Sport: Magnificent Moonlighter

Every weekday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., James Tully Beatty works as a claims adjuster for the Allstate Insurance Co. in Los Angeles. But diligent and deliberate though he is, Beatty is not exactly a model employee: for four hours a day, seven days a week, he moonlights. He gets no

pay for his second occupation, but lately it has been getting him a lot of attention.

At 27, Manhattan-born Jim Beatty is the best miler in the U.S. and the fastest indoor miler in the world.

First Ever. Black-haired, handsome (despite a nose broken in childhood), Jim Beatty does his moonlighting on...

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