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References
- ↑ "Class D Baseball League Is Assured Eastern Shore". The Baltimore Sun(Baltimore, Maryland). October 9, 1921.
- ↑ "Class D Baseball League Assured Eastern Shore". The Daily Banner(Cambridge, Maryland). October 12, 1921.
- ↑ "Miller To Pilot Eastern Shore League Next Season". The Baltimore Sun(Baltimore, Maryland). October 23, 1921.
- ↑ "Miller Heads Shore League". The Evening Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). October 24, 1921.
- ↑ "Snow Hill People Are Indigant". Democratic Messenger(Snow Hill, Maryland). October 29, 1921.
- ↑ "Baseball Feud Seen As Election Factor". The Baltimore Sun(Baltimore, Maryland). November 3, 1921.
- ↑ "Baseball Propaganda A Political Trick". Worcester Democrat and the Ledger-Enterprise(Pocomoke City, Maryland). November 5, 1921.
- ↑ "Eastern Shore League Enters Organized Ball". The Baltimore Sun(Baltimore, Maryland). November 20, 1921.
- ↑ "Snow Hill Threatens Court Action Over Game". The News(Frederick, Maryland). November 29, 1921.
- ↑ "Princess Anne Out Of League". The Evening Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). December 13, 1921.
- ↑ "Princess Anne Jolts Shore League". The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). December 15, 1921.
- ↑ "Shore League Is In Muddle". The Evening Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). December 19, 1921.
- ↑ "Shore League To Be Six-Club Affair". The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). January 7, 1922.
- ↑ "Laurel Team To Cross Bats With Cambridge At New Community Park Friday Afternoon". The Daily Banner(Cambridge, Maryland). June 7, 1922.
- ↑ "Cambridge Ends Season In Second Place". The Daily Banner(Cambridge, Maryland). September 5, 1922.
- ↑ "Eastern Shore League". The Baltimore Sun(Baltimore, Maryland). September 4, 1923.
- ↑ "Eastern Shore League". The News Journal(Wilmington, Delaware). September 2, 1924.
- 1 2 3 Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
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