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- ↑ "College Baseball". Atlanta Constitution. January 1, 1922. Retrieved March 2, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Here is the Constitution's All-S.I.A.A. Baseball Team". Atlanta Constitution. May 22, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved December 19, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
