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- ↑ "New York not yet in Outlaw League" (PDF). The New York Times. March 16, 1912.
- ↑ Daniel, W. Harrison (2003). Baseball and Richmond: a history of the Professional game, 1884-2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 61-62.