European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. January 10, 1995 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 by Ross Mckeon the san Francisco examiner sometime today look for Gary bet than and Bob Goode now to be in front of the cameras standing  in  proclaiming to All that it s a great Day for hockey. What reason for such optimism because even though each Side in the 101-Day labor dispute rejected the others Quot final a offer Over the weekend Gooc Lynow and Bettman were scheduled to negotiate face to face in new York on monday for the first time in More than a month. A is it possible to reach agreement if i did t think it was possible i  try a Goodnow said As mondays meeting opened. A a it a incumbent upon Gary a and me to  both Mart agree today a deadline to cancel the season is firm and both probably have been advised from their respective executive committees to get the Best Deal they can to save the season. A  a v a a and most importantly for the first time common ground to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement Between the nil players association and the leagues 26 owners has been found. Sure there a still time for someone analysis to do something stupid. Remember this is the nil. In his National teleconference. Sun. Day Good now said team player reps had voted 26-0, to reject the owners final proposal a counteroffer to the nil pay a last offer the Board of go or. Nors turned Down by a 20-6 Veite on saturday. A a / and Good now added the expected rhetoric a a Quot we be got a tremendous amount of work to do.�?�. A Quot there is a wide  a a no done to think there is room for  a. A a a but for All the posturing the waiting the insensitive acts by both factions the Likely result now is an abbreviated season with full Stanley cup playoffs to follow. A a even that much is amazing considering it took three months for two people to realize they had to lock themselves in a room to get a Deal done. It took the owners three months to pull a luxury tax or salary Cap out of their proposal. Was this their plan All along excrete All the concessions they could out of the no la by holding search ground the Cap Over the players Heads then pull it off the table at the end the owners would like Goodenow amp co. To believe they won the a no Cape War. And there were probably some owners who really believed they a get it. Now Well Sec How Many of them sell or Niove their teams because they can to operate without a Cap or tax. The jury a out on the Efficacy of a salary Cap. Is it really working in football and basketball will the courts allow baseball to implement a similar system a -. A a a a. A a a meanwhile hockey players have bargained away a lot of leverage such As unrestricted free Agency arbitration a Rookie Cap just to get in the Ballpark with the owners proposal. But this is the Best Goodenow could do for them. Others have done far worse. A a a a a a a a a a a. A a a. Done to feel too sorry for the players though. The average salary in the nil would be approximately 5650,000 this season up from 5351,000 As recently As �?T91-92. And that average will continue to Rise just not As quickly As in recent years. A a a a a a a. A. A a a. A 1 so expect the nil to return. And Hope Bettman Good now and All this labor talk go away. A Dalr louled by Scripp Howerd new service a Apito Carlos Monzon in 1977 rams drop Knox after 4-12 season a from wire reports a Anaheim Calif. Chuck Knox who failed to revitalize the los Angeles. Rams in his second tour of duty As head coach was fired monday with one year remaining on his contract the team said. The rams expected to announce a move to St. Louis in the near future lost their final seven games this season to Fin-ish4-12. Knox 62, signed a four year contract with the rams on Jan. 8,1992, As Succes Sor to John Robinson but failed to change their fortunes As he had done. With them in the 1970s. The rams were 6-10 in 1992 and 5-11 in 1993. A a Knox a first head coaching Job in the nil was with the rams in 1973. He took Over a team that had gone 6-7-1 a year earlier and guided it to a 12-2 record and the pfc West championship. Knox coached the rams for five years before being fired after the 1977 despite los Angeles a winning pfc West championships in each of those five seasons. His regular season record in his first stint with the rams was 54-15-1. He then coached the Buffalo Bills for five years and the Seattle sea Hawks for nine before returning to the rams. In his 22 seasons As an nil head world notes coach Knox was a 186-147-1. Eleven of his 22 teams qualified for the playoffs and seven won division titles. Knox is the Only coach in the history of the nil to win division championships for three different franchises. Broncos Start search Denver a Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlin started the search for a new head coach monday by interviewing offensive coordinator Jim Fassel whom he fired last month. Bowien also has scheduled a meeting later this week with Buffalo Bill assistant Elijah Pitts. Elkington nobs playoff Carlsbad Calif. A Steve Elkington made a 25-foot Birdie putt in the second Hole of a sudden deals playoff with Bruce Litzke on sunday to win the Mercedes championships. Elkington and Lietzke shot 5-under-Par 67s for 10-under 278 totals on the la Costa resort course. Elkington who also won the tournament in 1993, started the Day six strokes Back and earned $180,000 for his fifth career Victory. Lietzke made $ 108,000. Lady vols stay no. I new York Tennessee 13-0 was the unanimous Choice in the associated press women a poli for the eighth straight week sunday. Connecticut is second Fol Lowed by Louisiana tech North Carolina Stanford Colorado Texas tech Georgia Virginia and Vanderbilt. Russian runner triumphs Lake Buena Vista Fla. Leonard so Venison of Russia won the Walt Disney world Marathon for the second straight year sunday finishing with a personal Best of 2 hours 11 minutes 50 seconds. Hungary a Judit Nagy defended her title in the women a race with a time of 2 31 53. Muster upset in Sydney Sydney Australia a Jamie Morgan left off australians Davis cup team last week upset third seeded Thomas Muster of Austria 6-2, 6-4 monday in the Quot first round of the new South Wales open. In women a matches sixth seeded Amy Frazier of the United states beat Sabine Appel mans of Belgium 6-1, 7-5 and Mirim am Ore mans of the Netherlands eliminated Pam Shriver 6-3,6-3. Monzon Dies in car crash Buenos Aires Argentina a former middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon was killed sunday when his car ran off a country Road and overturned a he was 52, a a a Quot a a a police said the Accident happened near Santa Rosa de Cal Hines a Small town some 300 Miles North of Buenos Aires. One passenger in the car was killed and another was injured in the Accident Monzon was convicted of killing his estranged Girlfriend Alicia Muniz six years ago and sentenced to ii years on furl Lough for Good behaviour he was allowed. To Speed weekends in the nearby provincial town of san Javier and was resuming to Las Flores prison when the Accident happened. A a a a. A an outstand big middleweight. Munzon won the Crown on nov. 7, 1970. In a 12th-round knockout of Nino Benvenuti in Rome. He made a record 14 title do lenses before retiring in 1977 his last loss coming in 1964. He was elected to the boxing Hall of Fame in 1983. In 101 bouts Monzon won 89, 61 by knockout lost three Drew eight and had one no contest. He made two title de lenses against Emile Griffith winning by technical knockout in 1971 and a 15. Round decision in 1973. Born in a poor neighbourhood of the provincial capital of Santa be Monzon was Ope of 12 children. He shined shoes sold newspapers and worked As a labourer carrying sides of beef in a meat packing Plant before taking up boxing and Bucom ing a National hero. The former Champ and his wife Mercedes Beatriz separated Early in his career. They had three children. Sports on an Central Kempean Tima television pro basketball a Indiana at new York 2 . To . Tuesday 7 am. Headline nows 7. 30 just lot kids 7 35 sesame St feel. 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