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- ↑ "Will See The Opening Game". Chicago Tribune. June 24, 1893. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
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- ↑ 2017 UVA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
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- ↑ "More Honors For Yale; Capt. Bowers's Nine Won the Intercollegiate Series at Chicago" (PDF). The New York Times . July 16, 1893. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
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