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Show M'ALLiSTER I COMING PUG Young Athlete Exciting 1 Oylmpic Club as New White Hope I (By W W. Naughton.l J San Francisco, Feb. 2G. The Olym- i pie Athletic clul of San Francisco,) which was the alma mater of such , I world famous boxers as Jim Corbett I and .Mmmv Hrlti. Is now somewhat ' excited over the fart that it has pro- I! d.iced another ring man who in likely to make as bis a splurge U the pro-fantonal pro-fantonal pool as his illustrious pre-i pre-i dereForp. Bob McAllister Is the youths name and he has already distinguish-!! himself to the extent of winning the Pacific coait championships In the yr- middle and light heavyweight dnl- slons. He falrh tall, with sloping shoulders, shoul-ders, and has not yet turned the 20-yenr 20-yenr mark Some of the clubmen ihlr. k he bears considerable resemblance resem-blance to the Jim Corbett of twenty years ago, but to the writer he brings thoughts of toy ChoyinakI, when ;h' litter was a cub heavyweight McAllister's last engagement was with Ta(j Darb shire, amateur hay-vei-ht champion of the northwest, v. ho was brought here from Portland,1 Ore , by Tom Tracev to compete in a rtournv at the Olvmple club, The things McAllister did to Darbv-I I shire were outrageous The northerner, north-erner, although he had accounted for I eve ry thing of heavyweight dimension in his own bailiwick, was as putty In the hands of the Olympic crack The affair was so wonderfully one-sided that Tracey scrambled up the plat -fr.rm stolrs after a few rounds and acknowledged defeat for his man Now McAllister has the professional profession-al bee buzzing in bis bonnet. Tho jfeliOWl who want to make a Journey -j man fighter of htm have pointed out I to him that there are no new worlds to conquer in the amateur line. Thoy 'hat impressed upon him that various experts have pronounced him a better bet-ter man than anv of the middles orj light heavies boxing for a living today and they have urged upon him that ho! is neglecting his own imprests by hesitating about embarking in a business bus-iness which promises such good rewards While poor Bob was in the throes (of indecision Jim Corbett came to town. The Olympics promptly arranged ar-ranged an exhibition spar between McAllister and one Joe Henick and 'inited Corbett to attend. Of course, the idei was to have Corbett pass upon McAllisters merits The test took place and Corbett was genuinely enthusiastic over McAllister's McAllis-ter's work At the same time Jim 'checked the ardor of the Olympians to some extent b pointing out the weak points in their latest idol. He Instanced In-stanced that McAllister ke-ps his' head too erect while leading to his ' adversary "It he becomes a professional and fjtls to correct this habit It will get I him Into trouble.'' said Jim 1 o matter how he may be aide to beat his opponent to the punch, there are i anv number of hardfaced fellows who would catch on to the way he keeps 'his head aloft like flies on parade. f Then they w ould be willing to lake his lead and send over a counter that would spell disaster." |