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- ↑ "Wichita St. Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. September 6, 2015.
- ↑ "In the game last Saturday at Wichita between the football elevens of Fairmount college and the Wichita high school, the former team won, by a score of 12 to 4. Orville Frantz, left guard, and Frank Hunter, quarter-back on the college team both distinguished themselves by good playing". The Monitor Press . November 25, 1897 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The High school and Fairmount football teams will contest for honors next Saturday afternoon on the Garfield campus". The Wichita Eagle . November 16, 1897 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "COLLEGE BOYS WIN". The Wichita Eagle . November 21, 1897. and "Untitled". The Wichita Eagle . November 21, 1897 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fairmount Wins". Wichita Beacon. November 22, 1897. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.