European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nil strike talks near Climax the stars and stripes april 5,1992 Page 28 by Filip Bondy the new York times talks aimed at ending the National hockey league strike Are headed for an impolite Climax monday in new York where a divided Board of governors is expected to debate a new proposal by the players and is Likely to decide the Fate of this years Stanley cup playoffs. A a we be Given the owners a proposal we think is fair a said Todd Gill the Toronto player representative. A if they accept it we re Back playing. If not we re out for the Long  the players proposal quite possibly the final Opportunity for a workable com Promise was made formal Friday afternoon during a Long conference Call among Bob Goodenow the executive director of the players association the associations nine member negotiating committee and player representatives. In addition the association banned its membership from practising during the strike As teams. Nil president John Ziegler is expected to carry the unions new proposal to new York for debate among the owners. Goodenow and his negotiating committee have not been invited to attend the session monday morning at the Plaza hotel but will be available if summoned to begin talks with the owners negotiating committee. With time running Down on feasible playoff rescheduling with most owners unlikely to accept an abbreviated postseason the players believe that the session monday in new York is a last Chance to Rescue the playoffs and to avoid a strike that will last into next fall. A anybody with half a brain would have to realize that a a Union spokesman Paul costello said Friday. A after monday it will be almost impossible to Salvage the playoffs without major disruptions. You a either have to go Well into june with scheduling problems or have fewer teams playing fewer  mariners of japanese bid Seattle up a five Days before a fateful meeting of baseball a ownership committee Seattle mariners owner Jef Haugen Lowers the Boom Greg Haugen lands a right Cross to the battered face of Ray a Boom Boom Mancini during their North american boxing federation Junior welterweight title fight Friday in Reno Nev. Haugen stopped Mancini who was fighting for the first time in three years near the end of the seventh round. See Story on Page 25. Smulyan signed an agreement Friday to sell the american league franchise to japanese backed interests. This is an important step in our Effort to Purchase the mariners and provide Strong local ownership a said John Ellis president of the baseball club of Seattle. The Purchase is financed 60 percent by Hiroshi Yamauchi president of the Nin Tendo co. Ltd. Video game Empire. The ownership committee meeting is expected wednesday to Seal the Fate of the clubs $125 million All Cash offer extended Jan. 23, one month after Smulyan made a 90-Day offer to sell the team to local buyers for $100 million before he would consider moving the club elsewhere. Commissioner Fay Vincent originally expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal saying baseball had a policy against ownership of clubs by a non North american interests. But both Vincent and Fred Kuhlmann of the St. Louis cardinals chairman of the ownership committee recently changed their tune. Without saying which Way they would vote both dropped their vocal opposition to the ownership proposal and praised the Seattle business Community a once struggling Campaign to raise the team see pages 20,21 and 22 for More baseball television advertising and season ticket revenues by $13 million. If the ownership committee recommends the Deal major league baseball owners would be expected to follow suit though it would take Only the opposition of four american league owners to Block the Purchase. Any Transfer in ownership of a major league club is subject to three fourths approval by owners in its league and a majority of owners in the . Inside sports spartans select woman add Page 25 Pele enthusiastic Over 94 a Page 25 Knight Falls into the bizarre a Page 26 Foyt injured in Phoenix crash a Page 27 pacers Stop celtics Streak behind Schrempf s heroics Indianapolis up a detlef Schrempf is bucking for his second straight Aba sixth Man of the year award and Friday night he made his Point against the Boston celtics. Schrempf scored 22 Points grabbed 18 rebounds and knocked in the go ahead Basket with 39.2 seconds left to help the Indiana pacers break Bostons seven game winning Streak 101-97. A Udet was great again a said Indiana coach Bob Hill. Quot he did no to seem to get tired tonight. If there a a better sixth Man in the world id like to see  Schrempp heroics allowed Indiana to recover from an 18-1 Boston surge that put the celtics ahead 95-94 on Dee Browne a Baseline jumper with 54.8 seconds remaining. Indiana went seven minutes without a Field goal until Schrempf hit a 12-footer to give the pacers a 96-95 Lead. Indiana hit five of six free throws in the closing seconds. Boston coach Chris Ford said he was pleased with the celtics comeback but added it should not have been necessary. A tonight we did no to put in a full Effort Quot he said. A you done to lose the game at the end you lose because see Page 26 for fridays other Aba games yet of done to take care of business the rest of the game Here was a Lack of concentration and  Reggie Miller scored 17 Points and Michael Williams 14 for the pacers who have won seven of their last nine and 13 of 14 at Home since the All Star break. Indiana has beaten the celtics seven straight times at Market Square Arena. Reggie Lewis hit 22, Brown 18 and Larry Bird 16 with 10 assists and nine rebounds for Boston. Indiana ran off 15 straight Points Over a Span of 2 30 to turn a 19-12 deficit into a 27-19 Lead with 2 01 remaining in the first period. Schrempf scored eight Points in the run including a pair of three Point plays. The pacers stayed on the throttle in taking a 54-38 Lead with 6 05 remaining in the second period on Millers 3-Pointer from the right Wing. Boston Cut Indiana a Lead to 63-54 by halftime. Bird and Lewis each hit 20-footers to bring Boston to 72-64 with 7 19 remaining in the third Quarter. The pacers got the Lead Back to 84-70 on Schrempp 3-Pointer with 1 43 left in the Quarter. Detlef Schrempf shoots Over celtics Reggie Lewis Center