Education
University of Illinois system.
University of Illinois system.
After graduating with a degree in engineering, Fitch went to work for a company building Chicago’s new Union Station. He found time, however, to compete for the Chicago Athletic Association. After winning the 1923 Amateur Athletic Union 440-yard national championship with a time of 50.0 seconds, he was invited to participate in the Olympic tryouts at Harvard the month before the Paris Games.
He finished behind Taylor, a Princeton graduate, who set a new world record of 48.1 in the semifinals and was one of nine quartermilers the United States. took to Paris.