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- ↑ "May Play In Atlanta For Basket Ball Championship". Atlanta Georgian and news. February 25, 1908.
- ↑ "Columbus Defeats Auburn And Wins Championship". Atlanta Georgian and news. March 2, 1908.
- ↑ Southern Basket Ball, p. 57
- 1 2 "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 56. Frank Schlosser". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- ↑ "Georgetown Basketball History Project: History & Tradition". 2016-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ The Cardinal and Blue, p. 117
- 1 2 3 Review of the Southern Collegiate Basket Ball Season by James E. Colliflower, p. 113
- ↑ Review of the Southern Collegiate Basket Ball Season by James E. Colliflower, p. 69
- ↑ Review of the Southern Collegiate Basket Ball season by James E. Colliflower, p. 75