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- ↑ "Pacific National League ready; Will play opening game of schedule in Portland, April 14". The Oregonian. 6 April 1903. p. 5.
- ↑ "Fourteen inning Nationals ready". The Oregonian. 6 April 1903. p. 5.
- ↑ "Two players fined". The Oregonian. p. 27 April 1903.
- ↑ "Portland to stay; Greengages protest against being cut out; Salt Lake scheme not good local". The Oregonian. 27 June 1903. p. 6.
- ↑ "Home club out; Portland franchise goes to Salt Lake City; Grim and team go, too". The Oregonian. 1 July 1903. p. 2.
- ↑ "Grim's team on a strike". The Oregonian. 29 July 1903. p. 11.
- ↑ "1903 Portland Green Gages/Salt Lake City Elders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.