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Bettman, Goodenow to meet T( )K()NT() (AP) NUI. (otmnissiorier (.ary Heilman and union hunt) Boli (.oodenow hnvi> agreed to resume negotiations Tuesday in nn effort to got the h(M key season started by Oi t 15 The talks likely will (»• in New York although n tune has not yet l>een set Heilman and Goodenow spoke by telephone Sunday on what was supposed to l«> day two of the 1 ‘MM 'i'i season NHL spokesman Arthur Fun us did not say what else the two dist ussed during the t all Talks broke off last Wednesday and the league pushed twit k its deadline for a t ollet live bargaining agreement until Oct 15 In the menntime. the players are lot ked out and the first two weeks of the season have been post polled While owners anti players agree on minor issues sut h as redlining tfie number of rounds in the draft, they are f.ir apart on the lag issu -s "We have wide different es. no doubt about th.it." Goodenow said "We have a lot of work ahead id us if we re going to put this thing together." ■ Tins m onomh imh masn’t supposed to (»■ In l'*92. when owners and players signed their last collet live bargaining agreement, the two sides agreed to form a committee to come tip with a way to restrut lure the business and avoid tile (mam ml plight owners say they lilt e A provision of the i ollet.live agreement dealt spot i fit ally with rest rut luring the relationship between the NHL and NHL Players AamNation "Bused on NHL et onormt studies and |>ro jet turns, the league and its member t lutis believe that a continuation of the i uirent nyi tern would have a serious negative impnt I on III*' business of lux kf\ and horn o the parties," at < ordtng to the collet live agreement which expired Sept 1 f>. loot A< t ordinglv. the NHL t 1 uhs havt« expressed nn intent to develop and submit to the NHLPA as promptly as possible a proposal for restrut luring with n salary t ap and a revenue-sharing t oni ept along the lines of the NBA system "The NHLPA commits that, as soon as rea sonably prat tic able after the joint Study Com miltee report issues, it will liegm bargaining in good faitb with the clubs in an effort to rent h agreement regarding restrut luring by Sept IS. 199.1 “ So yvhat happened? The Joint Study (Committee yvns never formed The ink was hardly dry on the 1992 agree ment when NHL owners began a sui t essful campaign to oust then president John Ziegler who wanted the restructuring language in thr* collet tive bargaining agreement to save fai e Ills sui i essor. (ill Stem, yvns too preot i upied yyitli running (or the office of NHL commis sioner to yvorry about the joint study t omniit lee Then when (..try Bettman uune on the scone, his priorities were to reshape an organization many felt was being run more like a house league than a professional sports league Meanwhile, owners never gave players the full disi Insure of their hooks the union say s it yvould need before entering into meaningful disi ussions i om eming restruiluring And they still haven't Gilbert out-duels Floyd to win Vantage title CI.F.MMONS, N ('. (AP) — Fortner club pro champ Larry Gilbert out-dueled oneofgolfst hitc h players down the stretch Sunday, tak iriK advantage of a three shot swing on the lt>th hole to win the Van tage Championship in nm ord-tying fashion Giliiert shot an lH-under par 198 at Tangle wood for ins second win on the Senior Tour this season His three consecutive fitis netted him $225,000 in the tour's richest event (.illiert was tied with Raymond Floyd at 17-under through 15 holes Sunday, but it was Floyd, who has won <0 tournaments in his career and is s<s ond on golfs all time money list, who flopped when it count ed most. He (Floyd) will bring out the best in you. or else." said the < igar smoking Gilbert. whose three-day total tie<l the lowest si ore on the tour this season "Hov. is he a competitor. It's hard to believe an old boy from Kentucky can come out on top playing against a guy like him," added an emotional Gillierl Following a 5-minute wait on the loth tee. Floyd hit his 5-iron tee shot on the 183-yard par .3 into the crowd After a free drop, he dubbed his chip shot short of the green His second < hip rolled to about four fi-et of the i up. but Giliiert promptly holed his 25-foot putt from the fringe for a birdie Floyd, who started the day two shots behind Gilbert. then missed his 30-foot putt for a double-bogey to fall three shots off the lead with two holes to play. "It was like now I've lost the tournament." Floyd said about his disastrous 16th hole "! pist went to sleep I hit a terrible putt. I don't even remember hitting it. but you can't do that." Floyd said he was shaken a hit when Giliiert made his long putt, "i didn't expect him to make it." said Floyd, whose SI32.000 pushed hint over the St million mark for the first season in his i areer. "I don't know if I w as not expecting him to make it — you don't think in those terms but all of the sudden I'm looking at losing a stroke there." He ended up losing three, blit the drama wasn't over despite the turn of events "Don't do anything stupid" were Gilbert's thoughts walking off the 16th green. "With a three shot lead with two holes to go it's kind of hard to beat any body Hut he wasn't going to give up, was he?" NFL Continued Irom page 5b Fvon with Di'iun Sanders join mg it defensive lineup that mi hull's sin h t'ru howl m qui shiuns .is Hi« ke\ |at kson .iiul Kurt Norton, there was no stop ping thu I agios on either side of thu Kill Carnor, making his Nil dehut. ran for 111 v arris and two tom lutowns Nan 1 ram isco's pati hwork lint*, with Ham Boatswain. Der riik Ili'i'sc and Chris Daluian filling in for injured regulars, luid one Breakdown after anoth er, and the 4‘ters never hit stride Steve Young was knot ked out with 4 (I't left in the third quarter after a s.u k b\ William Fuller Before that. Young throw two inton options and was sat ked in the end /one for a safety in one [ of lus worst outings as .1 4‘ti<rs starter Samis 27. (iiants 22 At New ()rir,ms, the (hants ( i 1) lost for till! fifth straight time Ini lowing a Ino wii'k l lii' Saints (2 t) i uteri t-j»t•*<i two of llrown'ti passos Frank Wurnm. a veteran of tin* Saints glory ill\S on defense, later him ki'il a lii'lif goal attempt Nrw Orlisins held the (hauls, playing again without injured Pro Howl running hat k Rodims Hampton, to 50 sards rushing Cardinals 17, Vikings 7 At Tompti. Ariz . Budds Hall finally tamo up a winner )ay St.hroedor. the thtril quar terback to start for tin* ('am! inn Is (!•'!) undtir Hutltiy Kvnn. threw a 4 yard tout hdosvn pass to Derek Ware and sot up Carrs Centers' ti-S art! si oring run ss ith a iMimh to Randal Hill T Minnesota (3 2). which lost .1 three-game winning streak. got only Warren Moon'* 13-yard pass to Jake Reed in (tie second quarter Bear* 20, Bills 13 At ( hit ago. Steve Walsh m tired on a fourth-down sneak with 11 25 left to gist* the Bears (3-21 a 17-13 lead Kevin Butler kicked two field goal*, one a 50-ynrder. the Ni l, s longest this season Kelly s 15-yard touchdown pass to Pete Met/elaars with 10:09 left in the third gave the Bills 13-2) the lead at 13-10 Cowboys 34, Redskins 7 At Washington. Kmrnitt Smith left the game late in the set ond quarter with a hamstring pull, but the Cowboys had no prob lem with the mistake prone Red skins Thu (lowboys led 11-0 at half time. Health Shuler. the third over nil draft pick from Tennessee, looked terrible in his first start for Washington (1-4). throwing tl completions in 10 attempts for just oti yards, one Tl) and an interception. Tali oils H. Rams T> At Anaheim. C'.alif . 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