European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes april 12,1992 Page 28nhl strike on ice season to resume today As owners players Settle inside sports of Brien expects Gold medal a Page 20 baseball still has its a gamers a Page 21 courier regains top ranking a Page 22 nets rip cars think playoffs a Page 25 Japan a Ito quits skating a Page 27 by Ken Rappoport a hockey writer new York a the strike is off and the season is on for the nil a Mike and Bryan Are going to go Back and play hockey and in a going to go Home and watch them and that a fantastic a said nil president John Ziegler after announcing Early saturday morning that the first strike in league history was history. Sitting on the dais with Ziegler As he made his announcement at a new York hotel were Mike Gartner of the new York rangers and Bryan Trottier of the Pittsburgh penguins part of the players negotiating committee. Gartner for one was delighted to be exchanging his business suit for a hockey uniform. A it was very difficult for everybody. We went from a lose lose lose situation. The owners were losing the players were losing and the game of hockey was losing. Now we re All in a win win win situation. In a quite willing to take this suit off and put on a suit in a More comfortable  players were to head Back to the rinks saturday to Start practising for the tonight a re Start of the season. The nil has reshuffled the schedule to accommodate the final 30 games of the regular season that were postponed when the players went on strike on april 1. Ten games Are scheduled for sunday a Quebec at Boston Philadelphia at Hartford Montreal at Buffalo new York islanders at Toronto Washington at new Jersey Detroit at Chicago St. Louis at Minnesota Winnipeg at Calgary san Jose at Edmonton and los Angeles at Vancouver. Several teams indicated that the playoffs would Start next weekend. The new agreement runs through sept. 15, 1993, and is retroactive to last sept. 15, when the old one expired. Goodenow said the players had won improvements in free Agency and licensing saying there was a a whole array of  a they made the licensing agreement More comprehensive. They went through 9a the Section of the contract involving free Agency and worked out a lot of technical difficulties. Quot we compromised on disability claim amounts. The Way we cleared up a lot of what the sides were apart on was by joint committee. We did t want those things holding up the  Field Corners master Woosnam shares Lead with Parry at Halfway Point by Steven wine the associated press Augusta a. A Midway through the masters foreigners were Back in front. . Control of the Leader Board lasted just one round. Aussie Craig Parry and defending Champion Ian Woosnam of Wales surged into a one shot Lead Friday see related commentary on Page 22 Over the player labelled americans Best Hope Fred couples. European golfers have won four titles in a Row and six of the past nine at Augusta National. Its a championship admired As much abroad As in the states. Quot i can remember getting up at 5 o clock in the morning and watching the Guys playing Over Here a said Parry 25, who missed the Cut in Nis Only other masters. A i used to practice putting when the ads came on a on the bumpy carpet we had at Home. A no australian has Ever won the . Masters. The first player to do it is going to be remembered for a Long  Parry gave himself a Chance to make history by shooting a 6-under-Par 66 for a 36-Hole total of 135. Woosnam matched those numbers both were 9-under in a tournament filled with Low scores. A a it a beginning to feel like last year a said Woosnam who has been plagued with putting yips since last fall. A my Confidence is getting a lot better. This is a big tournament and i putted better so maybe in a concentrating a Little  couples paired with Parry passed the aussie with five consecutive birdies beginning at no. 6, where his tee shot Tore out the Back of the cup before rolling 6 feet away. The crowd loved it. A a it a Nice to hear the people scream and yell a couples said. He slipped out of the Lead though with a double bogey at the 14th Hole where he chunked a Chip that rolled right Back to him then three putted. A it was a great run then i tried to get cute on no. 14,�?� he said. A what a Blunder. It looked like a 40-Han-Dicapper. I tried to get cute and Cut a Little wedge in there and did no to get on the Green. Then i hit the next one too far and three putted. A the top Money Winner on the pea tour seeking his first major title finished at 67-136. Two other americans Ted Schulz and 1976 masters Champion Ray Floyd were one stroke further Back. Apiu 2 australians Craig Parry left and defending Champ Ian Woosnam of Wales ride 66s to the top of Hal Toay Point Leader Board. Floyd shot 68 and Schulz 69. Floyd is 49 but no Fluke he won the doral open and finished third in the Honda classic last month. He a eager to make amends for losing a sudden death playoff to Nick Faldo at Augusta two years ago. A i took that hard Quot Floyd said. A i was 47 and did no to know if id have another Chance. Lord knows i did no to know i would get better. I seem to be concentrating much better than i Ever  this week Good weather has also helped. Two Days of Little wind sunny skies and slow greens made the old course relatively generous. The 145 score required to qualify for the final 36 holes matched the lowest Cut in the masters 56-year history. Players posted 82 rounds under Par in the first two rounds Ana the entire Field averaged under Par Friday at 71.69. The other americans in the top 13 were Jeff Sluman . Weibring Davis love and Lanny Wadkins. Weibring with a 68, and Sluman were tied at 139 with another australian British open Champ Lan Baker Finch who shot 69. Sluman who shared the first round Lead with wad Kins slipped to a 74. Wadkins was one stroke higher at 75 a breaking a record Matching Streak of seven consecutive subpar rounds in the masters a and was tied at 140 with australians Greg Norman and Steve Elkington love ant South african Fulton allem. Norman had another 70, allem and Elkington Sho 71s and love rallied from three Over on the front to match Par 72. Only 19 men in the Field of 82 were More than 1 shots off the Lead and thus failed to qualify for the Fina two rounds. Chip Beck Winner last week in new or leans and . Open title Holder Payne Stewart Wen among them. Saturday shaped up As the time to find a position of the final push. From watching the masters on to Parry Learned that show it works at Augusta. A the tournament does no to Start a he said a until tin final