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Henry "<mask>" <mask> (born January 3, 1984) is an American professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBO junior welterweight title in 2016, having previously held the regional WBO–NABO lightweight title in 2010, and the NABF lightweight title from 2011 to 2012. On December 30, 2016 Lundy defeated John Delperdang for the vacant UBF  lightweight world title. Early life

Lundy's first love growing up was football; he earned a partial scholarship to play collegiate football at Kutztown University, but declined upon learning his aunt could not afford to send both him and his sister, Muneerah, to college. "Send my little sister", Lundy told his aunt, "and I'll find another way." Lundy eventually took a liking to boxing at the age of 18 after knocking out a would-be schoolyard bully with an uppercut. "I put him to sleep", Lundy recalled.Fearing the repercussions, Lundy ran home to his uncle, who told him to put his quick hands to use. "People ain't fighting people – they're shooting people!" he told Lundy, "So get your butt in the gym!" Amateur career
Lundy took his family's advice and began a successful amateur boxing career in which he finished 65–5 overall and won the 2003 Pennsylvania Golden Gloves. Lundy also won a silver medal at the 2005 National Golden Gloves and won the Junior Lightweight Open Division championship at the Middle Atlantic Championships and East Central Championships before his amateur career ended with a narrow loss in the 2007 Pan-Am Games. Professional career
<mask> began his professional career in 2006 under the guidance of promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. and Classic Entertainment and Sports, defeating Steve Thomas by first-round knockout at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Lundy quickly rose to 10–0 within the next 16 months, including wins in Providence, Rhode Island; Lincoln, Rhode Island; and Mashantucket, Connecticut, at Foxwoods Resort Casino, establishing an early reputation as one of boxing's most promising road warriors.On March 28, 2008, <mask> faced his toughest test to date when he traveled to Salamanca, New York, to face undefeated hometown favorite Darnell Jiles Jr. at the Seneca Allegany Casino on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. The bout ended in a draw with all three judges scoring the fight, 38–38. <mask> returned to ESPN two months later, facing another unbeaten prospect in Esteban Almarez. This time, <mask> earned the win, narrowly beating Almarez by unanimous decision, 38–37, 38–37, 38–36 at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island. A year later, <mask> earned a breakthrough victory, knocking out undefeated Jason Cintron, the younger brother of former world champion Kermit Cintron, in the fifth round of their scheduled eight-round bout at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on April 24, 2009. Lundy called out Cintron prior to the bout, questioning Cintron's background and predicting a knockout win. "I guarantee this fight will be over in three rounds", Lundy said."I hold no punches in the ring. When you look at my resume, I'm fighting people that can fight. Who has he fought? There's a buzz going around that he's planning to knock me out. You have, what, three knockouts on paper? Look at my knockout ratio. Look at the type of guys I’m fighting.He's not on my level. He's nowhere in the same league as me." Lundy breezed through his next three bouts, stopping former New England amateur standout Josh Beeman in the fifth round, knocking out Justo Sanchez in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round bout two months later, and annihilating Aldo Valtierra in 2 minutes, 41 seconds at Mohegan Sun on October 31, 2009. Lundy began 2010 with another tough challenge, facing former Cuban amateur standout Richard Abril at The Roxy in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 22. Despite getting knocked down in the sixth round on what appeared to be a slip, Lundy held on for a narrow, 98–91, 96–94, 94–95 split-decision victory to improve to 17–0–1. With eight consecutive wins under his belt, Lundy issued a challenge to lightweights willing to face him in the ring. "Look at the records of the guys who I have fought", Lundy said."I was fighting opponents with fifty-plus fights in my sixth bout. I have fought many veterans, undefeated guys and now contenders. I am ready for the next level, any lightweight out there, preferably in the top 10, because I know I am very close to realizing my dream to become world champion." NABO championship
Undefeated lightweight Tyrese Hendrix answered <mask>'s challenge, agreeing to face <mask> on April 16, 2010 at the Omni New Daisy Theater in Memphis, Tennessee, for the vacant NABO lightweight title on Friday Night Fights. <mask> dominated, knocking down Hendrix twice in the first and again in the sixth en route to a 98–90, 100–88, 99–88 unanimous-decision victory to capture the NABO title. First career loss
Three months after winning the title, <mask> made his first defense against John Molina Jr. in the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island, on July 9, 2010. <mask>'s speed and power overwhelmed Molina through the first half of the fight before Molina sent Lundy to the canvas in the eighth round courtesy of a hard, overhand right.<mask> made it back to his feet, but struggled down the stretch; Molina caught <mask> against the ropes in the 11th round and finished him off with a flurry, prompting referee Ricky Gonzalez to stop the bout at the 2:18 mark. Molina improved to 21–1 while Lundy dropped to 18–1–1. <mask> returned to the ring five weeks later, again on ESPN, with a unanimous decision win over Omri Lowther in Montreal, Quebec – a fight <mask> agreed to take on three days' notice. NABF championship
<mask> earned another shot at a title on April 1, 2011 when he faced former Venezuelan Olympian Patrick Lopez for the vacant NABF lightweight championship on Friday Night Fights at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Lundy sent Lopez to the canvas in the second round and ultimately won the fight by unanimous decision, 99–91, 97–92, 95–94. The win was <mask>'s second in a row since losing to Molina, improving his overall record to 20–1–1. Showdown against David Diaz
Four months after beating Lopez, Lundy again traveled to an opponent's backyard, agreeing to face former world champion and fan favorite David Diaz at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, a short distance from Diaz's hometown of Chicago, Illinois.The fight took place August 19, 2011 on ESPN. <mask> took control early before Diaz caught him with a right hook in the fourth round, sending <mask> tumbling to the canvas. Diaz tried desperately to end the fight in the fourth, but Lundy survived and eventually cut Diaz above the eye in the fifth. Referee Gerald Scott threatened to stop the fight due to the damage over Diaz's eye, but ultimately allowed the former world champion to continue. <mask> finished Diaz in the sixth with a left hand that put Diaz on his back 37 seconds into the round. Second NABF title defense
After making his first title defense against Diaz, <mask> squared off against little-known power-puncher Dannie Williams of St. Louis, Missouri. Williams began the war of words in December by threatening to "hurt" Lundy if the two were to meet in the ring.The match was scheduled as the 10-round main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights on March 30, 2012, at the Foxwoods Resort Casino's MGM Grand Theater. After months of talk from both camps, Williams got off to a strong start, dropping <mask> with a hard right hand to the temple in the opening round. Lundy bounced back to dominant the final nine rounds in arguably his most impressive victory to date. <mask> won unanimously on all three scorecards, 97–92, 97–92, 98–91, utilizing his jab to neutralize Williams' counter-punching abilities. Third NABF title defense
On July 27, 2012, <mask> defended his title against Mexican challenger Ray Beltran in the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Lundy entered the fight ranked No. 1 among lightweights in the WBC.Beltran applied pressure throughout the fight, constantly driving <mask> against the ropes. Both fighters exchanged clean blows at the end of the third round, with <mask> striking Beltran at the bell, wobbling Beltran momentarily, but Beltran escaped with a 96–94, 96–94, 95–95 majority-decision, claiming the NABF crown and handing <mask> just the second loss of his professional career. Move to 140-pound division
Following the loss to Beltran, <mask> moved up from lightweight to light welterweight and challenged then undefeated and No. 3 ranked World Boxing Council light welterweight contender Viktor Postol on March 21, 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Lundy gave Postol his toughest test to date, particularly in the late rounds of their scheduled 12-round bout, but lost a 116-112, 116-112, 116-113 unanimous decision. Shortly thereafter, <mask> returned to ESPN's Friday Night Fights in Salem, New Hampshire, to face 33-year-old Nigerian veteran Ajose Olusegun in the 10-round main event at Rockingham Park on July 19, 2013. Despite taking the fight on short notice, Lundy pieced together arguably his most impressive performance to date, dominating Olusegun to earn a 100-90, 98-92, 98-92 unanimous decision win.The win snapped <mask>'s two-fight losing streak. Return to prominence
With the win over Olusegun generating significant buzz in the boxing world, <mask> faced another tall task early in 2014 when he battled rising prospect and Cuban defector Angelo Santana in the main event of the Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 edition of ShoBox: The Next Generation, <mask>'s first appearance on Showtime. It was a breakthrough performance for <mask>, who outboxed Santana over 10 rounds at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, to win unanimously on all three scorecards, 98-91. <mask> sealed the lopsided victory with a knockdown in the ninth round. <mask> returned to the ring on May 31, 2014 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, where he beat Mexican challenger Gerardo Cuevas, the son of former world champion Pipino Cuevas, via second-round knockout, his third consecutive win. HBO debut

<mask> put his winning streak on the line in his HBO debut against NABF super lightweight champion Thomas Dulorme on December 6, 2014, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The two also fought for the vacant NABO title.Dulorme sent Lundy to the canvas in the opening round of their scheduled 10-round bout, but <mask> made his push in the later rounds, at one point hurting Dulorme in the sixth with a hard left hook. Dulorme held on and won by split decision, 97-92, 96-93, 93-96. A month later, Lundy agreed to fight Boxcino lightweight tournament champion Petr Petrov on just eight days' notice in the main event of an ESPN telecast at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Lundy missed weight by four pounds and the bout was cancelled. Lundy fought again on national television on July 11, 2015, this time challenging Mauricio Herrera in the main event on HBO Latino for the vacant NABF 140-pound title. Lundy lost on the scorecards via technical decision when the fight was stopped toward the end of the fifth round due to a pair of cuts over each of Herrera's eyes caused by accidental head-butts. Each judge scored the bout even after four, but judges Eddie Hernandez and Fernando Villareal awarded the partial fifth round to Herrera while Zac Young ruled it an even 10-10 round.Herrera won, 48-47, 48-47, 48-48. Return to lightweight division
After the bout with Petrov was cancelled, Lundy vowed to return to 135 pounds to silence the critics who suggested he could no longer make that weight in his 30s. On October 17, 2015 <mask> made his long-awaited return to the lightweight division at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, defeating Carlos Winston Velasquez by fifth-round knockout to capture the vacant WBC Continental Americas Titles. <mask> dominated the fight from the opening bell, dropping Velasquez twice before the referee stopped the bout in the fifth. First world title shot
After winning in October, <mask> earned his first shot at a world title when he faced reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford in the main event of HBO's World Championship Boxing Telecast Feb. 27th, 2016 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Panned as a second-rate fight for the undefeated Crawford, the bout picked up considerable steam in the weeks leading up to the telecast as Lundy boldly predicted a knockout win. Following a heated press conference in New York City in which Crawford pushed Lundy during their face-off, Crawford stopped Lundy at the 2:09 mark of the fifth round.Professional boxing record

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<mask>, 3rd Baronet (27 October 1920 – 24 December 2004) was a British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative and later Liberal Democrat politician, best known for standing against Margaret Thatcher for the party leadership in 1989. In spite of his staunch conservative views on economic policy, his passionate support of increased British integration into the European Union led to him becoming increasingly marginalised in Thatcher's Conservative Party. After being deselected as a Conservative parliamentary candidate for the 1992 general election, Meyer became policy director of the European Movement, and in 1998 he joined the Pro-Euro Conservative Party. After that disbanded in 2001, he became a member of the Liberal Democrats. Early life
Meyer was the son of Marjorie Amy Georgina (née Seeley) and Sir Frank Cecil Meyer. His father was vice-chairman of the De Beers diamond company, and from 1924 to 1929 he was Conservative Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. His father was from a Jewish family.His grandfather, <mask> Meyer, 1st Baronet, was born in Hamburg, Germany; he migrated to Britain in the late 19th century, when he worked for the Rothschilds, and later for De Beers; he eventually became Governor of the National Bank of Egypt and was given a baronetcy for the large donations he made to found a National Theatre in Britain. Education and war service
Meyer was educated at Sandroyd School in Wiltshire before winning a Scholarship to Eton College. He inherited the baronetcy at the age of 15 when his father died in a hunting accident. Like his father, he also attended New College, Oxford, but after one year he joined the Scots Guards in 1941, the same year he married Barbadee Knight, and they had one son and three daughters. During the battle for Caen, in the break-out from the Normandy invasion beaches he was seriously wounded when the tank he was travelling in was hit, and he spent the next nine months on his back in hospital. During this time he read extensively to make up for his lost years at Oxford, but decided not to return to university. Instead, he joined HM Treasury where he mostly worked on winding up the affairs of the Polish government-in-exile.Diplomatic career
In 1946 Meyer passed the Foreign Service examinations, and from 1951 to 1956 he was appointed to the British Embassy in Paris, where he became First Secretary in 1953. The subsequent appointment to the embassy in Moscow was not so enjoyable – he did not speak the language, and confined to the "diplomatic ghetto" through the Soviet government's ban on foreign contacts with its citizens, he said he did not have a job to do. He was rescued by a Soviet attempt to compromise him – he reported an attempt to lure him into a cab by a woman agent to the ambassador, who put Meyer and his family on the next plane home. Between 1958 and 1962, he worked at the Foreign Office on European political problems, at a time when the Office was changing its policy from being against the "Common Market" to in favour of Britain's joining it. Political career

Finding a party, and a seat
The death of his mother in 1962 provided Meyer with the family's wealth, and he decided to enter politics to support his pro-European views. In 1962, he resigned from the Foreign Office to work unpaid for the Common Market Campaign led by Liberal peer Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn. He later said that he was initially undecided whether to stand for the Conservatives or the Liberals, but his admiration for the Conservative prime minister Harold Macmillan swung his choice.In 1963, Meyer was selected to fight the constituency of Eton and Slough, then held by Labour's leftwing internationalist Fenner Brockway. In the 1964 General Election, Meyer won the seat by 11 votes, gaining respect by ignoring his constituency party's advice to campaign on the race issue, which could have swung a number of votes in that constituency at the time. His was one of only four Conservative gains in that election. Recognising that he would only be in the seat temporarily, Meyer made the most of his time in Parliament, advocating Britain's joining the Common Market and strengthening the United Nations. He also established himself on the liberal wing of the party: voting to abolish capital punishment and for sanctions against Rhodesia. In the 1966 General Election he lost his seat to Labour's Joan Lestor by 4,663 votes. His liberalism made him almost untouchable in the Conservative party, and his applications to stand in six constituencies (including Windsor, where he lived) were rejected, but eventually fellow Old Etonian Nigel Birch recommended Meyer to replace him in the constituency of West Flintshire, in north-eastern Wales.He returned to Parliament at the 1970 General Election. MP for West Flintshire
Meyer became a popular MP in his new constituency, gaining a reputation for putting the interests of his constituency ahead of Conservative government policy, for example by voting against the closure of the Shotton steelworks, supporting the Airbus A300B whose wings some of his constituents built, against its all-British rival the BAC 3-11, while insisting on the importance of an effective pan-European technology. After Labour's return to power in 1974, he opposed continued sanctions against the white minority government in Rhodesia, claiming that it was intended to transfer power "forcibly to a violent minority". When the Conservative party returned to power under Margaret Thatcher in 1979, Meyer's type of pro-Europeanism was at odds with the Euroscepticism of the bulk of the party. When his Flintshire West constituency's boundaries were expanded and redrawn to form the Clwyd North West constituency in 1983, there was an attempt by local party activists to replace him with the more Thatcherite MEP, Beata Brookes, whom Meyer managed to defeat. Leadership challenge
On 23 November 1989, at a time of both Thatcher's and the Conservative Party's waning popularity and shortly after Nigel Lawson's resignation as chancellor, 69-year-old Meyer put himself forward as the pro-European stalking horse for the leadership of the Conservative Party. Meyer fully expected that one of the more prominent pro-Europeans such as Ian Gilmour or Michael Heseltine would take over the role; in the event, none of them did so, and Meyer had no illusions that he had any chance of success.He was derided as "Sir <mask>'isname" by the pro-Thatcher Sun newspaper, who reported that he was the only Conservative MP to oppose the use of force to win back the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion of 1982 and had backed a number of Labour policies, including votes against Tory-led welfare benefit cuts and immigration issues. He was also slammed by the Daily Express as "Sir Nobody". In the 1989 leadership election on 5 December, Meyer was defeated by 314 votes to 33, but when spoilt votes and abstentions were added it was discovered that 60 MPs out of 374 had failed to support Thatcher. Meyer said that "people started to think the unthinkable", and Thatcher was ousted in November 1990 to be succeeded by John Major. On 19 January 1990, Meyer was deselected as a candidate for the 1992 general election by the Clwyd North West constituency party for his "treachery", by a 2–1 majority. The deselection campaign was enlivened by a tabloid newspaper's revelation that Meyer had for 26 years had an affair with Simone Washington, a former model and blues singer. Post-parliamentary career
After his forced career change in 1992 Meyer became policy director for the European Movement, and in 1998 he defected to the Pro-Euro Conservative Party before becoming a member of the Liberal Democrats.In 1999 he stood unsuccessfully, during the European Parliament elections, for the London seat. After 1999 he became a lecturer on European affairs until his death. Death
Meyer died of cancer, aged 84, in Kensington and Chelsea, London, in December 2004. His son, <mask> Frank Meyer (born 1944), succeeded him in the baronetcy. In popular culture
Meyer was portrayed by Geoffrey Wilkinson in the 2002 BBC production of Ian Curteis' controversial The Falklands Play. Arms
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Legacy
The Papers of Sir <mask> are housed at the British Library. The papers can be accessed through the British Library catalogue.References

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Obituary – Sir <mask> The Guardian, 8 January 2005
Obituary – Sir <mask> Times Online, 8 January 2005
Obituary – Sir <mask> Daily Telegraph, 10 January 2005

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title: John Montgomery Ward

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<mask> (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), known as <mask>, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. <mask>, of English descent, was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania  and grew up in Renovo, Pennsylvania. He led the formation of the first professional sports players union and a new baseball league, the Players' League. Early life
<mask> attended the Bellefonte Academy in the early 1870s, and at 13 years of age, he was sent to Pennsylvania State University. In his short time there, he helped jumpstart a baseball program and is often credited for developing the first curveball. However, he was kicked out of school for pushing an upperclassman who attempted to haze him down a flight of stairs, and stealing chickens. The following year, in 1874, his parents James and Ruth died.He tried to make it as a travelling salesman, but when that proved unsuccessful, he returned to his hometown. There, he rediscovered baseball. In , the semiprofessional team for which he was playing folded, which opened the door for him to move on to a new opportunity. He was offered a contract to pitch for the Providence Grays of the still new National League, an all-professional major league that had begun its operations in . Providence Grays
<mask>'s first season with the Grays was a successful one, going 22–13 with a 1.51 ERA. He played that season exclusively as a pitcher, but during the following two seasons he played increasingly in the outfield and at third base. <mask> had his two finest seasons as a pitcher, going 47–19 with 239 strikeouts and a 2.15 ERA in 1879 and 39–24 with 230 strikeouts and a 1.74 ERA in 1880.He pitched nearly 600 innings each year (587.0 in 1879 and 595.0 in 1880). As a 19-year-old pitcher, he won 47 games and led the  Providence Grays to a first-place finish. In , he began to play other positions. On June 17, 1880, <mask> pitched the second perfect game in baseball history, defeating future Hall of Famer Pud Galvin and the Buffalo Bisons, 5–0. Lee Richmond had thrown baseball's first perfect game just five days before, on June 12. The next perfect game by a National League pitcher would not happen for 84 years, when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game in 1964. <mask> also expanded his leadership role to include managing when he became a player-manager for the team's final 32 games, winning 18 of them, as the Grays finished in second place.The seasons of  and  were the first in which he played more games in the outfield than he pitched. This was due to a nagging arm injury he originally incurred sliding into a base. He still pitched well when he did pitch, winning 37 games over those two seasons and having ERAs of 2.13 and 2.59 respectively, and on August 17, 1882, he pitched the longest complete game shutout in history, blanking the Detroit Wolverines 1–0 in 18 innings. By this time, however, the Grays felt his best days were behind him and sold their former ace hurler to the New York Giants. New York and reserve clause
<mask> moved to the new New York NL club in 1883. An injury to his right arm while running the bases during the 1884 season ended <mask>'s pitching career. As he could not wait for his arm to heal before he returned to the field, he taught himself to throw left-handed so he could play center field for the remainder of the 1884 season.He replaced Jim Price as the Giants' manager for the final 16 games of the 1884 season. With his arm fully recuperated, he became the everyday shortstop in 1885. <mask> graduated from Columbia Law School in 1885 and led the players in forming the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, the first sports labor union. <mask> and the players had become frustrated with the owners' reserve clause, which allowed them to sign players to one-year contracts and then not allow them to negotiate with other teams when those contracts expired. The players felt that the owners had absolute power. At first, the players had some success, gaining the freedom to negotiate with other teams when they were asked to take a pay cut by their current team. In October 1887, <mask> married actress Helen Dauvray.In , after the Giants had finished first in the National League, and had won a playoff series known today as a "World Series", they played the St. Louis Browns of the American Association for the "Dauvray Cup", which was named after <mask>'s wife. <mask> then captained an All-Star team which, paired with Cap Anson's Chicago club, headed off on a barnstorming world tour. The owners held their winter meetings, and created a classification system that would determine a player's salary. Under the system, the most a player could earn was $2,500. The Giants then sold <mask> to the Washington Nationals for a record price of $12,000. <mask> was furious and left the tour early. He then demanded a meeting with the owners, and said he would refuse to play for Washington unless he received a large portion of his record sale price.Washington eventually refused payment on the transaction, nullifying the deal. The owners denied <mask>'s request for a meeting to discuss the new classification system, saying no talks would be held until after the upcoming season. Though <mask> and the union fought hard for these issues, this did not distract him or his Giants team, as he hit .299 and helped the Giants capture their second-straight "World Series" title in . Amidst <mask>'s commitments as a ballplayer and union organizer, he still found time for a third occupation, that of author. His 1888 book, Base-Ball: How to Become a Player, with the Origin, History and Explanation of the Game was the first published effort to explore baseball's development from its early roots. The Players' League
<mask> realized that negotiations with the owners were going nowhere and threatened to create a Players' League. The owners thought of it as nothing more than an idle threat but had failed to realize <mask>'s connections in the business community, and he began to launch the new league.This new Players' League included a profit sharing system for the players and had no reserve clause or classification plan. The season began in  with over half of the National League's players from the previous year in its ranks. <mask> acted as a player-manager for the Brooklyn club, nicknamed the <mask>'s Wonders, and finished seventh in the league with a .335 batting average. While the Players' League drew well at the box office, the teams' owners grew nervous when the money did not come in as expected because of the profit sharing system. Soon they began holding secret meetings with their National League counterparts and, one by one, sold their teams to the rival league. Later career
Due to an agreement after the dissolution of the Players' League, <mask> stayed in Brooklyn as player-manager for the National League team, the Brooklyn Grooms. Following the  season, <mask> expressed his desire to return to the Giants and was sold to his former club for $6,000.Despite his declining bat, <mask> led the league in stolen bases in 1893. Following the 1894 season, he retired at the age of 34. He finished his career with a .275 average, 2,104 hits, and 540 stolen bases. He is the only man in history to win over 100 games as a pitcher and collect over 2,000 hits. Post-career
<mask> retired from baseball at age 34 in order to enter the legal profession. As a successful lawyer he represented baseball players against the National League. Later he acted as president and part-owner of the Boston Braves franchise and became an official in the short-lived Federal League in 1914, acting as the business manager of the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.In the last quarter century of his life, <mask>'s sporting passion became golf. He won several championships around New York, played all over Europe, and competed regularly in the United States Golf Association U.S. Amateur. He finished second in the prestigious North and South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Country Club in North Carolina in 1903. The North and South Amateur was the equal of any major golf event at the turn of the century. The first North and South event took place in 1901. Ever the organizer, he was one of the founders of the New York Golf Association and the Long Island Golf Association.<mask> died in Augusta, Georgia, the day after his 65th birthday on March 4, 1925, after a bout of pneumonia, and is interred in Greenfield Cemetery in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Named in the Honor Rolls of Baseball in 1946, <mask> was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1964. He was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Baseball and Historic Recognition Categories with the Class of 2000.

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title: Neil Ruddock

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<mask> "Razor" <mask> (born 9 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television personality who is a club director at Enfield. As a player he was a central defender from 1986 to 2003, and was voted the 17th "hardest footballer of all time". He made his debut at Millwall, having been associated with the club since the age of 13, and also represented Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Liverpool, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers and Swindon Town during a professional career spanning 17 years. He was capped once by England, in 1994. <mask> came out of retirement in 2015, aged 46, to play for United Counties League side Wellingborough Whitworth. He has since appeared on a variety of television shows including I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity Masterchef.Club career

Early career
<mask> began his career at Millwall, before signing for Tottenham Hotspur in 1986. He broke his leg on his Tottenham debut against Liverpool and made only 11 appearances for Spurs, his only goal coming in a 2–1 defeat to third tier Port Vale in the 1987–88 FA Cup. In the summer of 1988 <mask> rejoined Millwall. Southampton
Ruddock joined Southampton in February 1989, in a £200,000 transfer from Millwall. A rugged, uncompromising defender, he soon became popular with the Southampton fans especially after confidently scoring a penalty against Newcastle United on 1 April in only his sixth game for the club, thus helping the "Saints" earn their first victory in 18 matches and start Southampton on a climb away from the relegation zone. His goal celebration after the 89th-minute penalty became known as the "Ruddock stomp". <mask> missed his next two penalties, allowing Matt Le Tissier to take over for the following season.Despite early disciplinary problems at The Dell, <mask>'s talents as a confident, left-footed defender earned him England Under-21 honours. Powerful in the air, he could tackle strongly but was also able to bring the ball forward out of defence. In the 1991–92 season, <mask> was a member of the Southampton side that reached the final of the Zenith Data Systems Cup, where they were beaten in extra time 3–2 by Nottingham Forest. After three years on the south coast, he was enticed back to Tottenham by Terry Venables in May 1992, with the tribunal setting the transfer fee at a "ridiculous" £750,000. Liverpool
Ruddock was signed by Liverpool from Tottenham Hotspur on a £2.5 million transfer. While at Liverpool, <mask> was famously involved in an on-field scuffle with Manchester United star Eric Cantona. <mask> responded to Cantona's taunts about his weight by turning down the Frenchman's collar.In 1995, he was absolved of fracturing Peter Beardsley's jaw with an elbow in a testimonial match. Beardsley contemplated legal action on the grounds that <mask> acted deliberately, but later decided to withdraw charges. In 1996, <mask>'s tackle on Andrew Cole of Manchester United in a reserve game at Anfield left the player with two broken legs, and <mask> claimed innocence, while Cole said he believed <mask> did not intend harm. However, in a 2010 interview with Talksport, he jokingly refers to the incident as "not big, and not clever", adding "but it was great", and that "I didn't mean to break both of his legs if I'm honest, I only meant to break one". Arguably his finest game for Liverpool came on 20 January 1996, when he scored twice for them in a 5–0 home league win over Leeds United. At Liverpool, <mask> was also part of the squad of the 1990s under Roy Evans, known infamously as the "Spice Boys", that included the likes of David James, Robbie Fowler, Jamie Redknapp, Jason McAteer, Steve McManaman and Stan Collymore, but left in 1998 when new coach Gérard Houllier joined. West Ham United
In July 1998, <mask> moved to West Ham United for a fee of £300,000 making his debut on 15 August 1998 in a 1–0 away win against Sheffield Wednesday.In October 1999 whilst playing for West Ham, <mask> was also involved in a bust-up with Arsenal's Patrick Vieira, with Vieira receiving a six-match ban and a £30,000 fine after spitting at <mask> after some verbal sparring between the two. In 56 games for West Ham, he scored three goals, was booked 14 times and sent-off once, in December 1998, in a 4–0 away defeat to Leeds United, for a dangerous tackle on Harry Kewell. The Hammers finished fifth in the Premier League that season – their highest finish for 13 years – and qualified for the UEFA Cup to end a 19-year absence from European competitions. Swindon Town
In 2000, <mask> moved to Crystal Palace on a free transfer, spending one season there before signing for Division Two side Swindon Town. He scored twice for Swindon, with goals against Colchester in the league and Hartlepool in the FA Cup. Relations turned sour when <mask> refused to quit after being advised to do so by a specialist; during a period of time where the club was in serious financial difficulties. The club responded by appointing Steve Coppell as assistant manager and taking <mask>'s coaching duties away.The board eventually stopped paying <mask>'s wages in an attempt to drive him out. He took the club to an employment tribunal and in December 2002, received £57,000, representing money lost in wages and loyalty payments, with an agreement to terminate his contract as player/coach. He was also accused by Crystal Palace chairman, Simon Jordan in November 2005, of "taking the team out and getting them wasted when we were fighting relegation". Wellingborough Whitworth
In January 2015, <mask> came out of retirement at the age of 46 years, to sign for United Counties League side Wellingborough Whitworth. Coaching career
In August 2018, <mask> joined the coaching team of Essex Senior League side Enfield. In June 2020 he became a club director. International career
<mask> won four caps for the England Under-21 squad and one in 1994 for England B when he captained the team against Ireland B at Anfield.On 16 November 1994, he won his only senior cap for England, playing in a friendly against Nigeria when Terry Venables was the national team's coach. Honours
Southampton
 Full Members Cup runners-up: 1992

Liverpool
 Football League Cup: 1994–95

West Ham United
 UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998–99

Television career
In 2004, he appeared on the third series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. He exploited this by recording a charity single, a version of "Jungle Rock", with fellow contestants Lord Brocket, Peter Andre and Mike Read, performing as the Jungle Boys. In 2006, he was involved in the television programme Razor <mask>'s Pass & Move Soccer School where children released by academies were coached by <mask>. In 2006, <mask> helped produce Football Saved My Life a reality sports TV show for Bravo which attempted to change the lives of 15 dysfunctional men through their involvement with football. In November 2011, he appeared in James May's Man Lab on BBC Two, coaching James May on how to score a penalty kick in front of 20,000 Germans at Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen. James May missed the penalty.He appeared again in April 2013 as a member of the Manlab team representing China at the Rock, Paper, Scissors world championships. In 2019 <mask> appeared on BBC's Celebrity Masterchef Series 14 where he reached the final three. Personal life
<mask> was given the nickname "Razor" by teammates after they claimed to have seen the unrelated boxer <mask> billed as "Razor <mask>" in a boxing match at White Hart Lane; however, <mask> never boxed at White Hart Lane during his career. In 2011, <mask> declared bankruptcy. On 25 September 2014, he was featured in an episode of the Channel 5 programme Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! where he was approached by High Court enforcement agents who were seeking to collect an alleged unpaid bill to a dog kennel of £3,000.During the encounter, <mask>'s wife used expletives while throwing water on the enforcement agents. In 2020, <mask> confirmed that he had been fitted with a pacemaker. Career statistics

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References

External links
 Liverpool FC profile
 LFCHistory.net profile

England profile

1968 births
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<mask> (4 October 1906, Antwerp, Belgium – 12 June 1977, Thonon, France) was a Belgian-born South African artist and art teacher who achieved national and international recognition in his lifetime. Life

<mask> was born 1906, in Antwerp, Belgium, the seventh of eleven children, of whom only eight survived infancy. The family was French-speaking despite its Flemish roots; his mother's maiden name was De Ridder. He studied art at the Brussels Academy in 1924 under James Ensor, but halted his studies in 1925 for lack of funding, first working in a stained glass studio, then designing wallpaper – both of which experiences are actively reflected in many of his works. He also worked as a freelance cartoonist, but painted all the while. In 1933 he studied briefly under Henri Matisse in France (see Anecdotes), having met him by chance in an artist's supply shop in Cagnes, France. Thereafter he continued to paint and study full-time thanks to the sponsorship of his elder brother, Joseph Charles, and a group of friends.His break came in July 1939 when he won a scholarship in a competition organised by the Belgian Government, who commissioned him to undertake a painting expedition to the Belgian Congo. His travels and experiences there influenced him profoundly, and the visions and emotions of that period echoed through his work for the rest of his life. In 1940 his wife Lucette (née Josz, 1908–1997) and son Ludovic (1935 – ) fled German occupation of Belgium and joined him in the Congo. Lucette could not cope with tropical conditions and they moved to the relatively milder climate of the South African Cape rather than return to war-torn Europe. Early days in South Africa were difficult, and on occasion <mask>che traded paintings and drawings for food and other essentials. But he soon became a prominent member of the South African art community, exhibiting locally and later in Europe as well. As an active member of The New Group he contributed strongly to contemporary art in South Africa.He had a solid knowledge of both modern art trends and the history of European painting which he imparted in his role as teacher, a profession he regarded as equally important as creating. He taught at the Technical Art School from 1943 to 1945. In 1948 he founded the Continental School of Art in Cape Town, leaving in 1951 to become a lecturer at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. He was appointed Professor of Fine Art in 1962 (see Anecdotes) and his success as a teacher is attested to by the number of his former pupils who have become prominent artists themselves. <mask> retired from academia in 1971, but continued to paint prolifically, despite poor health, including several heart attacks. He travelled in Europe and eventually settled near Thonon, France, at his wife's behest. His health continued to deteriorate, and he could not travel to attend his own retrospective exhibition in Cape Town in 1974.He missed Africa terribly, painting African scenes while searching in vain for local inspiration. His new themes included hippies and musicians, but he destroyed much of this work. His European landscapes from this period are dark and depressed, in stark contrast to the vibrant African scenes that flowed nonetheless. His oils continued to sell well in South Africa, and his reputation grew. He succumbed to a heart attack in June 1977 following a fall, and poor medical care. 1971 Departed for Europe; settled in Thonon-les-Bains, France. 1972 Awarded the title Officer of Order of Leopold II by King Baudouin of Belgium.1974 Unable to attend Prestige Retrospective Exhibition of his work, South African National Art Gallery and Pretoria Art Museum
 1977 Deceased 12 June, Thonon, France. Art

<mask>'s work exhibits contrasting influences, both artistic and environmental. From delicate renditions of the diffused tones of Flanders, to powerful depictions of Africa's landscapes, people and light, <mask> conveys unmistakable moods and a realism that is both beautifully poetic and strikingly honest. "There must be blood in my painting... I must remain human at all costs," he wrote to his friend Baron Robert d'Huart in 1961. Education

 1924 Brussels Academy under James Ensor. 1933 Lessons with Henri Matisse, Paris, France.Awards

 1930 Silver medal, International Exhibition, Antwerp
 1951 Chevalier de Leopold II, King Baudouin of Belgium (Knighthood)
 1966 Medal of Honour, South African Academy for Science and Art
 1972 Officer of Order of Leopold II, King Baudouin of Belgium

Anecdotes

Relationship with Henri Matisse: <mask> <mask> met Henri Matisse when buying paint in an artists' supply shop in 1933 in Cagnes, in the south of France. <mask> had just purchased the last tube of Lemon Yellow when Matisse entered the store and asked the clerk for the same article. On recognising the famous man, <mask> offered him the tube of paint. Matisse declined, but touched by the gesture invited <mask> to visit his studio. They formed a strong friendship and Matisse coached the young artist while in Cagnes, and later again in Paris. Resemblance to Le Corbusier: On his visits to Paris before and after the war, <mask>che frequented many well-known contemporary artists and architects of the time. Due to some similarities in appearance, and especially the style of glasses both men wore, he was often mistaken for Le Corbusier, much to his delight and amusement.It is unknown whether the two ever met. As Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town <mask> shared the position of Dean of Art and Architecture on an annual rotating basis with William Leonard Thornton WHITE, referred to by colleagues and friends as Thornton-White, until Thornton-White's death in 1965. Direct descendant of Peter Paul Rubens: In the book on <mask> <mask> by Carl Büchner, published by Tafelberg in 1967, Büchner mentions <mask>'s direct descendance from the flemish grand master, a claim originating from and sustained by <mask> himself. While there is no reason to doubt <mask>'s good faith, the basis for the claim is unknown and direct descendance has not been researched or proven to date. Exhibitions

 1927 First one-man exhibition, Brussels. 1930 and 1935 La Jeune Peinture Belge, Brussels and Paris. 1937 Ghent Salon.1939 One-man art exhibitions, Elizabethville, Leopoldville. 1941 First South African one-man art exhibition, Cape Town. 1948 Overseas Exhibition of South African Art, Tate Gallery. 1948 to 1952 Exhibitions of International Art Club, South Africa. 1950 Venice Bienalle. 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercent Exhibition, Cape Town; Venice Bienalle. 1953 Rhodes Centenary Exhibition, Bulawayo.1954 Venice Bienalle. 1956 First Quad of South African Art. 1957 São Paulo Bienalle. 1960 Second Quad of South African Art. 1961 São Paulo Bienalle. 1963 São Paulo Bienalle. 1965 São Paulo Bienalle.1966 Republic Fest Exhibition, Pretoria. 1969 Group Exhibition, 'Le Petit Palais', Geneva. 1971 Republic Fest Exhibition. 1974/5 Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, South African National Art Gallery and Pretoria Art Museum. Public Collections
South African National Art Gallery; Johannesburg Art Gallery; Pretoria Art museum; Durban Art Gallery; William Humphreys Art Gallery; AC White Gallery, Bloemfontein; Hester Rupert Museum; Rembrandt Foundation; King George VI Gallery; University of Wits Art Gallery, UNISA. Bibliography
 van Essche, by Carl Buchner, 1967, Tafelberg, Cape Town, South Africa
 Art & Artists of South Africa by E. Berman, 1994, Southern Book Publishers

External links
 The New Group
 The Michaelis School of Fine Art
 Thornton-White

References

South African artists
1906 births
1977 deaths
White South African people
Belgian expatriates in South Africa
Belgian magazine founders

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<mask> (born 1952) is an American playwright, actor, theatrical director and author. She has written nine books on lesbian theater and sixty-five plays, musicals, and one-woman shows. A lesbian feminist, her work emphasizes non-traditional roles for women and lesbian characters. Early life
<mask> earned a masters in theater arts from Portland State University. <mask>'s best known work is The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, a one-woman play about the historical figure Joan of Arc. It has been translated into Portuguese, French, Italian, Bulgarian, and Mandarin and achieved first-class production in Brazil, starring Christiane Torloni. The script was published in The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Selected Plays, an anthology of <mask>'s historical plays.The anthology was named the national winner of the 2008 Lambda Literary Award in Drama. Other notable work includes Ugly Ducklings, which was nominated by the American Theatre Critics Association for the prestigious ATCA/ Steinberg New Play Award, an award with given annually for the best new play produced outside New York. It won a 2004 Lesbian Theatre Award from Curve magazine, and a $150,000 documentary on the play premiered in 2005 at the Frameline International Film Festival in San Francisco. In 2004, The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women was named national finalist for the Jane Chambers Award given by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist was presented at Actors Theatre of Louisville in the Juneteenth Festival of African American plays. It was a national winner of the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, and is included in Random House's anthology Under 30: Plays for a New Generation. In addition to creative works, <mask> has published a manual on lesbian theater production, Take Stage!How to Direct and Produce a Lesbian Play, which was published by Scarecrow Press. <mask> also wrote Monologues and Scenes for Lesbian Actors. The author of numerous feminist essays, <mask> was named contributing editor to the national feminist quarterly On The Issues and has published in the journals Trivia, Sinister Wisdom, Lesbian Ethics, and off our backs, as well as The Lesbian Review of Books, The Gay and Lesbian Review, and Lambda Book Report. Other publications include The Michigan Quarterly Review and Dramatists Guild Quarterly. <mask> served as a guest lecturer at Bates College from 1998 to 1999. The University of Oregon archive acquired her personal papers in 2004. In December 2014, <mask> was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award given by Venus Theatre, founded by Deborah Randall in Laurel, Maryland.During the ceremony also celebrating the theatre's 50th production, she revived the memories of actresses, playwrights and directors Eva Le Gallienne, Henrietta Vinton Davis and Minnie Maddern Fiske who faced tremendous opposition to their work from the cultural establishment of their time. The American activist and playwright John Stoltenberg, lifelong companion of radical feminist Andrea Dworkin, said about <mask>'s acceptance speech:Her acceptance speech, which she spoke off-the-cuff from notes, had a profound effect on the audience, because in it she described real and raw truths about what it means to work in theater as a woman.In 2018, <mask> was interviewed for an investigation about how invisible disabilities tend to be hidden by creative professionals in the American show business in order not to experience discrimination, having herself concealed for years her myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, she suffered from since 1988. Works

Books
 The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Selected Plays (2008)
 Nine Short Plays (2008)
 Starting from Zero: One-Act Plays About Lesbians in Love
 The Spindle and Other Lesbian Fairy Tales (2010)
 Take Stage! Teacher (one-act play)
 The Pele Chant (one-act play)
 The Poorly-Written Play Festival (one-act play)
 Radicals (one-act play)
 The Rules of the Playground (one-act play)
 Sappho in Love (full-length play)
 The Second Coming of Joan of Arc (one-woman show)
 Souvenirs of Eden (one-act play)
 The Spindle (full-length play)
 Stigmata (full-length play)
 Thanatron (full-length play)
 Ugly Ducklings (full-length play)
 Valerie Solanas at Matteawan (one-act play)
 Women on the Land (musical)

Awards
 2014 Featured Playwright, 53rd World Theater Day sponsored by UNESCO, Rome, Italy. 2014 Hewnoaks Residency, Maine.

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title: Richard H. Leigh

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Admiral <mask> (August 12, 1870 – February 4, 1946) was a United States Navy officer who served during the late 19th and early 20th century. His service included active duty in the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, American Intervention in China, World War I, as well as numerous smaller actions in South America. His service during World War I led to the further development of hydrophone technology to hunt submarines. Following World War I <mask> rose to the rank of  four-star admiral and served as Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet (COMBATFOR) from 1931 to 1932 and as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (CINCUS) from 1932 to 1933. Service history

1891–1898
On June 6, 1891, <mask><mask> received his first assignment and was ordered to the protected cruiser . Though this assignment was still considered part of his training at the United States Naval Academy, from which he had only recently graduated, it proved to be his first experience with the functions of the Navy on the seas as well as on land. At the time Chicago was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron under Admiral John G. Walker as the squadron's flagship.During his service on Chicago <mask> patrolled Atlantic waters from Maine to the West Indies, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. On 11 April <mask> was ordered off Chicago and ordered to return to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland for final examination. On July 1 <mask> was bestowed the rank of ensign, number 186 on the active list. <mask> was subsequently ordered to , part of the South Atlantic Squadron. New York was soon dispatched to patrol the South Atlantic and to protect American interests in Brazil following the 1893 Brazilian Naval Mutiny. During his time on New York <mask> lamented at the ports and nations visited. He described the ports as "desolate revolution-ridden places."During his time on New York <mask> visited Rio de Janeiro, Colón, various Caribbean islands, and Bluefields, Nicaragua. New York was dispatched to many of these locations to protect American interests during uprisings across South and Central America in 1893. From New York <mask> was briefly transferred to  before being assigned to his first division officer station aboard the gunboat . His service on Bennington marked his first of many tours in the Pacific. On March 1, 1895, <mask> was ordered to his first of many scientific posts of his career. Aboard , a Department of Fisheries vessel, <mask> conducted deep sea fishing and other oceanographic experiments in the Bering Sea and North Pacific. Albatross traveled extensively across the North Pacific, visiting most of the Aleutian Islands, Japan, Russia, and the Kingdom of Hawaii.After his scientific cruise with Albatross <mask> was assigned to the Naval Academy as a gunnery instructor. During this time <mask> found teaching agreeable, but the outbreak of the Spanish–American War would bring an end to his academic teaching for the time being. Spanish–American War

<mask> saw his first war sea patrol aboard the schooner  for collier duties under command of Commander George E. Ide. Justin performed collier and resupply duties around Chesapeake Bay before sailing for Cuba on June 2. However, before Justin was dispatched to the Caribbean <mask> was reassigned to the yacht  for port protection duties in New York Harbor under command of Lieutenant William Kilburn. Aileen was charged with maintaining the minefields protecting New York. <mask> recalled that while this was not particularly exciting, he found it strenuous.After a month of duty in New York Harbor <mask> was transferred to the Caribbean aboard . While Princeton did patrol off the coast of Mexico and Central America. The patrol lasted until the end of hostilities without firing a shot in anger or intercepting a single enemy vessel. With the Caribbean no longer experiencing active hostilities, Princeton was reassigned to the Asiatic Fleet and completed a redeployment through the Suez Canal, across the Indian Ocean to Manila. Once in Manila Princeton once again redeployed, this time to China to service a cruise for the American Minister in Peking, Edwin H. Conger, completing a tour of coastal China. Philippine–American War and Boxer Rebellion

At the start of the Philippine–American War <mask> was transferred to the captured Spanish gunboat Pampanga. Here <mask> experienced his first hostile action of his career.Pampanga acted in support of the United States Army providing resupply, naval fire support, and blockade duties in Lingayen Bay and Luzon. In one incident, Pampanga came under fire near San Jose de Buena Ventura receiving more than one hundred hits from small arms fire in a little under an hour. In March 1900 <mask> joined  in its relief of international forces during the Boxer Rebellion. After the end of the Boxer Rebellion, Oregon was put into reserve status. <mask> was transferred to  for the month of March before returning to Oregon to join the ship for her return voyage to the United States. 1901–1917

<mask> returned to teaching at the Naval Academy, becoming a mathematics instructor for both plebes and older students. After one year of teaching <mask> became an instructor on USS Chesapeake, a ship used for training midshipmen at the Naval Academy.In 1903 <mask> was assigned to the newly commissioned  as navigator before being replaced by a higher seniority lieutenant <mask> was quickly reassigned to the protected cruiser  again as a navigator. Des Moines sailed extensively in the North Atlantic, patrolling from the North Sea to the West Indies. At the behest of Admiral Bradford, <mask> was appointed as the navigator for Bradford's flagship, USS Minneapolis. <mask> completed Minneapolis final cruise before being decommissioned. Again <mask> found himself in a teaching position, this time at the New York Naval Yards School of Electrical Engineering. In 1908 <mask> requested a transfer to be put in charge of the Navy's Nautical School and commander of the schoolship . He was denied and returned to sea service aboard .Washington made several cruises along the Pacific coast of South America before returning for refitting at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Navy Yard in 1911. <mask> returned to shore duty, this time at the Secretary of the Navy's Office in Washington D.C. Again <mask> petitioned for a sea command, though this time he request was granted. In 1913 <mask> was granted his first sea command, the cruiser . After Galveston finished her outfitting in the Puget Sound Naval Yard she was ordered to join the Asiatic Fleet. <mask> transitioned well to his new role as captain of USS Galveston, receiving commendations from Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Upon inspection by Admiral Winterhalter Gavelston and her crew were found to be excellent and fit for any duty with few exceptions. Gunnery on Galveston was particularly impressive under <mask>, winning the Naval Gunnery Trophy every year under <mask>'s command.This would prove to be <mask>'s final sea command until the end of World War I as he was transferred to the Bureau of Steam Engineering effective September 1915. World War I

With the American entrance into World War I in 1917 naval assets were deployed to European waters under Admiral Sims to counter German submarine raiders and surface threats. <mask> was sent along with several experimental listening devices, "K-tubes" and "c-tubes", designed to detect submarines. The United States Navy gave <mask> command over the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th submarine chaser squadrons and charged with training then deploying the squadrons against German submarine raiders. In order to conduct his tests the British Admiralty loaned <mask> three British trawlers as well as a P-boat, an auxiliary sub-hunter meant to externally resemble a submarine. Though <mask> only conducted his tests for ten days in the English Channel his results were resounding. Not only did he show that the American listening devices were superior to anything employed by European navies, but that submarines could be located and hunted by hydrophones.British Naval engineers had been working with this problem since the beginnings of the war, yet <mask> proved the concept practical and revolutionized anti-submarine warfare. <mask>'s success in the Atlantic motivated Admiral Sims to direct <mask> to establish an American naval base in the Mediterranean to operate submarine chaser squadrons. <mask> selected Govino Bay on Corfu for this task. A second base was constructed in Plymouth, and another in Queenstown. By the end of the war 142 American submarine chasers were operating out of these bases. <mask>'s work with submarine chasers and development of anti-submarine warfare instrumentation and tactics was instrumental not only in the defeat of German on the seas, but in the advancement of anti-submarine warfare while in its infancy. Later career

After the war <mask> was retained by Sims for his chief of staff until the withdrawal of the United States Navy in Europe in the Spring of 1919.For his help in defense of the United Kingdom, King George V made <mask> a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He also received Order of Leopold by the King Albert I of Belgium. The Navy Department decorated <mask> with Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Upon returning to the United States in March 1919, <mask> was ordered to Washington, D.C., where he was appointed Assistant Chief, Bureau of Navigation under Rear admiral Victor Blue. Due to the illness of admiral Blue, <mask> served as acting chief for five months before Rear admiral Thomas Washington arrived to take command. He then served at the Bureau of Navigation until June 1920, when he was given a command of newly commissioned dreadnought battleship USS Tennessee at Brooklyn Navy Yard. <mask> commanded the ship during the sea trials in Long Island Sound, which lasted from October 15 to 23, 1920.Tennessee under his command also won trophy for efficiency in naval gunnery. <mask> returned to the Bureau of Navigation in June 1922 and served again as Assistant Chief until July 1924, when he was ordered for instruction to the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated in June 1925 and was appointed Chief of Staff of the United States Fleet under Admiral Charles F<mask>. For his new billet, <mask> was promoted to the rank of Rear admiral on June 4, 1925. He was ordered to Washington, D.C. in February 1927 and appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, the office where he served two times before. <mask> was now principally responsible for the personnel management of the United States Navy. He served in this capacity until May 1930, when was appointed Commander, Battleship, Battle Force.<mask> was promoted to the temporary rank of four-star Admiral on September 15, 1931 and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Battle Force stationed on Hawaii. After one year in this assignment, <mask> assumed command of United States Fleet, which combined the U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet under one command. Admiral <mask> quickly responded when a major earthquake struck Long Beach, California and surrounding areas on Oct. 10, 1933. He provided assistance to the city from US Naval vessels stationed in Long Beach harbor. Tents, food, doctors and medical supplies were delivered to neighborhoods struck by the temblor. By the next morning 2,000 sailors of the Pacific Fleet patrolled the streets, providing security and offering aid to stricken civilians. Civilian-military relations greatly improved as a result of Adm. <mask>'s actions.In June 1933, <mask> assumed his final duty as Chairman, Navy General Board, an advisory body of the United States Navy. He retired from the Navy with his permanent rank of Rear admiral on September 1, 1934 after 43 years of active service. <mask> was seriously ill with the arthritis before the outbreak of the World War II and was not recalled for active duty. The University of Southern California in Los Angeles awarded made <mask> made an honorary Doctor of Science in June 1933. <mask> was also active in the American Legion. Admiral <mask> died on February 4, 1946, aged 75, in Long Beach, California and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. He was posthumously promoted to the highest rank he held, Admiral.Decorations

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See also
United States Fleet

References

Further reading
 Florida State University's Digital Library maintains a large collection of <mask><mask>'s personal papers, including orders, commendations, and letters from his service in the United States Navy. 1870 births
1946 deaths
People from Batesville, Mississippi
United States Navy admirals
United States Naval Academy alumni
American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
American military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion
United States Navy personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery

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<mask> (née Drossin; born February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She was a holder of American records in the marathon (2006-2022) and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is also an eight-time national champion in cross country. Early and personal life
Kastor is Jewish, and was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. She is an alumna of Agoura High School located in Agoura Hills, California. She ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas.She is married to <mask>. In August 2010, they announced that she was three months pregnant with their first child, Piper. As a result, she announced she would not compete in that year's New York City Marathon, held November 7. Her daughter was born in February 2011. Career highlights
In high school, Kastor won three California state cross country titles and two CIF California State Meet titles at 3200 meters while running for Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California. She also competed in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships all four years of her prep career, and competed in both the North American Youth Maccabi Games and the Pan-American Maccabiah while in high school. At the University of Arkansas she was a four-time SEC champion and an eight-time All-American.Post-collegiately, Kastor ran under coaches Joe Vigil and Terrence Mahon. Since 2015, she has been coached by her husband, <mask>, head of the Mammoth Track Club. Kastor has earned two silver medals (2002 Dublin, long race; 2003 Lausanne, long race) in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She holds U.S. records in the following events:

 Women's road 10 mile (set at the 2006 Berlin Half Marathon with a time of 51:31)
 Women's road 15K (set at the 2003 Gate River Run in Jacksonville with a time of 47:15)
 Women's road 8K (set at the 2005 The LaSalle Bank Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago with a time of 24:36)

Kastor formerly held the following records:
 Women's marathon (set when winning the 2006 Flora London Marathon with a time of 2:19:36)
 Women's half marathon (set at the 2006 Berlin Half Marathon with a time of 1:07:34)
 Women's 10,000 metres (set at Stanford in 2002 with a time of 30:50.32)
 Women's road 5K (set at the 2002 Carlsbad 5000 with a time of 14:54)

In recent years, Kastor has shifted her focus toward the marathon distance. After winning the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Marathon, she won the 2005 Chicago Marathon. In 2006, she won the London Marathon, setting an American record until Keira d'Amato broke record on 16 January 2022 (Houston Marathon) taking 24 second off (2:19:12). She placed sixth at the 2006 New York City Marathon and fifth at the 2007 Boston Marathon.Kastor is a featured subject in the 2007 marathon documentary Spirit of the Marathon, which follows her victory at the 2005 Chicago Marathon. 2008
In April 2008, Kastor won the U.S. women's Olympic marathon trials in Boston, Massachusetts. She finished with an unofficial time of 2:29:35, after overtaking competitor Magdalena Lewy Boulet in mile 23. Kastor ran most of the race from behind, while Lewy Boulet built a commanding lead very early on, running alone for most of the marathon. With some  to go, Kastor made a move to catch up to Lewy Boulet, stringing out the field. Lewy Boulet took second place in 2:30:19. In August 2008, Kastor pulled out of the women's marathon at the Beijing Olympics with a foot injury.At about the  mark, she dropped to one knee, holding her right foot. She attempted to rise, but dropped back down again and was forced to withdraw from the race. 2010

On March 21, 2010, Kastor competed in the first spring running of the New York City Half Marathon. After running the majority of the race in first, on her way to breaking the course record, she dropped to second place to finish behind Great Britain's Mara Yamauchi. It was announced in August 2010 that <mask> and her husband were expecting their first child, Piper Bloom, in March 2011. It was also announced that <mask> would be making her return to racing at the New York Mini 10K. 2012
In January 2012, <mask> ran 2:30:40 to place 6th at the Olympic Squad Houston Olympic Trials.2013

In January 2013, Kastor announced she would be running in the 2013 Los Angeles Marathon, to be held on March 17, 2013 where she finished third in 2:32:39. On August 10, 2013, Kastor placed 9th at the World Championship Marathon in Moscow with a time of 2:36. She stated that it may have been her last high-level marathon. 2014

In April 2014, the 41-year-old Kastor won the 2014 More|Fitness Half-Marathon in New York's Central Park in a U.S. masters record of 1:11:38. On September 21, 2014, she set the world record in the Women's Masters division for the half-marathon, at 1:09:39, while running in the Rock 'n' Roll Half-Marathon in Philadelphia. 2015

In October 2015, she broke the U.S. Women's Masters marathon record by almost a minute at the 2015 Chicago Marathon, running 2:27:47. Awards and rankings
Kastor was selected as the top women's marathoner in the world in 2006 by Track and Field News magazine.Among the honors Kastor has received from the USATF are:

2003 Jesse Owens Award as the top female track and field athlete in the US
USATF Runner of the Year in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2008
C.C. Jackson Award in 2002, 2003 and 2004
USATF Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2003, and as a team member in 2002 when the US team finished second at the World Cross Country Championships 8 kilometer run

She was inducted into the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, and into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame on April 29, 2007. In 2003 she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Quotes

See also
List of select Jewish track and field athletes

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<mask> (22 October 1902 – 28 September 1974), known simply as <mask> among his admirers, and dubbed "<mask>" by the press, was a British boxer who competed from 1920 to 1933. He held the British Empire middleweight title, the first non-white boxer to hold a major title during the British colour bar era, de facto reigning from 20 February 1926 to 12 July 1926. He also held the Northern Area championships at middleweight and light-heavyweight, respectively. A strategic and intelligent boxer, <mask> was considered to be one of the best middleweights of his era. He was known for his exceptional boxing skill, using an educated left-hand, as well a slippery defence that made him difficult to hit, while leaving his features largely unmarked throughout his thirteen-year career. Additionally, <mask> possessed a very long reach and rather good height. <mask> was regarded as one of the greatest middleweight boxers of his generation in the years between the world wars.As an amateur, <mask> learnt the fundamentals of boxing in the boxing booths of Bill Moore and Bert Hughes. After turning professional later in 1920, he defeated current and former champions, including former world welterweight champion Ted "Kid" Lewis in 1925. Due to then Home Secretary Winston Churchill's decision in 1911 to support a colour bar, he was banned from competing at both the Royal Albert Hall and National Sporting Club. Additionally, the British Boxing Board of Control would not sanction a championship bout with <mask> for the Lonsdale Belt, due to their Rule 24, which stated that title contestants "[...] must have two white parents", though despite this he defeated Harry Collins in Australia for the middleweight championship of the British Empire in 1926. <mask> became famous in Britain for his impressive victories, defeating European and British middleweight champion Roland Todd in 1927. In the same year, he also defeated future middleweight champion <mask>, and rounded up the decade thrashing European middleweight champion Leone Jaccovacci in 1928 and European light-heavyweight champion Michele Bonaglia in 1929. <mask> was a major boxing figure of the mid-20th century Britain, and though he never held any titles, he was important activist in the labour movement in Manchester in the 1940s and 1950s.Following the Second World War, <mask> joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and was a key member until his death. He was a co-founder of the New International Club in Manchester, which provided a vehicle for black political and social self-organisation in the city and campaigning against racism at home and abroad, including organising a concert and a rally featuring his hero Paul Robeson in support of the Trenton Six, which were both attended by 10,000 people. He was instrumental in influencing the dissolving the British colour bar in 1947, wherein Dick Turpin became Britain's first Black boxing champion in 1948; the decolonisation of Africa taking place in the 1950s to 1970s, with Ghana becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to gain its independence from European powers, led by Kwame Nkrumah, a delegate alongside <mask> at the 5th Pan-African Congress; and the implementation of the Race Relations Act 1965, making racial discrimination in public places unlawful. Early life
Leonard Benker <mask> was born on 22 October 1902 in Clayton, Manchester, England, in the suburbs of Cottonopolis; he was the first child of Margaret (née Maher) and William Benker <mask>. He was born to an English mother of Irish descent and a Sierra Leone Creole father, making him mixed-race;  and had two brothers, Albert and William, who were professional boxers, and one sister, Doris. His mother, Margaret, a pinafore machinist, was born in north Manchester; she was of Irish descent, with both her parents from Ireland. <mask>'s maternal grandfather, William, was from Roscrea, County Tipperary.<mask> described his mother as "Irish and proud of it", and spoke of her vicious treatment, such as her being facially disfigured after a brutal racist street attack in which she was targeted for being the wife of a black man. <mask>'s father, William, served with the British Army during the First World War, and worked for Elder Dempster Lines; he was a merchant seaman, boxer, and mechanical engineer from Sierra Leone, who had settled in Manchester after marrying Margaret. Though William was a middleweight, he claimed the heavyweight championship of the North of England in 1903, by beating Jack Lamb, who weighed 196 lbs, in two-rounds at Stalybridge, Manchester. His earliest home was at 12 Barnabus Street in Clayton, with his family lodging with Sal Connell, and his wife. He stated that the Connell's were like parents to his mother and surrogate grandparents to him. The family left Manchester for Leeds, where his father established a travelling boxing booth. He attended Jack Lane School and the Cockburn schools in Leeds.However, the outbreak of World War I soon brought the family back to Manchester, which would eventually lead to a young <mask> leaving school to begin to work as a foundryman at Crossley. <mask> grew up in a multi-cultural childhood with fellow immigrants of Jewish, Irish, Italian, and Yemeni background. Despite the ethnic and racial diversity that could be found in Manchester during the early 1900s, the family experienced much hostility and violence, with <mask> recalling being called ‘nigger lips’ and ‘Sambo’ at secondary school. Amateur career
In 1904, his father, William, took him his first boxing booth, albeit at the age of two, where he was announced by his father as "<mask> the Youngest Boxer in the World". In 1921, at the age of 19, <mask> was involved in a scuffle with co-worker at Crossley before being separated by their respective fathers. Recognising some talent, his father, William, decided to enter him in some bouts at a hall on the heavily working-class Ashton Old Road. <mask> and his brothers were taken to Alhambra Amateur Boxing Club in Openshaw, Manchester, which was run by former fighter Jack Smith,  who <mask> had impressed.<mask> was fascinated by the sparring at Alhambra, in which he remarked "They didn't cover their faces when an opponent hit them in the eye, they snorted and went in to retaliate." It was during this period he met Bill Moore, who got him into his boxing booth and made <mask> work, where he eventually fought Moore's toughest fighter: Sam Minto. <mask> later spoke of his victory over Minto whilst remarking, "That's the first stage in a boxer finding: his confidence. So I have a great debt owing to [Moore]." A few weeks after his third and forth amateur losses, he was persuaded by friends to enter a competition at a boxing booth at Gorton Fair, run by Bert Hughes. Hughes was impressed and offered <mask> a job which lasted six months, during which time <mask> greatly improved his boxing skills and stamina. <mask> had little knowledge of how to box, though he trained as best he could; with his mother, Margaret, provided an old clothes line which he skipped with, and fashioning him a pair of boxing shorts.Professional career

Early years
On 17 April 1920, <mask> made his professional boxing debut at age 17, under the tutelage of Fred Hall. He suffered his first loss to Young Marshall at the Alhambra Theatre in Openshaw, Manchester, and subsequently a fourth-round knockout by Marshall in his second fight at the Free Trade Hall, a result which lead to <mask>'s eventual move to the booths of Bert Hughes. His third fight took place at the Alhambra Theatre  on 1 January 1921. His opponent was fellow local teenager Jerry Hogan, whom <mask> knocked out in the third-round, to which <mask> remarked "[Hogan] shoved his chin on to my hand and down he went for the count. I really had no idea how I knocked him out!" Although <mask> had started his professional career in 1920, he had fought in boxing booths before turning professional. <mask> used the boxing booths for practice and in particular the booths of Bill Moore, with whom <mask> had nine fights for and won seven of them in Manchester, including that of hotly tipped Eddie Pearson on 31 January 1922, winning by a second-round stoppage.These early fights were not without trials, as <mask> had lost seven additional fights by way of points-decision, including his first fight abroad which was a points defeat by Frithjof Hansen in Copenhagen, Denmark. After the Hansen loss, <mask> returned to England and knocked Horace Jackson in the fourth-round at Drill Hall, Middlesbrough on 18 December, though he later suffered a close points-decision loss to Charlie Smith. From 9 February 1923, he remained undefeated with several encounters with Lonz Webster, Billy Pritchard, and Ned Dixon, until he suffered a loss to Kid Moose on 30 June. On 6 July 1923, at the Scottish Boxing Stadium, <mask> faced ex-Seaman, Jimmy Cox, in which from the first bell the pace was keen, with the decision eventually going to <mask>, who was the cleverer man, though lost another points-decision to Kid Moose shortly after. <mask> then had seven more fights in the space of three months, defeating Percy Calladine, Bobby Lees, the Irish welterweight champion Pat McAllister, Ernie McCabe, Johnny Bee, Lonz Webster, and Tom Plant all before rematching Johnny Bee. On 17 December 1923, with Albert Rogers barred by medical decree from meeting <mask>, Johnny Bee was called upon to oppose him at the Ring at catchweight, which resulted <mask> losing to Bee via points-decision. On 7 January 1924, after defeating Bill Bates, Albert Brown, and Harry Lem, he avenged one of his previous losses as he defeated Kid Moose, at the Olympia, Middlesbrough.Several days later, on 12 January, <mask> took on Herman van 't Hof, though suffering his first knockout loss in four years when van 't Hof floored twice with rights to the jaw in the eighth-round;  the bell saved <mask> as he went down for a third time, which resulted in one of his seconds pulling him out. On 14 January, <mask> returned to form in his points victory over former Midlands welterweight champion Jim Slater, and almost knocked him out later in the thirteenth-round. He then suffered three narrow decision losses: firstly to Billy Pritchard on 29 January, and again on 7 February, where he lost controversially on points to Canadian Kid Moose at the Liverpool Stadium at catchweight, despite nearly every punch he delivered finding Moose. His third loss of that time was a points loss to Billy Farmer, which reportedly lead to <mask> furiously entering Farmer's changing-room, after the bout, to say: "You beat me? Wat will my father say?". He then had six more fights in the space of one month, defeating Jimmy McDonald (1-3-0), Charlie Woodman (1-12-0), Lonz Webster (4-8-1), Joe Bloomfield (26-6-4), Bert Brown (0-1-1), and former BUI Irish welterweight champion Pat McAllister (68-57-32) by 30 March. On 24 April 1924, <mask> boxed fifteen rounds at Premierland against future Flanders middleweight champion Ernest Tyncke, and was awarded a points-decision by referee Charles Barnett.He returned to the ring, on 11 May, to face Ted Coveney at the National Sporting Club, Leeds, which resulted in <mask> securing another points-decision. On 12 June, <mask> deputised Billy Mattick at short notice to face former European welterweight champion Billy Mack (30-8-4) at Liverpool Stadium, where he suffered a decision loss when referee Tom Gamble awarded the fight to Mack. Mack was at a disadvantage in height and reach, and in the opening rounds he had to spring at his man to get home a head punch. <mask> boxed in a cool and clever style, using his straight left to the face in disconcerting fashion. About the middle round, <mask> was holding the lead, but thenceforward the honours went in Mack's favour. After his points loss to Mack, <mask> returned to defeat Jack Phoenix at Croke Park, Dublin on 21 June. On 26 June 1924, <mask> met Herman van 't Hof for the second time over fifteen rounds at 160 pounds at Premierland, Whitechapel, wherein he lost controversially via a points decision awarded by referee Moss Deyong.<mask> suffered as the result of a poor verdict, as he outpointed Hof for ten of the fifteen rounds. On 14 July, <mask> returned to the ring to face Johnny Brown of Hamilton (25-2-1) at catchweight at the Scottish Stadium, Govan. The contest was scheduled for fifteen rounds, and eventually they came together for a rally at close quarters, Brown forcing <mask> on to the ropes, and then finding the latter's chin uncovered he hooked him with a right, and <mask> dropped to the floor. <mask> seemed very distressed, and when the eight had been counted the bell went for the end of the round. <mask> was carried to his corner and before the interval had expired the towel came in from his corner, Brown thus winning via a referee-technical decision. <mask> returned on 7 August to secure a controversial draw against Frank Burns awarded by referee Moss Deyong, although he won every round by a large margin. In addition, too, he had Burns almost out in round-fifteen, although it must be said he once hit him low.Burns fought an uphill fight with atmost gameness but was never clever enough. On 19 August, he followed the draw with a questionable points-decision loss against European welterweight champion Piet Hobin in Rubenspaleis, Belgium, and a lost decision to Frank Fowler at the Festival Concert Rooms on 29 September. It was confirmed that <mask> would rematch Ted Coveney on 1 November, where <mask> was awarded the points-decision at the Holmeside Stadium. After the Coveney rematch, an accident sustained while driving prevented middleweight Fred Davies meeting Tommy Moran over fifteen-rounds on 11 November. However, <mask> deputised Moran and enjoyed all the advantages physically against Moran, and knocked him out in the fourth-round. A few days later, on 15 November, he secured a disqualifaction-victory against welterweight Pat Logue, as <mask> was hit low in the second-round, and this occurred once again in the third-round, which resulted in the referee disqualifying Logue. He then had three more fights in the space of December, defeating Pat McAllister, Johnny Bee, though only to be disqualified in the seventh-round for an accidental low blow against Billy Cook, despite knocking Cook down four times prior.After the disqualification loss, in January 1925, <mask> recovered with a fifth-round knockout of Ernie Millson, who was deputised over Marine Bill Trinder, and a points-decision over former Australian middleweight champion Charlie Ring in the following month. Rising up the ranks

<mask> vs Todd I
By 7 February, contracts had been signed for <mask> to meet former European middleweight champion Roland Todd (78-9-3) at King's Hall, Manchester for twenty-rounds. At the weigh-in, <mask>, 22 at the time of the fight, was inside the stipulated weight limit of 158 pounds; though Todd, 25, was slightly above 160 pounds. At that point in time, the crowd of 7,000 that attended was the largest crowd that had ever attended a boxing match in Manchester. Todd was beaten for the first time in England since his return from America, when <mask> gained the verdict on points, awarded by referee Joe Palmer on 23 February. Despite Todd being the current British and Commonwealth middleweight champion, the titles were not at stake for <mask> as the contest was at catchweight, and the National Sporting Club did not consider <mask> to be an Englishman. It was a battle of defences, in which the champion is a past master, but <mask> was very little behind his rival in this respect; in fact, Todd was sometime before he showed his old-time skill.<mask> used his feet well and jumped in to score points to the head and body. In the third-round, Todd cleverly avoided <mask> and sent a couple of stiff-rights to the chin. In round-ten, Todd seemed to have gained a lead, though <mask> stood up to his work and displayed capital defensive tactics and made things awkward for Todd, who was cautioned in round-eleven. <mask> used his left-hand cleverly and brought blood from Todd, whose lead was wiped off. <mask> had a narrow escape in the fifteenth-round, when Todd clipped him won the chin and send him reeling, to which Todd forced matters. The last two-rounds went to <mask>, who met and exchanged with Todd in the centre of the ring. The verdict of referee, Palmer, had caused considerable surprise as no one believed that reigning British and Commonwealth champion could possibly lose to <mask>,

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