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- ↑ "Mentors Put Camp Grant Men In Shape". The Rock Island Argus. November 27, 1917. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Grant Eleven In Good Condition: Officers' Team Shows Improvement Under Direction of Coaches Stagg and Murphy". Rock Island Argus. November 29, 1917. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Ring W. Lardner (December 2, 1917). "In the Wake of the News". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "War and Football". Collier's Weekly. 60: 32. January 5, 1918.
- 1 2 "Grant Goes Over Top Against Custer". Chicago Tribune. December 2, 1917. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Co. 1918. p. 109.
- ↑ Parke Brown (November 18, 1917). "Jackies Defeat Camp Grant Men on Gridiron, 9-6". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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