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- ↑ "Big Dave Will Bring Team Of Stars To City". Herald. Jasper, Indiana. 5 March 1935.
- ↑ "Jasper Colas Sock IC Stars". The News. Tell City, Indiana. 11 March 1935.
- ↑ Wiggins, David (2005). The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07272-3.
- ↑ Green, Ben (2006). Spinning The Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters . Harper. ISBN 0-06-055550-5.
- ↑ "Bisons To Jump Colored Center". Coshocton Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. 16 December 1935.
- ↑ "DeJernett Paces Team-mates to Win Over Cokes". Herald. Washington, Indiana. 29 March 1935.
- ↑ "Famous Negro Champs Tipped by 57-53 Score". Herald. Jasper, Indiana. 13 January 1936.
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