Walter Schlichter
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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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