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M’ALLISTER WILL NOT COMPETE UNTIL SPRING•XEW YORK* Feb'. 1 8.—Robert MteAIUever, the dashing1 detective, has decided not to race again until next summer. His retirement is due to an injury to his right leg which he suffered in a fall at the finish of the sixty yard dash in the recent •games of the Melrose A. A. Racing against the advice of his physician in the Knights of St. Anthony games last Friday night, McAUister was defeated by Jackson Scholz, a runner to whom the flying cop had frequently shown his heels in competition.McAllister was in such pain, at the finish of the event that he cancelledhis other racing engagements for the evening. Since then the injured leg has bothered MsAllister s0 much that Jake Webber, his trainer, yesterday ordered the national champion sprinter to rest, up until theAntftni* rvnp.ns
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Mon, Feb 19, 1923
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