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- ↑ "Will See The Opening Game". Chicago Tribune. June 24, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ↑ "Baseball Notes" (PDF). The New York Times. February 13, 1893. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ↑ 2017 UVA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ 2017 Illinois Baseball Record Book (PDF). Illinois Fighting Illini. p. 94. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ The World Almanac and Encyclopaedia, 1894. The New York World. 1894. p. 288. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Yale Shuts Out Amherst; These Clubs Now Tied for the Intercollegiate Championship" (PDF). The New York Times. July 14, 1893. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Amherst and Vermont Win" (PDF). The New York Times. July 5, 1893. Retrieved June 25, 2017.