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- ↑ "Is It True Playing Baseball Was Once A Crime In New Mexico?". www.krwg.org.
- ↑ "Class D Baseball Is Proposed Here". Arizona Daily Star (1 ed.). Tucson, Arizona. Special. 11 February 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Rio Grande League Part Of Organized Ball". El Paso Herald (1 ed.). El Paso, Texas. Special. 8 May 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Tucson defeats Phoenix 10-2". El Paso Herald (1 ed.). El Paso, Texas. Locke. 28 April 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Standing and Schedule". Arizona Daily Star (1 ed.). Tucson, Arizona. 29 April 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Las Cruces and Douglas Dropped From The League". Albuquerque Journal (1 ed.). Albuquerque, New Mexico. Special. 25 May 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "League Closed For 1915 Season, Losses, Cause". Albuquerque Journal (1 ed.). Albuquerque, New Mexico. Special. 6 July 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "1915 Tucson Old Pueblos Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "1915 Las Cruces Farmers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "1915 Phoenix Senators Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "1915 Albuquerque Dukes Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
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