The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
SHOUT 'FRAMEUP' AT
FINN.KIVIAT FINISH
HOOts and Jpprs Greet Runners
rs They Cross Line
Together.
NEITHER RUNS TO FORM
slow Fine Adds to Bad Flavor
Of Indoor Distance
Race.
iElTHER RUNS TO FORM

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wo''"S "os' INV" '"'''sS'
dead heat last night In two mile race
at the Thirteenth Regiment which had
,ii the aarmar,s of a frameup The meet
49,. -, H. ,.a,, ,,a BOO, .ua;,oa any
US -, -.
louslN ny the athie'c iahs' as '"e '"e"
were running for prize for which they
had d.adheated once before. The race
,,os s,aysd M ,b,. s..,ur. of tho pames
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VI VIZ o"'' u" 'o''p'"s' '.' '"e
solemn silence when IL ehded. which was
followed by derisive shouts OF "Frameup!
when the dead neat in the miserable tim.
of 10 minutes 3 49, seconds was an
nounced
No no,iv. far a fr,neup WAS forth
coming and the manager. OF the meet de-
clar.d that there was nothing wrong with
IN. race. vet the fact remains that 5000
persons most OF whom hay. had ex-
perlence ~ long xend,ng i'm foot races
we're shocked by the performance and be-
ieyed that tn. runners were placing anna
teur athletics ON the same plane IA pro-
fe,s,,nal hoxinr in the old days
That men should run two dead heats AT
the same distance IL in itself about as re-
marleable a circumstance as can happen
in athletics where the shirt OF competi-
ton is so strong that a man will strain
every nerve to finish ahead OF his rival
But that this should happen In a contest
where neither man runs within half a
minute Of his proper form IL the most
damaging phase of the occurrence.
So far az kolehmainen liz concerned IL
was fairly we'll known that the Finn.
owing to a long rest was In nowhere near
! the condition which earned him the
! worlds crown for distance running AT the
! Olympic games at Stockholm. and a Vie
I tory for his determined antagonist
! kiviat, was expected by nearly all the
| experts. What then was wrong With
| kiNiat Is the question "a he asked and
| 1t II one that cannot easily he answered
| As recently as last "edhesda! kVia'
! dashed away from field or the bes
! hl""ie Instance runners NJ the ois"",
winning the l.ooo yards EMS DERBY ~
iaterson III the tast tiine OF IL 80
| win hothins apparently the matter VIII
nun ne iaIeu 10 get On ms toes az th'
eho OF iast hisnt hasco anu ia"orih'
heaNny ny the sue oi the r'hi,' apparently
u''eu nus .''''sl, So '"a' t"e Judges 'ou''
| NOT PICK the winner
| WIN the exception OF zap or SO a
| the ehd OF the nrst mile hoiehihaiheh ie
| an the way re appeared 10 DE uoih'
| ms best l" get ava! from 'he STATE
isiaud'r' VINO never was NOR" IMAM
Su'dt OF wv" p"hlhd' Tue ptc" was ms
! -fthIN SLOW, inc men turning IN" mrs
/ mile IN AZ -, ana TINS warranted ~
easy victory Tor "A man OF the speed %
! kiviat. AT mile ana "A mar klVlat re
Taxed for a moment, dropping his hand
/ 10 his hips IN "a manner mat showed Their
/ was plenty of Reserve power In stor"
| When the squirt should have developed II
| the last lap. however, kiviat failed I
| increase his pace to any noticeable degree,
| II seemed to close observers that he wa
| putting on that tired feeling. but at tn
/ same time he worked alongside of tn
/ Finn as they turned into the stretch
| From there 10 the tape their bodies wer
| practically even. though Il looked as |
| the Finn was "A shade in front at tn
line
Several members of the registration
COMMITTEES were among those officiating a
the games When asked about the rae,
John NJ Connolly "A member Of the com
nit,.e snid that his COMMITTEES woul,
TAX. the matter IN at it's next meeting
lie seemed To he In doubt as 10 whethe
the Commute. had any mower TO act bu
.xnr.ssed IN. opinion that the race ha,
:. very funny look 81 don't believe tw,
| men could bo,b he so had a, IN, SAM
Jim. thai they wound run a dead heat