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 In contemporary news accounts Russell’s first name was spelled indiscriminately as Allan or Allen. Most present-day references use the Allan spelling.
 New York Times, September 15, 1918.
 New York Press, September 18, 1915.
 Ruth, George Herman. Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball, Bison Book Edition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992), p. 76.
 During World War I many players joined steel mill or shipyard teams in order to work in the defense industry, play ball, and avoid the draft. As a married man Russell was not likely to be drafted, although some married men were called up.
 Thorn, John, and John B. Holway. The Pitcher (New York: Prentice Hall, 1987), p. 447.
 Sporting News, February 3, 1921.
 New York Times, February 11, 1923.