In 1872 he began his career with the Philadelphia Day, and when that paper folded eight years later, he had established his reputation as a successful managing editor in the journalistic world.

He began writing for the Sunday World and started the nation's first newspaper sports department of the era while working at the Public Ledger.

He warned of the potential problems of corruption in Sporting Life until 1917, when its doors were forever closed due to the outbreak of World War I.

Richter declined the offer, wanting instead to promote baseball "by lift(ing) the game up to the heights" of a national pastime (Reach Guide, 1926, p. 351).

Richter died in his Philadelphia home on February 12, 1926, at the age of 71, the day after completing the 1926 edition of the Reach Official Guide.

He was survived by his wife Helen and their two children, and was buried without fanfare in the Rockland section, Lot 248 at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

For many years Mr. Richter edited Reach's American League Guide and was an advocate always of the higher ethics of professional sport.