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- ↑ "Black Yankees Improve Team". Brooklyn Times-Union . March 6, 1935. p. 10. Retrieved January 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "George Scales to Manage Reorganized "Black Yankees"" (PDF). The New York Age . Fultonhistory.com. March 5, 1932. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ↑ Rosee, Irwin N. (14 November 1934). "Black Yankees Kept Wolf From Door in Early Days". Brooklyn Times-Union . p. 15. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ↑ "Semler Says Black Yanks Will Work With League". Pittsburgh Courier . March 3, 1934. p. 15. Retrieved January 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "George Scales vs. James Semler". Brooklyn Times-Union . March 14, 1935. p. 14. Retrieved January 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Just Below the Majors". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . June 5, 1935. p. 24. Retrieved January 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1931 Harlem Stars". Seamheads Negro League Database.
