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- ↑ ""Other" Negro Leagues, Texas Negro League 1924-1928, Texas Negro League 1930, Texas Negro League 1946" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "Negro Texas League (1949)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "Texas Negro League (Negro) Encyclopedia and History 1924-31". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
