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'''Henry Walter "Slick" Schlichter''' (March 1, 1866 – January 15, 1944)<ref>White 2014, p. 149.</ref> was an American sports executive, [[sportswriter]], and [[Referee (boxing)|boxing referee]]. |
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title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref> He also worked as a boxing referee from 1893 to 1910. |
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Born in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania,<ref>[https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/official.php?playerID=schli01wal "Walter Schlichter"]. seamheads.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.</ref> Schlichter wrote for the ''Philadelphia Item'', a daily newspaper. Along with National Baseball Hall of Famer [[Sol White]] and ''[[Philadelphia Tribune]]'' baseball writer Harry A. Smith, Schlichter co-founded the [[Philadelphia Giants]] [[Negro league baseball]] team.<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. | |
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title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref> He owned the Giants until he disbanded the team in 1911. He also co-founded an early all-black baseball league, the [[National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba]], and served as its president from 1906 to 1909.<ref>White 2014, p. 72.</ref> |
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He died on January 15, 1945, and was interred at [[West Laurel Hill Cemetery]] in [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Walter Schlichter |url=https://www.remembermyjourney.com/Search/27?q=schlichter&searchCemeteryId=27&birthYear=&deathYear=#deceased=449784 |website=www.remembermyjourney.com |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> |
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*{{cite book | author=White, Sol | title=Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide | location=South Orange, New Jersey | publisher=Summer Games Books | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-938545-21-4}} |
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*[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=465162&cat=referee Referee information] |
*[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=465162&cat=referee Referee information] |
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 28 March 2024
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Henry Walter "Slick" Schlichter (March 1, 1866 – January 15, 1944)[1] was an American sports executive, sportswriter, and boxing referee.
Career[edit]
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[2] Schlichter wrote for the Philadelphia Item, a daily newspaper. Along with National Baseball Hall of Famer Sol White and Philadelphia Tribune baseball writer Harry A. Smith, Schlichter co-founded the Philadelphia Giants Negro league baseball team.[3] He owned the Giants until he disbanded the team in 1911. He also co-founded an early all-black baseball league, the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba, and served as its president from 1906 to 1909.[4]
Schlichter worked as a boxing referee from 1893 to 1910. He appears as the referee in Thomas Eakins' 1898 painting Taking the Count.
He died on January 15, 1945, and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[5]
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Taking the Count (1898) by Thomas Eakins, Yale University Art Gallery. -
The Referee - Study for Taking the Count (1898) by Thomas Eakins, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
References[edit]
- ^ White 2014, p. 149.
- ^ "Walter Schlichter". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ White 2014, p. 72.
- ^ "Henry Walter Schlichter". www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- White, Sol (2014). Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide. South Orange, New Jersey: Summer Games Books. ISBN 978-1-938545-21-4.
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