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'''H. Walter Schlichter''' was an [[United States|American]] sports executive, [[sportswriter]], and [[Referee (boxing)|boxing referee]]. He wrote for the [[Philadelphia Item]], |
'''H. Walter Schlichter''' was an [[United States|American]] sports executive, [[sportswriter]], and [[Referee (boxing)|boxing referee]]. He wrote for the [[Philadelphia Item]], a daily newspaper. Along with [[Sol White]], Schlichter co-founded and co-owned 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 |postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref> He also worked as a boxing referee from 1893 to 1910. |
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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H. Walter Schlichter was an American sports executive, sportswriter, and boxing referee. He wrote for the Philadelphia Item, a daily newspaper. Along with Sol White, Schlichter co-founded and co-owned the Philadelphia Giants Negro league baseball team.[1] He also worked as a boxing referee from 1893 to 1910.
Schlichter appears as the referee in Thomas Eakins's 1898 painting Taking the Count.
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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
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
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