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- ↑ "Six Teams In The Colonial League" . The Evening Herald. February 25, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Pfeffer At Pawtucket". The Evening Herald. April 6, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Reported That Feds Own The Colonial". The Evening Herald. May 28, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Steve Flanagan Quits Colonial". Fall River Daily Evening News. June 3, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bannwart Behind Colonial League". The Boston Globe. June 4, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "May Mean End of New League". Fall River Daily Evening News. August 26, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "No Changes In Colonial Schedule". The Evening Herald. August 28, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Banwart Still The Big Chief". The Evening Herald. December 29, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Murnane, T.H. (January 30, 1915). "Josh Devore Given Release". The Boston Globe. p. 7. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Son Of Federal League Magnate Behind Colonial League". Democrat and Chronicle. April 25, 1915. p. 28. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Arrangements For Federal League Farm Complete" . Norwich Bulletin. May 14, 1915. p. 3. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "New League Jumps To Feds". The Meridian Journal. May 22, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bannwart's Policy Retards Colonial". Hartford Courant. July 4, 1915. p. 36. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bannwart Quits Job At Last, But The Colonial Still Lives". Fall River Globe. August 12, 1915. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lamb, Bill. "Alexander Bannwart". Society for American Baseball Research . Retrieved January 24, 2022.
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