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<mask> (; born 23 August 1995) is a British professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 (first achieved on 8 November 2021) and No. 123 in doubles (on 23 August 2021). He has three ATP Tour singles and one doubles title, three Challenger singles titles and three Futures singles titles. <mask> is the current British No. 1 in men's singles, and has been so since 18 October 2021.Early and personal life
<mask> was born in 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa to a Scottish father from Glasgow and a Welsh mother who were both microbiologists. After a burglary incident in 1998, when <mask> was three, he and his family moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where his parents still live. In 2011, at age 16 he moved to London where he lived for three years before attending Texas Christian University in Fort Worth from 2014 to 2017. In June 2017 he ended his studies at TCU to turn professional during the grass court season of the 2017 ATP Tour. Since turning professional he has been based in Putney, southwest London (close to Wimbledon). When the Indian Wells Masters was cancelled in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic lockdowns, <mask> decided to fly to New Zealand to live with his parents for the rest of the year. <mask> is a supporter of South Sydney Rabbitohs (rugby league), the All Blacks (rugby union) and Newcastle United.Junior career
<mask> represented New Zealand as a junior, becoming No. 10 in the world, but received only a few thousand dollars from Tennis NZ, so his parents had to finance his overseas travel. At fifteen, he toured Europe for five months. In April 2013, <mask> switched his allegiance at 17 to Great Britain, the nationality of both his parents, partly due to available funding, spending three years in London by himself. He lived and trained at the National Tennis Centre, later residing with a host family for two years while he continued his training. In 2013, he competed in all the Junior Grand Slams; the Australian Open for New Zealand, then for Great Britain at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, but only won one match, in Australia. <mask> had difficulty on the European tennis circuit, so he considered training at an American university (Intercollegiate Tennis Association).University career

2014–17
<mask> studied sociology on a sports scholarship at Texas Christian University (TCU) and joined the Horned Frogs university team, where he became the top-ranked male college tennis player in the US, being the first time that TCU had such an honour. In addition, <mask> was ranked All-American three times. In the 2016–17 season, <mask> was the only player to win every Big 12 match he participated in, with a 10–0 record in singles and doubles. In spite of being seeded No 1, <mask> missed the end of season NCAA Championships and put a hold on his studies, so that he could turn professional. Davis Cup
In 2018, <mask> won his debut Davis Cup match in Spain against world No. 23 Roberto Bautista Agut, despite only turning professional eight months previously, and last playing on clay in 2013. <mask>, ranked No.114, came from two sets down, in what former Davis Cup captain John Lloyd said was "one of the most impressive debuts of all time". Senior career

2013–15
In January 2013, <mask> played his first senior tournament at the ATP Auckland Open, winning the first qualifying round. <mask> played three clay-court events in 2013; the Great Britain Futures F9 second round and F11 quarterfinals, followed by the Boy's French Open first round. He didn't play another match on clay until the 2018 Davis Cup against Spain. Turning 18, <mask> was ranked No. 1348 in August 2013, but a semifinal showing at the Canada Futures F6 improved his ranking to No. 973, rising to No.637 by June 2014. Whilst studying at university, he played only sporadically on the tour, falling to No. 1114 in October 2015. On 11 October 2015, <mask> won the USA Futures F29 at Mansfield, Texas, and became ranked 706. 2016
Back-to-back titles at the USA Futures F21 and USA Futures F23 pushed him to No. 422 in July. A month later, at the all-British final of the Aptos Challenger, <mask> was beaten by Dan Evans and rose to No.298. Professional career

2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut
<mask> played three events in January, reaching the semifinal of the Maui Challenger to become world No 238. For the Davis Cup World Group match against France, <mask> joined the British team as a hitting partner. After completing three years of his four-year university course, <mask> turned professional in June, competing at the Surbiton and Nottingham Challengers, but still had a training base at TCU in Fort Worth. <mask> made his ATP main-draw debut at the Aegon Championships, after receiving a wild card into the singles main draw, where he was defeated by Sam Querrey in the first round. <mask> earned his first ATP main-draw victory by beating Horacio Zeballos at Eastbourne, which was his first win over a top-50 player. Awarded a wildcard for the Wimbledon, <mask> was beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 12th seed, in the opening round.In July, <mask> won his first Challenger title at Binghamton, which had previously been won by Kyle Edmund in 2015, and Andy Murray in 2005. He qualified for the main draw of the US Open, where he progressed to the second round. The Cary Challenger final, followed by successive Challenger titles in Tiburon and Stockton, pushed <mask> to world No. 111 in October. In December, his Argentine coach Facundo Lugones arranged a four-week training camp in Buenos Aires, where <mask> hit with Juan Martin Del Potro and Diego Schwartzman. 2018: Top 100 debut and first ATP doubles title
<mask> was seeded sixth in the qualifying draw for the Australian Open, but failed to advance into the main draw, losing to world No. 221 John-Patrick Smith.The following week, seeded fifth, he lost in the first round of the Newport Beach challenger event, losing to Michael Mmoh. In February, <mask> was selected for the Davis Cup team for the first time for Great Britain's World Group first round match against Spain. He recorded the biggest win of his career in his first match, coming from two sets down to defeat world No. 23 Roberto Bautista-Agut in five sets. <mask> made his ATP main-draw debut at Delray Beach as a lucky loser. He lost in the first round to Hyeon Chung. He qualified for Acapulco, losing to world No.6 Dominic Thiem in the first round in three tight sets. He qualified for his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 main-draw debut at the Indian Wells Masters in March 2018, but lost in the first round to Taro Daniel. He qualified for his second successive ATP World Tour Masters 1000 at the 2018 Miami Open, but lost to Nicolás Jarry in the first round. His next main draw event was the Estoril Open. He lost in the second round to Roberto Carballés Baena. He teamed up with fellow Brit Kyle Edmund in doubles and won his maiden ATP Title, beating Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak. The pair did not drop a set the whole tournament.<mask> failed to qualify for the Italian Open, losing in the first round of the qualification draw to Federico Delbonis. At Lyon, he beat his first top 10 opponent, John Isner, and reached his first ATP Semifinal. At the 2018 French Open <mask> was a direct entrant into a grand slam for the first time. He played Peter Gojowczyk in the opening round, and won after Gojowczyk retired through injury. In the second round he faced Frenchman Lucas Pouille on the Phillipe Chatrier court. <mask> eventually lost to the French number one in 5 sets, after darkness interrupted play at the end of the 4th set. <mask> lost in the first round of the Nottingham challenger, Queens Club and Wimbledon.However, he did reach the quarter finals at Eastbourne, despite self-admittedly not being a big fan of the grass surface. After the early exit in 2018 Wimbledon, he succeeded to reach his second ATP Semifinal in 2018 BB&T Atlanta Open after beating Malek Jaziri, no.6 seed Jérémy Chardy and no.2 seed Nick Kyrgios. He then lost to Ryan Harrison in three sets, despite winning the first set. A week later he continued his good form on hard courts, by reaching the quarterfinal of 2018 Los Cabos Open. 2019: First ATP final, first ATP 500 semifinal, top 50 debut
<mask> received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2019 Auckland Open, in which he beat Benoît Paire, João Sousa, Taylor Fritz and Jan-Lennard Struff to reach his debut ATP Final. He lost to Tennys Sandgren in straight sets. In the first round of the 2019 Australian Open, <mask> lost to Taylor Fritz in straight sets.<mask> entered Acapulco, in which he beat Yoshihito Nishioka, 4th seed Diego Schwartzman and Mackenzie McDonald in order to reach his first ATP 500 semifinal. He lost to 2nd seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets. As a result he reached the top 50 for the first time in his career. He reached the 3rd round of a Masters 1000 event for the first time in his career at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, beating Adrian Mannarino and Márton Fucsovics before losing to qualifier Lorenzo Sonego. In the first round of the 2019 French Open, <mask> lost to qualifier Elliot Benchetrit in straight sets. In Wimbledon, <mask> reached the second round, losing to 8th seed Kei Nishikori in straight sets. He again reached the semifinals in Atlanta, again losing to Fritz, but this time in 3 sets.<mask> lost to qualifier Grégoire Barrère in a 5-set thriller at the US Open, losing in a tiebreaker in the 5th set. He reached the second round of the 2019 Zhuhai Championships, losing to Gaël Monfils in 3 sets. As the 4th seeded qualifier, <mask> beat He Yecong and Damir Džumhur to qualify. He reached the second round after Cristian Garín retired trailing 1 set and 1–0. He lost to Andy Murray in the second round in a highly competitive 3-set match, losing 6–1 in the third. <mask> qualified for the Shanghai Masters after beating Brayden Schnur and Thomas Fabbiano, and beat Gilles Simon to reach the second round, where he lost to 3rd seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets. At the 2019 European Open, <mask> lost to Feliciano López in straight sets.<mask> qualified for the Paris Masters, but lost to Milos Raonic in straight sets in the first round. 2020–2021: First singles title & Masters 1000 title, British No. 1, ATP Finals debut

In the opening round of the 2020 US Open, <mask> upset the fifth seed Diego Schwartzman in a five set marathon. He then defeated Federico Coria before falling in the third round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, marking his best career result at a major. He matched this performance by reaching the same round at the 2021 Australian Open, where he was defeated by the world No. 2 Rafael Nadal. <mask> reached his second ATP Tour singles final at the Estoril Open, defeating second seed Christian Garín and sixth seed Marin Čilić before losing to Albert Ramos Viñolas in the final.In May 2021, he achieved his biggest career win by beating world No. 4 Dominic Thiem at the Lyon Open. He continued by reaching the final after defeating eighth seed Karen Khachanov, where he was beaten by second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. <mask> reached the third round of a major once again at the French Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. At the Queen's Club Championships, he defeated world No. 24 Aslan Karatsev and Denis Shapovalov to reach the final, where he fell to Matteo Berrettini. With this run, he reached the top 40 in rankings for the first time, becoming the world No.34. At Wimbledon, <mask> reached the third round of a major yet again, where he was defeated by the sixth seed Roger Federer in four sets. <mask> won his first ATP title at the Los Cabos Open, beating Brandon Nakashima in the final. As a result, he entered the top 30 in rankings, at world No. 29 on 26 July 2021. In the Atlanta Open, <mask> defeated Nick Kyrgios in the first round before losing in straight sets to Emil Ruusuvuori. <mask> also paired with Taylor Fritz in the doubles, but lost in the first round to Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith.At the 2021 Citi Open, he also entered the singles and doubles tournaments with Luke Saville, where he reached the round of 16 and the quarterfinals respectively. At the US Open, <mask> was defeated in straight sets in the opening round by Carlos Alcaraz. In September, he was called as an alternate for the 2021 Laver Cup, but did not play. <mask> won his 40th match win of the season at the San Diego Open, defeating world No. 13 Denis Shapovalov. In the semifinals, <mask> came from a set down to defeat world No. 5 and top seed Andrey Rublev and reach his fifth final of the season.There, he was decisively defeated by Casper Ruud. In October, <mask> reached his first Masters 1000 final at Indian Wells. Seeded 21st, he beat Tennys Sandgren, Roberto Bautista Agut and Tommy Paul. He then decisively defeated Diego Schwartzman to advance to the semifinals and surpass Dan Evans as the British No. 1 in men's singles. He beat Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets to advance to the final, where he came from a set and a break down to beat Nikoloz Basilashvili and win the title. <mask> entered the top 20 in rankings after the tournament.At the Paris Masters, <mask> defeated Federico Delbonis for his 100th career win. He next defeated Reilly Opelka before falling to Taylor Fritz in the third round. <mask>'s performance during the season earned him the second alternate spot at the ATP Finals. He entered the tournament as an alternate for Stefanos Tsitsipas after both Matteo Berrettini and Tsitsipas withdrew due to injuries. He played Casper Ruud and Novak Djokovic as part of the Green Group, but was defeated in both matches. <mask> ended the season as the world No. 12.2022: Third title, second ATP 500 final
At the Delray Beach Open, <mask> dropped just one set en route to his third career singles title, defeating Reilly Opelka in the final. <mask> reached his 9th ATP final in Acapulco, beating Daniel Altmaier, John Isner, Peter Gojowczyk and world No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas en route. He lost to current world No. 5 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 in the final. Playing style
With unorthodox but consistent groundstrokes, <mask> is a modern counter-puncher. The vast difference in style between his groundstroke swings is unique – his heavy topspin forehand with a long back-swing in contrast with the short take-back on his flat backhand.<mask>'s strength lies in his shot tolerance and ability to neutralise pace and spin with good court positioning and speed. He lacks the raw power of many contemporary players, but excels at constructing points and frustrating opponents with consistent retrieval and injections of pace midway through rallies. Additionally, he possesses a solid net game and occasionally serve-and-volleys. Performance timelines

Singles
Current through the 2022 Mexican Open. Doubles

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Record against other players
<mask>'s record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Top 10 wins
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1995 births
Living people
British male tennis players
Scottish male tennis players
Tennis players from Johannesburg
British expatriate sportspeople in the United States
TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players
New Zealand male tennis players
New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom
New Zealand people of Welsh descent
New Zealand people of Scottish descent
South African emigrants to New Zealand
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
South African male tennis players
South African people of Welsh descent
South African people of Scottish descent

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title: John Panaretos

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<mask> (; born 1948 in Kythera) is a Greek educator and statistician. He is Professor of Probability and Statistics at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He was Deputy Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (6 October 2009 – 17 June 2011). He has also been appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Open Government project. Education and career
Before joining the Athens University of Economics and Business, he taught at the universities of Patras and Crete in Greece, University of Iowa and University of Missouri in the United States, and at Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland. He has been Director of the Institute of Statistical Documentation Research and Analysis since 1996, a life member of the Scientific Council of the Greek Parliament since 1987, and a member of the governing board of the Institute of Strategic and Development Studies (ISTAME) - Andreas Papandreou (2005–2008). Since 2004, he is the education adviser of George Papandreou,  leader of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK, the main opposition party of Greece) and the Socialist International.He was a member of the National Council of Education, the Council of University Education, the Council of Technical Education and the Council of Primary and Secondary Education. He has acted as Chairman of the Department of Statistics (1993–1996 & 2000-2002) and as member of the research committee of the University (1993–1996). At the University of Patras, he served as Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, as Chairman of the Research Committee, as Associate Dean of the Engineering School and as Chairman of the Division of Mathematics of the School. <mask> has served as Vice President of the European Network of the National Councils of Education (1997–2000), Chairman of the National Council of Education of Greece (1996–2000), the Council of Higher Education (1988–1989),  and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in Greece (1988–1989 and 1995–1996), and  member of the governing board of the Institute of Strategic and Development Studies (ISTAME) - Andreas Papandreou (2004–2008). He has published more than fifty papers in international scientific journals, was an invited speaker in many scientific meetings, and served as Associate Editor of Communications in Statistics (A), Theory and Methods. Initiatives as Deputy Minister of Education
 The preparation of a new Law of Higher Education in Greece that introduced, for the first time in Greece, a new model of Governance (Board of Trustees) and a selection of the Rector and the deans by means of an open call of interest, at an international level. The formation of an international advisory committee for the reforms on higher education consisting of nine internationally known figures in HE from all over the world (Linda P.B.Katehi (Chair), Chancellor, University of California, Davis, USA – Patrick Aebischer, President, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland – Gavin Brown, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney, Australia – James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University of Michigan, USA – Gudmund Hernes, Former Minister of Education, Norway – David Naylor, President, University of Toronto, Canada – Jozef Ritzen,  Former President, Maastricht University, Former Minister of Education, Netherlands – <mask>, President, New York University, USA – Lap-Chee Tsui, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Their report can be found here. The preparation of a new law for research that removed the existed bureaucratic procedures and restructured the research Institutes. The complete change of procedures for submitting and evaluating research proposals in Greece. All proposals are now submitted in English electronically in a tailored-made platform and are evaluated by international experts outside Greece. The initiative to set up community colleges in Greece and allowing movement of students between the various levels of higher education Institutions. Changes in the national entrance exams for tertiary education that eliminated injustices.Also, implemented the introduction of an electronic system of submitting applications for participating in the national entrance exams for universities that replaced the paper-based one. The introduction of transparency in all political activities. All decisions signed by the deputy minister were immediately uploaded in the Internet and all policy initiatives were made available on the Internet for comments before taking their final form. Wide public consultation on the recognition of professional qualifications for higher education graduates. Initiatives as Chairman of the Department of Statistics and Director of the Graduate Studies
 New undergraduate program based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). It was the first undergraduate program in Greek universities that was fully restructured in this direction. (1996).(http://www.stat-athens.aueb.gr/en/prop/ili.htm)
 Introduced the International Graduate Program in Statistics, where all courses are taught in English and the M.Sc theses are sent to external examiner abroad for evaluation. (1996). (http://www.stat-athens.aueb.gr/en/master/full/general.htm)
 Introduced the Professional Graduate Degree Program. The first such program in Statistics in Greece. (1999). (http://www.stat-athens.aueb.gr/en/master/part/general.htm)
 Established the Distinguished Visiting Professorship Program in which the following scientists taught: 1997: Leslie Kish, Michigan, USA ("Survey Sampling"), 1998: Sir David R. Cox, Oxford, UK ("Theories of Statistical Inference") and Jef Teugels, Leuven, Belgium ("Statistics of Extremes"), 1999: C. R. Rao, Penn State, USA ("An overview of Linear Models: Past, Present and the Future") and Samuel Kotz, Washington, USA ("Modern Topics in Industrial Statistics"), 2000: David J. Bartholomew, LSE, USA ("Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis"), 2001: David Freedman, Berkeley, USA ("Association, Regression and Causation"). 2002: Donald Rubin, Harvard, USA (Basic Concepts of Statistical Inference for Causal Effects in Experiments and Observational Studies).Organised, and was responsible for, the first external review of the Department (2000). The reviewers were C.R.Rao, (Chairman). Eberly Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, USA. P. Florides, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. J. Teugels, Professor of Probability and Statistics, University Center for Statistics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. W. Urfer, Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund, Germany. (The full review is available at http://www.aueb.gr/statistical-institute/external-evaluation_en.html)
 Established the practice of short courses (2001).These courses introduce students to the latest developments in statistics without adding material to the core curriculum. References

External links
 Personal webpage
 Ministerial webpage
 Ministry of Education
 Athens University of Economics & Business
 Institute of Statistical Documentation Research & Analysis

Living people
Greek economists
People from Kythira
Greek statisticians
University of Iowa faculty
University of Missouri faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Athens University of Economics and Business faculty
University of Patras faculty
Academics of Trinity College Dublin
Ministers of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece
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<mask> (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He was a bronze medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Junior years
<mask> was a prodigious player as a junior, winning several Canadian Junior National Championships (Junior Nationals), including four Boy's U18 titles, which is a record. In Boys' Singles, he won U10 in 2007, Boy's U12 in 2009, and Boy's U14 in 2011. In 2012 and 2013, <mask> won both Boy's U16 and Boy's U18 at Junior Nationals. He also won Boy's U18 in his last two years of eligibility: 2014 and 2015. In those last two years he also won Boy's U18 Doubles: with Matthew Swaine in 2014 and with Nicolas Bousquet in 2015.At the International Racquetball Federation World Junior Championships, <mask> finished 3rd in U14 in 2010 and 2011, 1st in U16 in 2012, and 3rd in 2013 in U16 and 3rd in U18 in 2014. He also played doubles at World Juniors finishing 3rd in U14 with Sami Harb in 2010, and 3rd in U14 with Matthew Swaine in 2011, 2nd in U16 with Harb in 2012, and 3rd in U16 with Nicolas Bousquet in 2013. 2012 - Career begins
<mask> played in the Racquetball Canada National Team Selection Event in February 2012 in Regina, where he lost in the Round of 16 to Francis Guillemette, 16-14, 15-8. <mask> played at the Canadian National Championships (Nationals) for the first time in 2012 in Brossard, Québec, where he lost in the Round of 16 to Eric Desrochers, 15-7, 16-14. <mask> played Men's Doubles with Kurtis Cullen that year, and they lost in the quarterfinals to Mike Green and Kris Odegard, 15-2, 15-3. <mask> played in the 1st Racquetball Canada National Team Selection Event of the 2012-13 season in November 2012 in Kelowna, British Columbia, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Tim Landeryou, 7-15, 16-14, 11-4. In the 2nd Racquetball Canada National Team Selection Event that season in February 2013 in Brossard, Québec, where he defeated Samuel Murray in the quarterfinals, 15-13, 16-14, but lost to Mike Green in the semi-finals, 15-13, 15-2.<mask> beat Pedro Castro in the 3rd place match, 15-8, 15-10. <mask> played Men's Doubles with veteran Mike Green at the 2013 Canadian Championships in Langley, British Columbia, and they won the title, defeating Lee Connell and Francis Guillemette in the final, 15-5, 15-6. In the semi-finals, the defeated the brother team of Samuel Murray and Tommy Murray, 15-3, 15-6. That year in Men's Singles, <mask> lost to his partner Green, 15-3, 13-15, 11-2, in the semi-finals. But he won the 3rd place match against Nathaniel Husulak, 15-11, 15-7. In November 2013, <mask> finished 3rd at the 1st National Team Selection Event of the 2013-14 season in Winnipeg, where he reached the semi-finals by defeating Nathaniel Husulak in the quarterfinals, 15-6, 15-7, but lost to Mike Green, 15-6, 15-9. In the 3rd place match, he defeated Samuel Murray, 15-10, 15-8.In the 2nd National Team Selection Event that season, he again played Green in the semis, and lost but in three games, 15-12, 8-15, 11-1, in Brossard, Québec in January 2014. In the 3rd place match, Tim Landeryou defeated <mask>, 15-7, 14-16, 11-6. The 2014 Canadian National Championships were also in Brossard, and <mask> played doubles with Kurtis Cullen. They were seeded 4th, but were upset in the quarterfinals by veterans Francis Guillemette and Corey Osborne, 15-12, 15-11. <mask> was 3rd in Men's Singles for the second time, as he lost to eventual champion Vincent Gagnon, 15-10, 15-17, 11-6, in the semi-finals, but won the 3rd place match versus Samuel Murray, 13-15, 15-6, 11-8. That summer <mask> played for Canada for the first time by participating in the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he defeated team-mate Samuel Murray, 15-9, 10-15, 11-3, in the Round of 16, but lost to David Horn of the US in the quarterfinals, 8-15, 15-14, 11-6. <mask> competed on the World Racquetball Tour (WRT) in 2014, and won the Fall Brawl event in Lombard, Illinois.He was seeded 7th, but he defeated 10th seed Sebastian Franco in the Round of 16, 15-11, 15-13, 2nd seed Polo Gutierrez in the quarterfinals, 15-6, 15-10, 3rd seed David Horn in the semi-finals, 10-15, 15-4, 11-5, and 1st seed Alejandro Cardona in the final, 9-15, 15-9, 11-8. He reached the quarterfinals in the other four WRT events that year. In November 2014, <mask> defeated Samuel Murray, in the quarterfinals, 15-9, 15-10, of the 1st National Team Selection Event of the 2014-15 season in Kitchener, Ontario. He then lost to Mike Green, 15-6, 15-6, in the semi-finals. <mask> finished 3rd by defeating Tim Landeryou, 15-11, 15-9. He won the 2nd Selection Event that season in Brossard, Québec, where he beat Pedro Castro in the final, 15-9, 6-15, 11-8. In the semi-finals, <mask> beat Landeryou, 12-15, 15-4, 11-7.<mask> played seven tournaments in the 2014-15 International Racquetball Tour season, but only made it to the quarterfinals in the second last event of the season: the 2015 ProKennex Tournament of Champions in Portland, Oregon, where he defeated Jose Rojas, 11-5, 11-6, 12-10, in the Round of 16, and then lost to Daniel De La Rosa in the quarterfinals, 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6. Previously that season, he'd played three tie-breakers in the Round of 16, losing two of them to De La Rosa and one to Jansen Allen. <mask> built on the success he had at the 2nd Selection Event to win both Men's Singles and Men's Doubles at the 2015 Nationals in Burnaby, British Columbia. In Men's Singles, <mask> defeated Samuel Murray in the final, 15-10, 12-15, 11-7, to win his 1st Canadian Championship in Men's Singles. To reach the final, <mask> beat Tim Landeryou in the quarterfinals, 15-8, 15-0, and Mike Green in the semi-finals, 15-11, 15-12. In Men's Doubles in Burnaby, <mask> played with Green, with whom he'd won the title two years before. They faced the defending champions Vincent Gagnon and Samuel Murray in the semi-finals, winning 15-9, 9-15, 11-4.In the final, they beat Nicolas Bousquet and Tommy Murray, 15-3, 15-11. Those wins got <mask> a spot on Team Canada for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where he played Men's Singles. In the medal round, he defeated Fernando Rios of Ecuador and Jake Bredenbeck, 15-4 15-9, before losing to Mexican Alvaro Beltran in the quarterfinals, 15-3, 15-7. But <mask> helped Canada earn a bronze medal in the Men's Team event. Canada played the US in the semi-finals, and the deciding match was <mask> versus Rocky Carson. After losing game one, <mask> had a chance to force a tie-breaker, but came up short, as Carson won in two straight games, 15-6, 15-14. Following the Pan American Games, <mask>, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, went on a two-year mission to Japan.2017 - Career resumes
Returning to competition, <mask> played the 1st National Team Selection event of the 2017-18 season in Vernon, British Columbia, where he lost in the semi-finals to Samuel Murray, 15-11, 15-8. <mask> met Murray in the semi-finals of the 2nd National Team Selection Event that season in Kitchener, Ontario with the same result: a win for Murray, 15-2, 15-5. <mask> and Murray played Men's Doubles together at the 2018 Canadian Championships in Winnipeg, and they won the title by defeating Nicolas Bousquet and Tommy Murray in the final, 15-13, 10-15, 11-6. They beat the brother team of James Landeryou and Tim Landeryou in the semi-finals, 15-13, 15-10. In Men's Singles, <mask> finished 2nd, as he lost to Murray in the final, 15-7, 10-15, 11-2. <mask> got to the final by defeating Tim Landeryou in the semi-finals, 15-6, 15-13. <mask> represented Canada at the Racquetball World Championships for the first time in 2018 in San José, Costa Rica, where he played Men's Singles.In the medal round, he won his first match against Daeyong Kwon of South Korea, 15-11, 15-2, but lost to Colombian Mario Mercado in a tie-breaker, 15-13, 10-15, 11-9, in the Round of 16. <mask> was a finalist at the World Racquetball Tour 2018 Canadian Open in Calgary, where he lost to Andree Parrilla in the final, 15-11, 15-13. He reached the final by defeating Gerardo Franco in the semi-finals, 15-7, 15-11. In the 2018-19 season, <mask> was runner up to Samuel Murray at both the 1st National Team Selection Event in Valleyfield, Québec, where he was beaten in three games, 9-15, 15-6, 11-6, and the 2nd National Team Selection Event in Grande Prairie, Alberta, losing 15-10, 15-10. In the second Racquetball Canada National Team Selection event of 2018-19 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, <mask> was 2nd to Murray, who won their final, 15-10, 15-10, in the final. He beat Trevor Webb in the semi-finals, 15-4, 14-15, 11-9. <mask> was a member of Team Canada for the 2019 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia, where he reached an international final for the first time.<mask> and Samuel Murray were finalists in Men's Doubles. They beat Costa Ricans Andres Acuña and Felipe Camacho in the semi-finals, 8-15, 15-1, 11-3, but lost to Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso, 2-15, 15-9, 11-2, in the final. <mask> also played Men's Singles in Barranquilla, where he lost in the Round of 16 to eventual Pan Am Champion Carlos Keller of Bolivia, 15-10, 15-9. <mask> was runner up in Men's Singles at the 2019 Canadian Championships, as he lost in the final to Samuel Murray, 15-3, 15-6, in Langley, British Columbia. He beat Tim Landeryou in the semi-finals, 15-13, 15-2. <mask> played doubles with Trevor Webb for the first time, and they finished 3rd. They lost in the semi-finals to Murray and his brother Tommy, 11-15, 15-10, 11-4.But they won the 3rd place match against Nicolas Bousquet and Pedro Castro, 15-11, 15-9. For the 2nd time in his career, <mask> played in the Pan American Games. He competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where he played in Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, and the Men's Team event. <mask> was a quarterfinalist in all three. In Men's Singles, he narrowly lost to eventual silver medalist Alvaro Beltran of Mexico, 15-14, 15-13. He played Men's Doubles with Samuel Murray, and as in singles, <mask> and Murray were quarterfinalists, losing to Mexicans Rodrigo Montoya and Javier Mar, 15-5, 15-6. Murray and <mask> lost in the Men's Team quarterfinals to Colombia, who went on to take silver.In the 2019-20 season, <mask> finished 2nd at both National Team Selection Events. The first was held in Sherwood Park, Alberta, where he was runner up to Samuel Murray, losing in the final, 15-5, 15-8. He also lost to Murray in the final of the second event in Winnipeg, although that match went to a tie-breaker with Murray coming out on top, 8-15, 15-7, 11-1. Career summary
<mask> has won four Canadian Championships: one in Men's Singles in 2015, and three in Men's Doubles - in 2013 and 2015 with Mike Green and in 2018 with Samuel Murray. He's played for Team Canada six times, earning a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, and a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Racquetball Championships. Career record
This table lists <mask>'s results across annual events. Note: W = winner, F = finalist, SF = semi-finalist, QF = quarterfinalist, 16 = Round of 16.The years refer to the year the event occurred or the season in which they occurred. For example, <mask> was a finalist in both Selection Event #1 and #2 in the 2018-19 season, although those events happened in different calendar years. "*" = Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Personal

<mask> lives in Lethbridge, Alberta. His cousin Alexis also plays racquetball, and was a Canadian Junior Champion. See also

 List of racquetball players

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External links
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1996 births
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title: Jim Jonsin

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James Gregory Scheffer (born June 8, 1970), professionally known as <mask>, is an American record producer, songwriter, businessman and DJ from South Florida. Jonsin has collaborated with numerous artists, including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Usher, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Yelawolf, Nelly, T.I., Danity Kane and Jamie Foxx, among others. <mask> won a Grammy in 2009, for Best Rap Song for Lil Wayne's "Lollipop". That year he was also nominated for his production on T.I. 's "Whatever You Like", which also garnered a nomination for Best Rap Song. <mask> has contributed production to albums including Beyoncé's I Am... Sasha Fierce (2010 Best Contemporary R&B album), Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III (2008 Best Rap Album), Usher's Raymond v. Raymond (2011 Best Contemporary R&B album), and Usher's "There Goes My Baby" (2011 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance), and Eminem's Recovery (2011 Best Rap Album and Album of the Year). In 2006, <mask> launched Rebel Rock Entertainment, his own record label imprint and subsequently signed a then unknown musician by the name of B.o.B.<mask> then partnered with Atlantic Records, and later Grand Hustle, in a joint venture deal to work on B.o.B. 's debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray (2010). The album, which was executive produced by <mask> and T.I., debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. He also signed the production duo, FnZ, and Danny Morris to his production company, Rebel Rock Productions. In addition to his ventures in music, <mask> has recently entered into the field of professional racing by forming his own motorsports team, Rebel Rock Racing. <mask> will be driving a Porsche 911 in the upcoming Grand-am Road Racing series with co-driver D.J. Randall.Early life
<mask> was born in Brooklyn, New York City but was raised in South Florida. <mask>'s first job in the music business was as a scratch DJ. At the age of 14, <mask> was spinning records at local skating rinks and other venues. By 18 <mask> had graduated to spinning at Miami and South Florida dance clubs and formed his own record label called Cut It Up Def Records and produced one of its first singles, "Cut It Up Def" which independently sold 40,000 units. <mask> had become well known in the region by the time he released his next production, the single "Party Time", which he also rapped on. <mask>'s success in South Florida led him to a deal with California-based Heat Wave Records. Going by his new artist moniker, DJ Jealous J, he released a compilation of Miami bass songs titled Miami Bass Jams.The first two singles from the collection were certified Gold. <mask> went on to tour with some of the most popular acts of the time such as Cypress Hill, 2 Live Crew, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Music career
In the late 1990s, <mask> was no longer on tour and returned to Miami to produce more bass records and eventually landed a position as an engineer at Slip N Slide records. At the label <mask> produced records for Trick Daddy and Trina. In 2004 <mask> went on to write and produce Trick Daddy's hit single "Let's Go" (featuring Lil Jon & Twista). Soon after the success of this song <mask> went on to work with Miami rapper Pitbull and produced "Dammit Man" off the rapper's debut album M.I.A.M.I., which was certified Gold. The music industry began to take notice of the Miami-based producer and <mask> was tapped by Bad Boy Records to produce a record for the group which was made widely popular by the MTV reality show, Making the Band, Danity Kane.<mask> produced their single entitled "Show Stopper" which went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA. In 2008, <mask> wrote and produced for Lil Wayne's 5x platinum single "Lollipop" released in early 2008. The song was at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for 5 weeks which was the first time Lil Wayne had achieved this chart position. In addition to the chart success at the 51st Grammys <mask> won for Best Rap Song. A few months after the release of "Lollipop", <mask> followed up with writing and producing T.I. 's 5x platinum single "Whatever You Like". The song found cross over success and was on Billboard's Hot 100 for 7 weeks."Whatever You Like" was also a popular ringmaster spending 18 weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot Ringmaster's chart. At the close of 2008 continued this string of success with his production on Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's "Kiss Me Thru The Phone". The song was downloaded over 2 million times and was also a popular ringmaster spending 11 weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot Ringmaster's chart. The song went on to reach number 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart. In 2009, <mask> co-produced the single entitled "Sweet Dreams" on Beyonce's multi Grammy winning and double platinum album I Am…Sasha Fierce. This record achieved platinum status and reached #10 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Shortly after "Sweet Dreams" was released <mask> reteamed with Pitbull, producing "Hotel Room Service" which was certified platinum and reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.The late summer of 2010 proved to be another high point for <mask>'s career. On August 16 Nelly released "Just a Dream", co-produced by <mask>. This single went platinum and reached #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The day after "Just a Dream" was released, Kid Cudi released the Jonsin-produced "Erase Me" featuring Kanye West, which reached #22 on Billboard's Hot 100. Another August release <mask> wrote and produced on was former American Idol winner Fantasia on "Falling In Love Tonight" off of Fantasia's Grammy nominated album Back To Me. In early 2011 Nelly released "Gone" featuring Kelly Rowland, which <mask> again co-produced. The single is a follow-up to Nelly's single "Dilemma" from 2002 which also featured Rowland and reigned for 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100.<mask> produced Eminem's "Space Bound" from Recovery, the top selling album of 2010 as well as the 53rd Grammy's Best Rap Album. "On My Level" was released by Wiz Khalifa (which features Too Short) on Rolling Papers on March 29, 2011. Ventures

Rebel Rock Entertainment
<mask> formed his record label, Rebel Rock Entertainment, in 2006. He signed B.o.B as the label's first artist, who in 2010 made his debut appearance on to the music scene with great success. B.o.B first released the double platinum single Nothin' On You which went to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and was nominated for 3 Grammys. The artist followed "Nothin' on You" with the triple platinum single "Airplanes" which made it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was itself nominated for a Grammy. B.o.B's third release, "Magic", went platinum and landed at #10 on Billboard's Hot 100.<mask> served as executive producer for B.o.B's debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray and is credited with choosing the artist's first single, "Nothin' on You". The song ultimately turned out to be one of the biggest records of the year. B.o.B. garnered several awards in late 2010 and early 2011. The rapper was nominated at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for five awards. Additionally in 2010 he was nominated for 3 American Music Awards, 3 BET Awards, 7 BET Hip Hop Awards, 4 MTV Video Music Awards, and 1 MTV Europe Music Award. B.o.B won the 2010 Soul Train Awards for Best Song "Nothin' On You" and gained a nomination for Best New Artist.B.o.B won the 2010 Teen Choice Awards Hook Up Song for "Airplanes" and was nominated for five others. <mask> plans to follow up the success of his imprint's first artist with two other singers which he signed in 2011, Nick Merico and Leroy. Rebel Rock Productions
Jonsin signed three producers, Finatik and Zac—an Australian production duo, and Danny Morris to his production company, Rebel Rock Productions. Danny Morris has worked with <mask> on several releases including Usher's "There Goes My Baby", and "Making Love (Into the Night)", Fantasia's "Falling In Love Tonight", Kelly Rowland's "Take Everything" and "Motivation", Tank's "Scream", N Dubz's "Girls" and Wiz Khalifa's "On My Level". Finatik and Zac also have some upcoming releases for the Def Jam artist Wax ("Two Wheels/DUI") and the Universal Records artist Pac Div ("Loose"). Rebel Made
Jonsin formed Rebel Made Publishing Company in 2009 as a venture with his management team, Made. Writers signed to Rebel Made's roster include Terence Reid, formerly of The Network, along with fellow producers Finatik and Zac and Danny Morris.Rebel Rock Racing
In 2010, <mask> formed a racing team named Rebel Rock Racing, composed of him, Bucky Lasek (Pro Skateboarder and ten time X Games gold medalist) and Marius Avemarg (pro driver from Germany). The race team is supported by its ambassadors, Pitbull, Kyle Loza, and Yelawolf and sponsors such as Beats by Dre and Oakley. American Idol
<mask> appeared on the 10th season of American Idol in 2011. <mask> was handpicked by Interscope's <mask> as one of a handful of producers to serve as mentors to the contestants. <mask> will be working with the contestants each week to produce and record cover songs which will be released for sale on iTunes. Musical influences and techniques
<mask> has cited DJ Jazzy Jeff and Jam Master Jay as strong musical influences on his style and has been known to use an MPC 3000, a Roland TR 808, and an Access Virus TI as his preferred gear.

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title: John Denvir (soldier)

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<mask>, DCM (5 May 1913 – 11 March 1973) was a New Zealand soldier who fought in the Second World War with the Yugoslav partisans. He was a recipient of the Soviet Medal for Valor, the only New Zealand soldier of the Second World War to be honoured in this way. Born in Scotland, <mask>'s family emigrated to New Zealand when he was a boy. On the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) for service in the conflict. Made a prisoner of war during the Battle of Greece, he was held in a camp in Yugoslavia from April 1941. He escaped in December and linked up with Yugoslav partisans. He became a leader in the partisans' activities against the occupying German forces and was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions during an attack on a train.His services with the partisans resulted in him being awarded the Soviet Medal for Valor. Wounded several times during his service with the partisans, he was repatriated to New Zealand in June 1944. He was discharged from the 2NZEF in September 1944. He later operated a taxi business and died in 1973. Early life
<mask> was born on 5 May 1913 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Michael Joseph <mask>, a dock worker, and his wife Jeanie . The <mask> family moved in New Zealand in 1925 and he completed his education at a Marist Brothers school in Christchurch. He then became a farm worker but was later employed as a storeman in Christchurch.In June 1934, he married Edna ; the couple had four children. Second World War
On the outbreak of the Second World War, <mask> enlisted in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), being raised for service aboard. He was posted to the 20th Battalion which was being formed at Burnham Military Camp in Christchurch. In January 1940 the battalion left New Zealand as part of the 1st Echelon of the 2nd New Zealand Division. The next several months were spent training in Egypt but in March 1941, the division was one of a number of Allied formations sent to Greece to assist in the defence of the country. By this time Denvir had been promoted to corporal. Following the commencement of the Battle of Greece in April 1941, the Allies soon found themselves outclassed and in retreat.Within days, it was decided to evacuate the New Zealanders from beaches in the Peloponnese peninsula. However, the 20th Battalion's route to the beaches were cut off. While most were eventually evacuated from alternative sites to the west of Athens, <mask> was among those who were captured and made prisoners of war. <mask> was taken to occupied Yugoslavia where he was held in a prisoner of war camp at Maribor. In September 1941, he managed to escape with two others and made his way to Zagreb, where he was recaptured a week later. As punishment, he received three weeks of solitary confinement. This did not deter him from further escape attempts, and in December he again was able to get away from his captors.This time, he made his way to Ljubljana, in Slovenia. Initially intending to make their way to Turkey, a neutral power, he and another escapee decided to link up with Yugoslav partisans (National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia) the following month instead. Service with the Yugoslav partisans

Initially, he served as a machine-gunner but soon raised a group of 60 mounted infantry. By October 1942, he was serving with the 1st (Ljubo Sercer) Battalion, Krimski Odred, and later was commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Slovenian National Freedom Shock (Ljubo Sercer) Brigade. Earlier in the year, it had been reported in New Zealand that Denvir had died and as a result, a death certificate had been issued. His employer had been making regular payments into a bank account set up for him while he was on active service and this paid out £100 to his wife on the announcement of his death. By January 1943, it had become known that he was alive and serving with the partisans; his employer resumed making payments into his bank account.Wounded for the fourth time in September 1943, <mask> was promoted to honorary lieutenant in the partisans the following month. In December, he was given command of a partisan brigade. Early the following year, he was evacuated to Italy to receive medical treatment. On his recovery, he worked with a British organisation providing equipment and supplies to the partisans before rejoining the 2nd New Zealand Division. He was promoted to sergeant, with effect from the date of his capture during the Battle of Greece, and then received a commission as a second lieutenant. For his actions during an attack mounted by the partisans on a train in August the previous year, <mask> was recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal (DCM) by a British liaison officer working with the Yugoslavs. The DCM was published in the London Gazette on 27 April 1944, in recognition of "gallant and distinguished services in the field".The same month, he was awarded the Soviet Medal for Valour. The recommendation, based on his service in Yugoslavia with the partisans, was made by Soviet liaison officers attached to the headquarters of Marshal Josip Tito. <mask> was the first and only New Zealand soldier of the war to be recognised with this award. He was sent back to New Zealand on furlough, arriving in June 1944. Initially passed as fit for a return to duty with the 2nd New Zealand Division, his status was later downgraded and he was considered unfit for active service. In September he was discharged from the 2NZEF. He was invested with the Soviet Medal for Valour by Brigadier E. Rowlings, the commander of the Southern Military District, in a ceremony at Burnham Military Camp on 14 December.Later life
Returning to civilian life, he went into partnership in a taxi business, operating in Temuka. He later lived in Christchurch and then Blenheim. He made at least two visits to Eastern Europe; one in 1955 to Slovenia during which he was invested with a number of Yugoslav awards for his war service there and received an honorary promotion to major in the Yugoslav Army. On this trip, Marshal Tito presented him with a sporting rifle. The second visit was in 1967, for a reunion of the battalion he led during the war. He died on 11 March 1973 in Blenheim, survived by his wife and children. Notes

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title: George Nichols (boxer)

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<mask> (born Phillip John Nicolosi) (10 July 1907 – 1986) was an American boxer who took the National Boxing Association World Light Heavyweight title by defeating Dave Maier on March 18, 1932, in Chicago. Early life and career highlights
Phillip John Nicolosi, was born on July 10, 1907, in Sandusky, Ohio, to Italian immigrant parents Ida and Thomas. During their lives, the family used more than one Anglicized spelling of their Italian surname, though Nicolosi's public and ringname remained <mask>. He would become a quite capable boxer with good ringcraft who fought the best competition of his era. On January 30, 1928, he lost to the exceptional black middleweight contender Jack McVey in Rochester, New York in a ten-round technical knockout. The bout was stopped by the referee in the final round with <mask> hanging helplessly on the ropes. McVey won every round, efficiently landing both head and body shots.<mask> lost again to McVey in a ten-round points decision in Buffalo, New York, in October of that year with both boxers fighting as welterweights. On August 25, 1931, <mask> finally defeated McVey, at least by newspaper decision, in a ten-round battle in Sandusky, Ohio. <mask> used speed, timing and a strong right to control the bout. The Associated Press gave <mask> every round, with the possible exception of the first and sixth. <mask> began to take a deciding margin on points in the third and fourth with consistent attacks. <mask> seemed on the verge of a knockout in the eighth through tenth, but McVey stayed on his feet throughout the bout using great defensive skills. Osk Till, a Light Heavy contender, fell to <mask> in a six-round points decision at the Broadway Ballroom in Buffalo on November 25, 1929.Harry Fuller drew with <mask> on February 10, 1930, in six rounds in Buffalo. The middleweights fought a lively bout. <mask> defeated Henry Firpo on March 24, 1930, in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The pace of the bout was unpopular with the crowd of 15,000 as both boxers moved slowly using caution and careful ringcraft in their defense. Nichol's trusty left had little snap against the effective blocking of Firpo. <mask>, the aggressor, led for the first seven rounds. The pace increased in the final three heats with <mask> breaking the close margin in the tenth which he won handily.Tiger Thomas lost to <mask> on July 25, 1930, in a close but controversial six-round decision. The referee gave Thomas four of the six rounds for his aggressive two armed technique, though both judges scored for <mask> who clearly led in the early rounds. The crowd of 3000 booed the ruling, believing the bout belonged to Thomas, the local boxer. Though Thomas staged a gallant come back in the closing rounds, it was too late to take the decision. Led in the early rounds in "Banovic Captures Decision", Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, pg. 11, 26 July 1930</ref>

<mask> outpointed accomplished black middleweight Sunny Jim Williams in a ten-round points decision on November 11, 1930, in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Williams may have lost the favor of the judges as a result of his defensive posture through much of the bout.<mask> used his powerful left in the fourth and sixth to bring his opponent close to a knockout but <mask> weathered the attack exhibiting endurance and a skilled elusive strategy. In the middle of the forth, <mask> staggered his opponent with a left to the face that nearly led to a knockout, but for the sounding of the bell. Williams finally went down for a no count at the start of the fifth. One reporter gave Williams only the fifth, with seven rounds to <mask> and two even. <mask> gained an easy victory over Charley Belanger, the Light Heavy Champion of Canada, on December 3, 1930, at the Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. <mask> won handily taking seven of the ten rounds, that put him on course for the Light Heavyweight championship. Rosy Rosales fell to <mask> in a fourth-round technical knockout on June 15, 1931, at Braves Field in Boston.Though a close fight, <mask> seemed dominant. In the fourth, Rosales, suffering from a cut to his eye  dropped to the mat without being hit, and the referee stopped the bout. <mask> met Leo Laravee on July 13, 1931, winning a ten-round points decision at Brave's Field in Boston. <mask> floored Laravee for nine in the eighth, but he came off the deck gave his rival a great match through the final bell. In the enthralling clash of middleweights, <mask> stung his rival with his powerful left but Laravee fought back stronger than before. After being floored in the eighth, Laravee fought back with a two fisted barrage that thwarted Nichol's attempts at a knockout. <mask> appeared to have a slight edge in seven of the ten rounds.<mask> won a decisive newspaper decision against powerful puncher Chuck Burns on October 1, 1931, at Esmund Athletic Field in Sandusky, Ohio. One reporter gave eight rounds to <mask>, one round for Burns and one round a draw. <mask> entered the ring with bruised and swollen hands that apparently affected his ability to deliver a knockout punch or even knock his opponent to the mat. <mask> displayed his characteristic strong left and right jab and remained the aggressor through much of the bout. Burns opened up in the tenth to take the round by a slight edge. <mask> had defeated Burns earlier in December 1930 in Buffalo, New York. Participating in the NBA Middle and Light Heavy championships

<mask> had an easy time defeating black boxer Snowflake Wright on September 25, 1931, taking all ten of the bout's rounds.Wright, however, showed determination in avoiding a knockdown, even in the heated tenth round where he fended off Nichol's lefts to the face and body. At the end, <mask> lacked the punch to end the bout, though <mask> was at his mercy. The bout was the first round of the NBA Middleweight elimination tournament. On November 3, 1931, <mask> withdrew from the tournament after losing to future American and NBA World Middleweight champion Gorilla Jones in the Quarterfinals. Jones, the exceptional Black boxer from Akron, Ohio, would advance to the final round and take the Middleweight title on January 25, defeating Oddone Piazza. After the tournament, <mask> lost to Dave Maier in a seventh-round technical knockout on November 27, 1931, in Buffalo. In the sixth, <mask> received a bad cut near his eye.Facing a furious barrage of punches, <mask> was down twice in the seventh for counts of nine before Maier put him to the mat for the final time. Opening rounds, Light Heavy Tournament
Don Petrin lost to <mask> on December 30, 1931, in the second round of the NBA World Light Heavyweight Tournament. <mask> scored a technical knockout over Petrin one minute into the fifth round of eight in Chicago, though he had taken considerable punishment in the early rounds. A terrific left hook to the chin of Petrin landed him on the mat for a count of nine. <mask> then closed the bout with rights and lefts nearly knocking his opponent out of the ring. The referee called the bout with Petrin hanging over the ropes, and unable to mount a defense. In the third round of the NBA tournament, on January 15, 1932, <mask> defeated Charley Bellanger in a ten-round points decision.<mask> knocked down Belanger for a count of nine in the fifth, and broadened his margin in the remaining rounds. Bellanger, who had a nine-pound weight advantage, used his experience in ringcraft to weather the remainder of the bout. NBA Light Heavyweight tournament, 1932
<mask> scored a decisive victory over Lou Scozza on January 28, 1932, in the fourth round of the NBA light heavyweight elimination tournament in Chicago. <mask> began to pile up a points margin in the second round when he scored with a left to Scozza's jaw. In the semi-final round of the NBA tournament on February 18, 1932, before a crowd of 23,000, Billy Jones fell to <mask> in a ten-round points decision. Many in the large crowd were there to see Jack Dempsey fight Kingfish Levinsky in a preliminary exhibition. <mask>'s win stunned many ringside as Jones was favored to reach the final bout and take the championship.An enthralled audience watched him down his opponent twice in the second round, once for a count of nine, and once for a count of two. He downed Jones again in the fourth for a long count of nine. <mask> was only down briefly in the fifth. Though his opponent finished strong in the final rounds, <mask> had amassed too large a points margin and won the decision. Taking the NBA World Light Heavyweight title
<mask> took the NBA Light Heavyweight title in a shocking upset against fellow Southpaw Dave Maier in a close decision on March 18, 1932, in Chicago. The match was the deciding round in the NBA Light Heavyweight championship elimination tournament. <mask>, who had previously lost to Maier, was a 100-1 underdog in the early betting.Outpunching and outboxing his opponent, <mask> fought back ferociously any time he was cornered. He scored well in the fourth with lefts to the head and jaw, knocking Maier sagging into a corner, and turning the tide of contest. <mask> won a fifth-round technical knockout against Red Fitzsimmons, of Wichita in Colorado Springs on July 22, 1932. <mask> dropped a ten-round points decision to Ham Jenkins on July 29, 1932, in Denver. As both boxers were under the Light Heavyweight Limit, the match was not for the title. Jenkins may have won the infighting by a shade, and finished strong in the closing rounds. Joe Knight defeated <mask> in Charleston, South Carolina on October 17, 1932, in a decisive ten-round decision, though no title was on the line.Knight charged into his opponent from the opening bell, and <mask> failed to take a round. On October 28, 1932, <mask> lost a furious ten round points decision to Adolph Heuser at the Arena in Boston. Uncharacteristically, <mask> was down five time in the first round. Fighting fatigue, he went the full ten but lost ground badly in the closing rounds. Losing the NBA Light Heavyweight title
<mask> was stripped of his title on December 17, 1932, for failing to defend it within eight months. He lost to Al Gainer on May 15, 1933, in a ten-round points decision, the feature bout at the Arena in New Haven. <mask> appeared to take the second through fifth, while the remaining rounds fell to Gainer by a considerable margin.<mask> was down four times in the bout. He would lose again to Gainer on April 20, 1936, in an eighth-round technical knockout in Pittsburgh. The referee halted the bout between the eighth and ninth rounds due to cuts on Nichol's forehead and over his right eye. <mask> had been down for a nine count from a left hook to the jaw in the seventh. Though Gainer was a formidable opponent, <mask> seemed unwilling to take the lead in the bout, and clinched frequently in defense. On June 12, 1933, <mask> faced Frankie O'Brien in a ten-round points decision in Hartford. The going was slow in the first seven rounds from <mask> careful defense, though the pace roused jeers of derision from the crowd.<mask> was credited with five rounds, and O'Brien three. <mask> clinched the decision in the final three rounds with vicious left hooks to the head and body of his opponent. He lost to Sammy Slaughter on July 6, 1933, in a ten-round points decision in Chicago. Slaughter was down five times in the first round. Three of Slaughter's knockdowns were from lefts for counts of nine. <mask> may have lost the decision for fading in the final rounds, and not appearing to take the lead in the fighting. Nichol's defensive posture allowed Slaughter to scored frequently with straight lefts to the head and rights to the body.On July 17, 1933, <mask> lost to Norman Conrad in a ten-round points decision in Bedford, New Hampshire. He defeated Martin Levandowski on August 10, 1933, in a seventh-round technical knockout. He drew with Harry English, an accomplished contender for the Colored Light Heavyweight Title, on December 18, 1933. The Toledo Blade gave seven rounds to <mask>, and only two to his opponent. Before a crowd of 23,000 on February 5, 1934, <mask> defeated <mask> in a five-round semi-final bout at Miami's Madison Square Garden. Many in the crowd had come to see Joe Knight fight Max Rosenbloom to a draw in the title bout. On September 16, 1935, using a five-pound weight advantage, <mask> outscored fringe middleweight contender Tony Tozzo in a six-round points decision in Buffalo.Though stripped of the title, <mask> fought on, finding a number of quality opponents. Allen Matthews fell to <mask> on July 8, 1936, before 10,000 fans in a ten-round points decision in Chicago. Matthews skillfully landed a blow over <mask> left eye in the opening round, but may have ultimately had difficulty adjusting to his opponent's Southpaw style. Matthews was down for a no count from a blow to the face in the fifth. In a strong finish, <mask> floored Matthews with a left to the jaw for a count of nine in the ninth. Before a sizable crowd of 10,000, <mask> lost a non-title ten-round decision against John Henry Lewis, reigning Light Heavyweight Champion, at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri on August 12, 1936. <mask> impressively staggered the champion in the fifth with a crushing left, but Lewis piled up points in all the other rounds, and had <mask> hanging on groggily in the eighth and ninth.<mask> had drawn with Lewis on April 7, 1936, at Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo. He used a hard left effectively throughout the bout, often posing it near Lewis's face. Life away from the ring
He married national speed skating champion, Kit Klein in 1933 in Ripley, New York, but the marriage was brief and quickly annulled. He was married to Bertie Horn during his boxing career, and throughout his retirement from the ring. Several sources report <mask> died on September 27, 1986, in Sandusky, Ohio. In 1997, he was in the first class inducted into Buffalo, New York's Ring 44 Boxing Hall of Fame. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213879137/john-george-nichols

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<mask>. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid" and "Buck", is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants (1951–1952, 1954–1972) before finishing his career with the New York Mets (1972–1973). Regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. <mask> joined the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948, playing with them until the Giants signed him once he graduated from high school in 1950. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in his MLB debut year of 1951, spent two years in the United States Army during the Korean War, and won the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1954 after leading the league in batting with a .345 batting average. His over-the-shoulder catch of a Vic Wertz fly ball in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series is one of the most famous baseball plays of all time. The Giants swept the Cleveland Indians, the lone World Series triumph of <mask>'s career.<mask> led the NL with 51 home runs (HR) in 1955. In 1956, he stole 40 bases, leading the NL for the first of four straight years. He won his first of 12 Gold Glove Awards in 1957, a record for outfielders. The Giants moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, and Mays contended for the batting title until the final day of 1958, hitting a career-high .347. He batted over .300 for the next two seasons, leading the league in hits in 1960. After leading the NL with 129 runs scored in 1961, <mask> led the NL in home runs in 1962 as the Giants won the NL pennant and faced the New York Yankees in the World Series, which the Giants lost in seven games. By 1963, Mays was making over $100,000 a year, setting a record at the time with a $105,000 contract for that season.In 1964, his manager Alvin Dark named him the Giants' captain. He led the NL with 47 home runs that year. He hit 52 the following year, leading the NL and winning his second MVP award. 1966 was the last of 10 seasons in which he had over 100 runs batted in (RBI). In 1969, he hit the 600th home run of his career; he got his 3,000th hit in 1970. Traded to the Mets in 1972, Mays spent the rest of that season and 1973 with them before retiring. He served as a coach for the Mets until 1979 and later rejoined the Giants as a special assistant to the president and general manager.<mask> finished his career batting .302 with 660 home runs, the sixth-most of all time, and 1,903 runs batted in. He holds MLB records for most putouts (7,095) and the most extra-inning home runs (22). <mask> was selected for 24 All-Star Games, tied for the second-most of all time. He was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999 and ranked second on The Sporting Newss "List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players", behind only Babe Ruth. President Barack Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Early life

<mask> <mask>, Jr., was born on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama, a primarily black company town near Fairfield. His father, <mask>, was a talented baseball player with the black team at the local iron plant.Annie Satterwhite, his mother, was a gifted high school basketball and track star. His parents never married but separated when Mays was three. His father raised him and two girls, Sarah and Ernestine. <mask> worked as a railway porter and later at the steel mills in Westfield. He exposed <mask> to baseball at an early age, playing catch with him at five and allowing him to sit on the bench with his Birmingham Industrial League team at ten. His favorite baseball player growing up was Joe DiMaggio; other favorites were Ted Williams and Stan Musial. Mays played several sports at Fairfield Industrial High School.On the basketball team, he led players at all-black high schools in Jefferson County in scoring. Mays played quarterback, fullback and punter for the football team. Though he turned 18 in 1949, Mays did not graduate from Fairfield until 1950, which journalist Allen Barra calls "a minor mystery in <mask>'s life". Negro and minor leagues
Mays's professional baseball career began in 1948 when he played briefly during the summer with the Chattanooga Choo-Choos, a Negro minor league team. Later that year, Mays joined the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League, managed by Piper Davis, a teammate of Mays's father on the industrial team. When Fairfield Industrial principal E. J. Oliver threatened to suspend Mays for playing professional ball, Davis and Mays's father worked out an agreement. Mays would only play home games for the Black Barons.In return, he could still play high school football. Mays helped Birmingham advance to the 1948 Negro World Series, which they lost 4–1 to the Homestead Grays. He hit .262 for the season and stood out because of his excellent fielding and base running. Several Major League Baseball (MLB) teams were interested in signing Mays, but they had to wait until he graduated from high school to offer him a contract. The Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers both scouted him, but New York Giants scout Eddie Montague was the one who signed him to a $4,000 contract. Mays spent the rest of 1950 with the Class B Trenton Giants of the Interstate League, batting .353. Promoted to the Class AAA Minneapolis Millers of the American Association in 1951, he batted .477 in 35 games.Playing excellent defense, Mays was called up by the Giants on May 24, 1951. Initially, Mays was reluctant to accept the promotion because he did not believe he was ready to face major league pitchers. A stunned Giants' manager Leo Durocher called Mays directly and said, "Quit costing the ball club money with long-distance phone calls and join the team." Major leagues

Rookie of the Year (1951)

The Giants hoped Mays would help them defensively in center field, as well as offensively. The Polo Grounds featured an unusual horseshoe shape, with relatively short left field () and right field () lines but the deepest center field in baseball (). Mays appeared in his first major league game on May 25 against the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park, batting third. He had no hits in his first 12 at bats in the major leagues, but in his 13th on May 28, he hit a home run off Warren Spahn over the left-field roof of the Polo Grounds.Mays went hitless in his next 12 at-bats, and Durocher dropped him to eighth in the batting order on June 2, suggesting that Mays stop trying to pull the ball and just make contact. Mays responded with four hits over his next two games on June 2 and 3. By the end of the month, he had pushed his batting average to over .300. He would bat close to .290 for the rest of the season. Although his .274 average, 68 RBI and 20 home runs (in 121 games) would rank among the lowest totals of his career, he still won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award. On August 11, the Giants found themselves  games back of the Dodgers in the NL pennant race; Brooklyn manager Charlie Dressen triumphantly predicted, "The Giants is dead." However, the Giants went 40–18 in the season's final 58 games, winning their last seven of the year to finish the regular season tied with the Dodgers.During the pennant race, <mask>'s fielding and strong throwing arm were instrumental in several important Giants' victories. Mays was in the on-deck circle on October 3 when Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer to win the three-game NL tie-breaker series 2–1. The Giants met the New York Yankees and <mask>'s boyhood favorite DiMaggio in the 1951 World Series, which the Giants lost in six games. In Game 1, Mays, Hank Thompson, and Monte Irvin comprised the first all-African-American outfield in major league history. Mays hit poorly while the Giants lost the series 4–2. In Game 5 he hit a consequential fly ball, which DiMaggio and Yankee rookie Mickey Mantle pursued. As DiMaggio called Mantle off, the younger Yankee got his cleat stuck in an open drainpipe, suffering a knee injury that would affect him the rest of his career.U.S. Army (1952–1953)
Soon after the 1951 season ended, Mays learned the United States Army had drafted him to serve in the Korean War. Before he left to join the Army, Mays played the first few weeks of the 1952 season with the Giants. He batted .236 with four home runs in 34 games. He surprised sportswriters like Red Smith when he drew cheers from fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Giants' archrivals, in his last game before reporting. After his induction into the Army on May 29, Mays reported to Fort Eustis in Virginia, where he spent much of his time playing on military baseball teams with other major leaguers. It was at Fort Eustis that Mays learned the basket catch from fellow Fort Eustis outfielder Jerry Salvador. Mays missed about 266 games because of his military service.Discharged on March 1, 1954, he reported to Giants' spring training camp the following day. MVP, World Series champion (1954–1955)

<mask> began the 1954 season on Opening Day with a home run of over  against Carl Erskine. After he batted .250 in his first 20 games, Durocher moved him from third to fifth in the batting order and again encouraged him to stop attempting to pull the ball and try to get hits to right field. Mays changed his batting stance and stood straighter at the plate, keeping his feet closer together. He credited these adjustments with improving his batting average, as he batted .450 with 25 RBI in his next 20 games. On June 25, he hit an inside-the-park home run in a 6–2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. <mask> was selected for the NL All-Star team; he would be part of 24 straight NL All-Star teams over 20 seasons.Mays became the first player in history to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star Game. He had 36 home runs through July 28. Around that time, Durocher asked him to stop trying to hit them, explaining the team wanted him to reach base more often. Mays hit only five home runs after July 28 but upped his batting average from .326 to .345 to win the team's first batting title since Bill Terry's in 1930. Hitting 41 home runs, Mays won the NL Most Valuable Player Award and the Hickok Belt. The Giants won the NL pennant and the 1954 World Series, sweeping the Cleveland Indians in four games. The 1954 series is perhaps best remembered for "The Catch", an over-the-shoulder running grab by Mays of a long drive off the bat of Vic Wertz about  from home plate at the Polo Grounds during the eighth inning of Game 1.The catch prevented two Indians' runners from scoring, preserving a tie game. "The Catch transcended baseball" Barra wrote, and Larry Schwartz of ESPN said of all the catches that Mays made, "it is regarded as his greatest". Mays did not even look at the ball for the last twenty feet as he ran, saying later he realized he had to keep running if he was going to get the ball. The Giants won the game in the 10th inning on a three-run home run by Dusty Rhodes, with <mask> scoring the winning run. Mays added base stealing to his talents, upping his total from eight in 1954 to 24 in 1955. In the middle of May, Durocher asked him to try for more home runs. Mays led the league with 51 but finished fourth in NL MVP voting.Leading the league with a .659 slugging percentage, Mays batted .319 as the Giants finished in third. During the last game of the season, Durocher, who had supported Mays since his career had begun, told him he would not be returning as the Giants manager. When Mays responded, "But Mr. Leo, it's going to be different with you gone. You won't be here to help me," Durocher told his star, "<mask>s doesn't need help from anyone." New manager (1956–1957)

In 1956, Mays struggled at first to get along with new manager Bill Rigney, who publicly criticized him. The center fielder grew particularly annoyed after Rigney fined him $100 for not running to first base on a pop fly that was caught by the catcher. He hit 36 homers and stole 40 bases, becoming only the second player to join the 30–30 club.Though his RBI (84) and batting average (.296) were his lowest for nearly a decade, Barra observed that "<mask> was still the best all-around player in the National League." The relationship between Mays and Rigney improved in 1957. Rigney stopped giving Mays as much direction, trusting his star player's ability and instinct. In his 2010 authorized biography of Mays, James S. Hirsch wrote Mays had "one of his most exhilarating excursions" on April 21. In the game against the Phillies, Mays reached second base on an error, stole third, and scored the winning run on a Hank Sauer single, all on plays close enough that he had to slide to make each one. He stole home in a 4–3 loss to the Cubs on May 21. 1957 was the first season the Gold Glove Awards were presented.<mask> won the first of 12 consecutive Gold Gloves for his play in center field. He finished in the NL's top-five in a variety of offensive categories: runs scored (112, third) batting average (.333, second), and home runs (35, fourth). In 1957, Mays became the fourth player in major league history to join the 20–20–20 club (doubles, triples, homers). He stole 38 bases that year, making him the second 20–20–20 club member (after Frank Schulte in 1911) to steal at least 20 bases. This gave him his second straight 30-30 club season. Dwindling attendance and the desire for a new ballpark prompted the Giants to move to San Francisco following the 1957 season. In the final Giants' home game at the Polo Grounds on September 29, 1957, fans gave Mays a standing ovation in the middle of his final at bat, after Pirates' pitcher Bob Friend had already thrown a pitch to him."I do not recall hearing another ovation given a man after the pitcher has started to work on him," Mays biographer Arnold Hano wrote. Move to San Francisco (1958–1961)
In 1958, Rigney wanted Mays to challenge Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a season. Consequently, Rigney did not play Mays much in spring training hoping to use his best hitter every day of the regular season. As he had in 1954, Mays vied for the NL batting title until the final game of the season. Moved to the leadoff slot the last day to increase his at-bats, Mays collected three hits in the game to finish with a career-high .347, but Philadelphia's Richie Ashburn batted .350. Mays shared the inaugural NL Player of the Month award with Stan Musial in May, batting .405 with 12 home runs and 29 RBI; he won a second award in September (.434, 4 home runs, 18 RBIs). He played in all but two games, hitting only 29 home runs.Horace Stoneham, the Giants' owner, made Mays the highest-paid player in baseball with a $75,000 contract for 1959. Mays had his first serious injury in 1959, a collision with Sammy White in spring training that resulted in 35 stitches in his leg, but he was ready by the start of the season. Against the Reds in August, Mays broke a finger but kept it a secret to prevent opposing pitchers from targeting it. In September 1959, the Giants led the NL pennant race by two games with only eight games to play, but a sweep by the Dodgers began a stretch of six losses in those final games, dooming them to a third-place finish. Mays had hits in three out of 10 at-bats in the Dodger series but some San Francisco fans still booed him. In 1959, Mays batted .313 with 34 home runs and 113 RBIs, leading the league in stolen bases for the fourth year in a row. After spending their first two years in San Francisco at Seals Stadium, the Giants moved into the new Candlestick Park in 1960.Initially, the stadium was expected to be conducive to home runs, but unpredictable winds affected Mays's power, and he hit only 12 at home in 1960. He found the stadium tricky to field but figured out how to play it as the season progressed. When a fly ball was hit, he would count to five before giving pursuit, enabling him to judge the wind's effect. He hit two home runs on June 24 and stole home in a 5–3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. On September 15, he tied an NL record with three triples in an 11-inning, 8–6 win over the Phillies. "I don't like to talk about 1960," Mays said after the final game of a season in which the Giants, pre-season favorites for the pennant, finished fifth out of eight NL teams. For the second time in three years, he only hit 29 home runs, but he led the NL with 190 hits and drove in 103 runs, batting .319 and stealing 25 bases.Alvin Dark was hired to manage the Giants before the start of the 1961 season, and the improving Giants finished in third place. Mays had one of his best games on April 30, 1961, hitting four home runs and driving in eight runs against the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium. According to Mays, he had been unsure if he would even play because of food poisoning. Each of his home runs traveled over  While Mantle and Roger Maris pursued Babe Ruth's single-season home run record in the AL, Mays and Orlando Cepeda battled for the home run lead in the NL. Mays trailed Cepeda by two home runs at the end of August (34 as opposed to 36), but Cepeda outhit him 10–6 in September to finish with 46, while Mays finished with 40. Mays led the league with 129 runs scored and batted .308 with 123 RBI. Pennant race (1962)
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