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- ↑ "Amateur Hockeyists Form New Circuit; Seven Teams Enter". The Philadelphia Inquirer . December 6, 1933. p. 19.
The Eastern Amateur League replaces the Tri-State Hockey League of last season, [Thomas] Lockhart said.