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- ↑ "Ted Jones' Ponce de Leon Stadium - Atlanta Georgia - Former Home of the Atlanta Crackers / Black Crackers".
- ↑ Riess, Steven A. (1999). Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era. ISBN 9780252067754.
- ↑ Cava, Pete (22 September 2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. ISBN 9780786499014.
- ↑ "1917 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".