Facts: - residence: philadelphia , pennsylvania - birth name: henry walter schlichter - name: walter schlichter - image size: 175px - image: walter schlichter.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of walter schlichter .
henry walter '' slick '' schlichter -lrb- 1866-1944 -rrb- was an american sports executive , sportswriter , and boxing referee .he 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 .he owned the philadelphia 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 .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 '' .