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- ↑ "Scranton 4, Topeka Giants 3" Topeka Daily State Journal, Topeka, Kansas, Monday Evening, September 17, 1906, Page 2, Column 4
- 1 2 3 "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
- ↑ "Topeka Giants Defeated Scranton" Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas, Sunday, September 9, 1906, Page 2, Column 2
- ↑ "Black Champions of the West" Topeka Plaindealer, Topeka, Kansas, Friday, September 14, 1906, Page 3, Columns 6 and 7
- ↑ "Union Giants Take Revenge on Triumphs" Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, Monday, July 28, 1913, Page 5, Column 7