot Springs and the two teams will engage in a number of pre-season combats.
The Beloit tourists who pulled out today included Ray Thomas, Bobby Roth, Elmer Miller, Carl East, Jimmy Breton, Eddie Holloway, Eddie Gharrity, Dutch Witte, Herb Kemman, Tom Phillips, Jim Vaughn, Butch Krueger and Ole Olson. Tuffy Steil stole a march on the rest of the boys and departed yesterday.
Footnote: Tuffy Steil was the father of Mel Steil, one of our dedicated volunteers.