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Surprise, NHL fate still undecided NUxkMcTm Fans get the shaft in NHL soap-opera Will there over be o dec ision on the fate of the National Hoc key I.eague season' Will thoy play or not? Is a deadline n deadline or is it just a mean ingless figure of speech to get .1 hoc kev fan alt excited over nothing? These are the ques tions that are going through the minds of many, if not all hockey fans. The season has been hang ing by a thread for the past 102 days and now it has all come down to one final day The waiting has been too long. Being an avid hockey fan. I awakened at 8:>l) a m., one minute prior to the 12 noon eastern daylight time dead line. to listen to MSi’N for the decision on whether or not there would be a season. 1 stumbled out of bed and dragged myself to the couch to find the comfortable sur roundings of all armchair uth Turn to MCTYRE, Page 12 Owners put the ball in the players’ court NEW YORK (AIM The NHl. Icm Lout has come down to one Inst offer from the league Take it or leave it Sea son or no season The owners said Tuesday night that it's all up to the players I his is the final tin.il. final, final, final offer." Boston Bru ins president Marry Sinden said. "We've given (NHl. i uni missioner) Gary Bettman a mandate to do the deal on our guidelines." Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pot klington said Canadian Praca said th< owners voted l‘f-7 Tuesday to send to the union a proposal that was similar to the plan the league's Board of Governors rejei ted earlier in the day If the players refuse, there will Is- no NHl. season and hockey will become the first major professional sport to lose an entire season to .1 labor dispute. Jeremy Roenick. player rep resentative of the Chicago Hlackhawks, said the NHL Players Association would deal with the proposal Wednesday "Everybody is tired." he said “Everybody is going home and going to sleep and we'll pick it up in the morning." Neither Bettman nor NHL Players Association head Bob Coodenow were available for comment. Free agency was by far the most contentious issue in the round-the-clot k negotiations that Bettman and Coodenow STRIKING A DEAL? WHO: NHL players and owners WHAT: 102 day worV stoppage coming to a head on Wednesday THE FUTURE: Any hop.':; of a 1994 95 season hinge on whether Of not the playws accept the owners final oiler CMS HAi f start oil Monday morning, r.i< mg against a league-ini posed noon Tuesday deadline for canceling the season But that deadline came and went with the season still alive harwiy Now it remains to lie seen if the owners have made an offer the players can live with. Under terms of the contract management is sending to the union, players would have the right to become unrestru ted free agents when they reach lit years old in the first three years of the contract and when they reach 31 in the last three years Because owners reportedly have the right to reopen the agreement after the third year, players may never see the tl year-old benefit. Smden doesn't have mm h sympathy We started out with and we're going to abide know ing full writ that we needed a salary tan," hit said We changed the cap to a tax. and wo didn't get that, either ' In the proposal that was rejected by the owners Tues day. players would have l*x ortie unrestricted free agents at :\Z \cars old in the first year and at t 1 in the last five Play • • wet;! w ■ 11.u u; to land free agency at to "It s disappointing that we offered M in the first year and :tl in the next five and they didn’t accept it." said llol> Qtrkum. player rep of the Ana heim MighH Dili is !l seerns that they 're stut k on tJ Hartford Whalers (.M |im Rutherford agreed that the Board of Governors was "split ting hairs " "And this isn't the time to do that." In* said The main issue is the age of free agency (ftfier key component* of the contract the owners rejected Three salary arbitration walkaways over each two-year period for players receiving awards of at least $"iri(),00<) SH50.000 salary <ap for first-round draft pick* —Draft for 10-year-olds with 18-year-olds having the option to got in All were compromises skewed toward the owners of the staled "final" positions of each side Running back, officers indicted in Cincinnati incident CINCINNATI (At1) Cincinnati Beng.ds running bai k Derrii k Fenner and two city policeman were indicted Tuesday by a Hamil ton County grand jury Fenner was indicted on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest He will plead innocent, his lawyer, Kenneth Lawson, said, Polii e officers Andre Foldings and Claudia Vercellofti were incite ted on felony charges of {Hirjurv and obstruction of justice and mis demeanor charges of obstruction of justice, Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph Deters said. If cons icted. the officers i ould face up to :t years in prison. Fenner could face up to five months in jail. The grand jury has teem investigating im.i dents that allegedly began when Fenner was arrested outside n lav i*m early Dec 12. hours after the Bengal* had lost to the New York Giants Police alleged that the manager of the Park town Gift* Iwr. George Beatty, offered Kddings and Ven.ellotti $5,000 eac:h to pursue the ong inal charges against Fenner as misdemeanors rather than felonies Beatty Inis l>e«n indict ed on bribery charges. He denies w rongdo ing Fenner was charged last month with resist tng arrest, resisting arrest while intoxic ated ami inciting vioimca, a felony Ihose charges were dropped in what Deters then (lust nlxtd as a Itti lit at decision The officers are accused of lying to a grand jury and obstructing inturnal pulice investi gations. Outers said The officer* have denim) similar adminis trative charges. The offir ers were suspended without pay Dec. 23 pending a hearing on whether they should tm fired. Prosec utors alleged that Beatty met with Eddings outside a district police station Dec: J5 to offer the bribes and that Eddings improp erly failed to arrest Beatty at that time Trio of Bruin juniors decide to stay for another year LOS ANGE1.ES (. .P) — Three UCLA juniors coming off out standing seasons have decided to stay, in school and play their senior years for the Bruins nest fall, the school announced Tues day. The three are outside line backer Donnie Edwards and wide receiver Kevin Jordan, both honored by The Associated Press as third-team All-Ameri cans. and offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden, who allowed just one Hack last season Edwards led the Bruins in several defensive categories. He made 106 tackles. 19 more than any of his teammates, and tied a school record with 12 sacks. Iordan caught 73 posses for 1,228 yards and seven touch downs last season. He made at least si* receptions in nine of UCLA's 11 games He needs just 19 catches next season to set a school career reception record Prep coach on leave as district investigates conduct allegations KIRKLAND, Wash. (At1) The boys basketball coot h ol Juani ta High School has l>een placed on leave white the Lake Wash ington School District investigates allegations of "improper con duct" with two former players Jtm Mi Donald was pun ml on paid administrative leave Mon day after the school district learned of the allegations from a third party Saturday, the Journal American of Bellevue reported District spokesman Dan Youmans this morning would provide no additional details, confirming only that McDonald was on leave and that the district was conducting an investigation. A private investigator was hired and the matter was referred to Kirkland police. Youmans said. Both are standard practices, he said. January I 1. I 995 Volume on. I'Mic 74 Sailing team hits rough tides Ih© University o( Oregon s.i .'hj loam found the stormy w-oather and choppy .Vito's of l ong Beach, California unkind th past weekend I>v Ni I'thwestem District champs could only muster a isv overall pine ng agamst some ot she top sailing teams m the nation the regatta was finally decided by protest on the last day with Stanford, Navy, ' M.i'y . i ilh-eC .i Guard an vying tor a piece ot the tale I tie Oregon sailing team is winding down it s most suc cessful racmg season to date w>th first or second-place liooo-'S in all the district races The string of top ! n sh os i? w luded a top ranking at the sioop district champ onsNps earlier this season at the I !• -versify of Wasting'on * Thi* has easily been our best season," team captain Dane vV he-,ter seat We vo rat C'd in seven national regattas including race-. ' i , >' 11.1 a- uj Mass.i ’• ,se"'. Hie saiting team s next race wni be m Portland the. weekend PAC-10 STATS Scoring offense Average t UCI.A Se 5 Proper' M i i A- .’ana a? e so t ’ 10 WasV,:- e 63 I DIVISION I HOCKEY the lop ton leam*; in ih« Divi sion I (Twin's ico hockey poll published t>y Hie t roy Record, with tirst-ptace votes in parentheses, records through Jen 8 points. and previous ranking Record 1 M.i-ei.M,16 t 5 2 Boaonp 13)_1? S3 3 CokyedoCoaeoe ir 60 t;13 4 0 M : • -J.I • n • t 6 Ik?*1: • , i<-_ !3 60 rpenvw14 60 8 M-rmwou...11 12 9 trowHanpywa\2 4 3 10 Qarkny6 S 2
