European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New York a Felipe Alou who guided the Young Montreal expos to the Best record in the majors before the strike was a near unanimous Choice monday As National league manager of the year. Alou received 27 of 28 first place votes with Dallas Green of the new York mets getting the other one. A this is very Gratifying a Alou said from his Home in the dominican Republic. A but i would Trade this for a playoff spot. The one regret i have is that we did no to Complete the regular  a the expos who have shown steady improvement in aloud a two plus seasons May have exceeded even their own High expectations this year by going 74-40. Montreal led Atlanta by six games in the no East when the players went on strike aug. 12. A a a i led by Moises Alou the managers son and several rookies and up and coming players Montreal rebounded from a slow Start in which it fell 8va games behind Atlanta in mid  Filo photo Joe Montana sparked Kansas City to dramatic last ditch come from behind  in by Ken Rappoport a hockey writer seventeen Days and 93 games a and still counting. The numbers continued to mount monday in the postponed nil season with seemingly no Quick solution in sight to the labor dispute Between the league and its players. A considering they rejected our last proposal and their current position there a not much to talk about a said Bob Goodenow executive director of the nil players association. 1 the league has been in a holding pattern since oct. 1, the original starting Date of the season. That was first postponed by nil com. Without the strike Montreal May be been playing in the no playoffs this week. The expos have never reached a world series. I Alou received one second place vote and finished with 138 Points in balloting by the baseball writers association of America. Cincinnati a Davey Johnson who interviewed recently for the Baltimore orioles managing Job got 15 second place votes and finished a Distant second with 51 Points. The stars and stripes ports Quot   a october 19,1994 r Page 36 it s Montana Over Elway chiefs 3 7, Broncos 28 by John Mossman Denver apr in a classic game Between classic quarterbacks it All came Down to the final two minutes after John Elway produced one of his Trade Mark drives Joe Montana answered right Back magnificent As Ever. Montana threw his third touchdown pass of the game a 5-yarder to Willie Davis with eight seconds left monday night giving the Kansas City chiefs a 3128 Victory Over the Denver Broncos. Before a mile High stadium crowd of 75,151 and a prime time television audience Montana and Elway were craftsmen at the finish doing what they do Best. First it was Elway leading Denver on nil standings game summary on Page 31 a 39-Yard, six play drive. It ended when he ran 4 Yards for a touchdown on a quarterback draw putting Denver ahead 28-24 with 1 29�?T.eft. The scoring run came one Plav after his apparent to pass to Cedric Tillman was nullified. The officials ruled Tillman stepped out of Bounds while running his pattern then came Back and made the catch. Elway then scored despite the Broncos having Only 10 men on the Field. Next it was Montana a turn and he had almost 90 seconds and two timeouts to work with. The Kansas City quarterback who missed significant practice time last week because of sore ribs and a bruised hip moved his team 75 Yards on nine plays completing 7 of 8 passes and managing the clock perfectly. A we knew they a concede a certain part of the Field to us so we could throw underneath. We did that and kept moving a Montana said. The last four plays on the drive were All completions a 11 Yards to Kimble Anders 12 Yards to Derrick Walker 19 Yards to Tracy Greene and finally the 5-yarder to Davis. Davis extended his arms and caught the Ball at the goal line headed toward the outside and slipped inside the end zone Pylon. A the made a great catch and made a real Effort to get it in the end zone a Montana said. A we just needed one More play and we  seem to make it at the end a Denver coach Wade Phillips said. Asked if he thought the game was Over after Elway a touchdown Phillips said a you done to Ever think its Over with Joe Montana. But i did no to think they had enough time to score if we executed our defense properly.�?�. The stunning drive ended Kansas City a 11-game losing Streak at mile High stadium and also gave Montana and chiefs coach Marty sch Ottenheimer their first victories there. Sch Ottenheimer earned his first Victory at mile High in eight tries. Denver 1-5 lost its fourth straight at Home dating to last season. Missioner Gary buttman in Hopes of reaching a new collective bargaining agreement with the players by oct. 15. The deadline passed following a rejection of the latest players proposal by the owners last tuesday. Buttman and Goodenow Haven to spoken since. Nil spokesman Arthur  monday there were no new negotiations planned. There still was no word whether the 93 postponed games would be rescheduled and that the entire 84-game schedule can be salvaged. The league Hasni to officially cancelled any games but has said a policy regarding ticket refunds will he announced nov. 1 if no contract was reached by then. Meanwhile nil vice president Brian Burke continued his tour of nil cities stopping in Edmonton and Vancouver on monday to present the owners Case. In Vancouver Burke reiterated a Poser Tion of some in management that nil owners would be willing to cancel the season if there a no contract agreement. A i think fans understand that we Are faced with a problem a Burke said. A a we re available to meet. Its inexcusable to delay  in a related development players continued to explore options in other leagues. Marty Mcsorley of the los Angeles Kings had hoped to sign with the Las vegas Thunder of the International hockey league tuesday update botox pick Kennedy Boston apr Kevin Kennedy was hired tuesday to manage the Boston red sox six Days after being fired by the Texas rangers Kennedy who managed the rangers to first place in the Al West in the strike shortened season replaced Butch  make offer Milwaukee a the Milwaukee Bucks took the unusual step tuesday of going Public with their contract offer $60 million1 guaranteed Over nine years a to top draft pick Glenn Robinson