Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1919 — RUNNER EXPECTED TO SHINE [ARTICLE]

RUNNER EXPECTED TO SHINE

A. G. Hill of London Polytechnic Har. riers, Entered in Olympic Games, Has Good Record. One of the English runners expected to shine in the Olympic games ls A. G. Hill, of the London Polytechnic Harriers, the half-mile and one-mile champion who, in the recent sports of the Celtic Football club at Glasgow, finished second in the one-mile race, covering the distance in 4 minutes 16 4-5 Seconds. He was scratch man. The performance beat Fred Bacon’s Scottish record of 4 minutes 18 1-5 seconds made at Powderhall In 1894 and equals the British mark for the distance by amateurs.