NEW TRACK COACH

Harry L. Hillman, Jr., of the New York Athletic Club, who for the past ten years has shone as one of the most brilliant amateurs in the world in the dashes and hurdles, has been secured to coach the Dartmouth track team for the coming season.

The new coach will not report at Hanover until January first, when he will be put in charge of the entire track squad. Pie and Mrs. Hillman will make their permanent residence here,, in order that the coach can better attend to his new duties. Besides coaching the track team he will have an added duty of looking after the physical condition of the basketball candidates.

As an athlete Hillman has shown brilliantly for the past ten years in all of the important meets of this country and in some of those held abroad. In fact, perhaps no other individual holds or has held as many world's championships a.s the new coach. He has had little experience coached by some of the best coaches in the country, and as a result is in the position to impart his knowledge to his charges. Since 1899 he has been in contact with the best runners of the age and has been on two Olympic teams that won laurels for America. . .

The new coach has never participated in either preparatory school or college athletics. His running has been confined mainly to the various athletic clubs, chiefly that of New York City. His first appearance was as a member of the track team of the 13th Regiment in New York. His performance as a member of this team gained recognition from almost every critic in the country. Soon after he was admitted to the New York Athletic Association, for which club he has held, or still holds, ten world's records. He has also worn the colors of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club in several big meets. His records are not confined alone to the dashes but include, also, the hurdles, high and low.

Hillman's best records m some of the standard events are as follows: 100 yds. in 10s flat; 220 yds. in 22 2-5s; 300 in 31 2-5s; 440 in 49s on a quarter-mile track; 600 yds. in lm 22 2-5s outdoor, and the half-mile in 1m 595. In the 220yd. hurdles Hillman has done 24s flat, straightway, and 25s with a turn. His time for the 120-yd. hurdles is 15 4-5s.

In 1902 Hillman won his first championship, taking both the junior and senior events in hurdles for the national championship. Since then he has won thirty-five championships, including five relay titles. World's, American, and Canadian records are included in this list. In addition to these first place wins Hillman has taken fourteen seconds and hve thirds in championship events.

Hillman's personality is such that he is extremely popular with college men. His New York associates have the greatest confidence in his ability to succeed brilliantly, and his own qualities justify their enthusiasm for him.