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- ↑ "Olympic Soccer Plan Is Faulty". (March 19, 1924). St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p.22 col.7
- ↑ "23 Mar 1924, Page 10 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.