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- ↑ "1941 St. Joseph Ponies/Carthage Browns Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Carthage, Missouri Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Carl Lewton Stadium, Carthage, Mo". www.charliesballparks.com.
- ↑ Dyer, Cody. "Carthage sports icon Carl Lewton dies, former baseball umpire, educator". gm1-mowebvarnish.newscyclecloud.com.
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