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8B THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1999 SCOREBOARD NHL Auto Racing eaaWaaiavkaai Wayne Ferreira. South Africa, def. Jerome Hanquez, France, 6-4, 6-3. Magnus Larsson, Sweden, def, Ramon Dekjado, Paraguay, 6-3, 6-3.

Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Rainer Schuttler, Germany, 6-1, 6-1. Nicolas Escude, France, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 6-4, 7-5. 38 Glen Day 26 $930,201 39 Gabriel Htertstedt 29 $921,508 40.

Andrew Magee 25 $91 1 .565 41. Craig Parry 18 $909,576 42. Dudley Hart 25 $892,681 43 Mark O'Mesra 18 $868,796 44. J. Maria Olazabal 12 $865,167 45.

Frank Uckkter 29 $862,772 46. Lee Janzen 25 $839,244 47. Owi Browne 24 $624,309 S3 Bill Giasson 22 $820,993 49. Kirk Triplett 24 $798,899 50. Greg Kraft 26 $795,297 NASCAR Winston Cup Leaders DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

The NASCAR Winston Cup driver stand-irajs and money leaders through Oct. Money Leaders Through October 17 1. Andre Aaassi NBA 7:30 p.m. Boston Celtics at Charlotte Hornets (FSNE) BASEBALL 8 p.m. National League Championship Series, Game 6, New York Mets at Atlanta Braves (WPTZ) NHL p.m.

San Jose Sharks at New York Rangers (ESPN2) Radio 7:30 p.m. NBA, Boston Celtics at Charlotte Hornets (WEAV-AM 960, Colchester) 8 p.m. Baseball, National League Championship Series, Game 6, New York Mets at Atlanta Braves (WDEV-AM 550, Waterbury) Schedule subject to change a I. Dale Jarrett. 4.602.

2. Bobby labonte, 4.356. 3. Mark Martin. 4,263.

4, Jelf Gordon. 4.168. 5, Tony Stewart, 4.159. 6. Jeff Burton.

4.063. 7. Dale Earnhardt. 4.039. 8, Rusty Wallace, 3 677 9.

Ward Burton. 3.507. 10, Mike Skinner. 3.491. II.

Jeremy Mayfield, 3.266. 12. Terry Labonte. 3.262. 13.

Bobby Hamilton, 3.114. 14, Ken Schrader, 3.103. 15. Sterling Martin, 3.025. 16, Steve Park.

3.002. 17, Kenny Irwin, 2.974. 18, Jimmy Spencer, 2 952 19, Wally Dallenbecn, 2.951. 20, Bi Elbow, 2.936. .31 $2,704,098 $2,002,655 $1,842,488 $1,494,409 $1,401,256 $1,340,318 $1,254,574 $1,085,097 $1,056,697 $1,005,156 $979,044 $907,224 $900,668 $884,518 $850,389 $849,941 $765,457 $739,285 $678,337 $676,822 $673,310 $635,608 $609,515 $604,927 $568,089 2.

Greg Rusedskl 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Gustavo Kuerten 5. Pete Sampras 6. Tommy Haas 7. Patrick Rafter 8. Richard Krajicek 9.

Marcek) Rios 10. Thomas Enqvist H.TimHenman 12. Todd Martin 13. Nicolas Kiefer 14. Nicolas Lapentti 15.

Mark Philippoussis 16. Andrei Medvedev 17. Carlos Moya 18 Jonas Bjorkman 19. Thomas Johansson 20. Dominik Hrbaty 21.

Karol Kucera 22. Cedric Pioline 23. Leander Paes 24. Felix Mantilla 25. Albert Costa i i 3 The Associated Press Canadiens goaltender Jeff Hackett makes the stop on the Islanders' Brad Isbister during first-period action Monday.

I. Jeff Gordon. 5.022.166. 2, Jeff Burton. $4,781,951.

3. Dale Jarrett. $3.269914. 4. Bobby Labonte, $2,962,841.

5. Dale Earnhardt. $2,497,839. 6, Mark Martin, $2,410,196. 7.

Terry Labonte. $2.110 871. 8. Tony Stewart, $2,067,811. 9.

Mike Skinner, $1,994,731. 10, Rusty Wallace, $1,950,129. II. Ward Burton. $1,875,224.

12, Kenny Irwin. $1,823,366. 13, Jeremy Mayfield. $1,725,914. 14.

John An-dretti. $1 .629.496. 15, Bobby Hamilton. $1,623,299. 16.

Ken Schrader, $1,613,259. 17. Michael Waltrip. $1,546,370. 18.

Sterling Marlin, $1,477,706. 19, Joe Nemechek, $1,456,321. 20, Jimmy Spencer, $1,455,198. Miami 116. Atlanta 110 Charlotte 104, Houston 91 at Fay-ettevHle, N.C.

Toronto vs. Vancouver at Edmonton. Alberta (n) i New York at Utah (n) Today's Games Boston at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Dallas vs. Milwaukee at Madison, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Indiana. 8 p.m. Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 m. New Jersey vs. Atlanta at Hunts-viHe.

830 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago, 8:30 m. LA. Clippers at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Golden State vs. LA. Lakers at San Diego, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday' Games New Jersey at New York, 7:30 ut. Milwaukee vs.

Minnesota at Omaha, 8:30 m. Utah vs. Boston at Nashville, 8:30 p.m. Toronto vs. Denver at Colorado Springs, 9 p.m.

slander oiraas Hockey Canadiens, 4-2 Football Tour Statistics PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. PGA Tour statistical leaders through the Las Vegas Invitational, which ended Oct. 17: Scoring Average 1. Tiger Woods, 66 48. 2, David Duval, 69 06.

3. Davis Love III. 69 34. 4. Hal Sutton, 69 51.

5, Justin Leonard, 69 53 6. Jim Furyk. 69 61. 7, Nick Price 69 66. 8, Vijay Singh.

69 82. 9, Ernie Els, 69.85. 10, Payne Stewart, 69.90. Driving Distance 1. John Daly, 306.1.

2, Chris Couch, 296 6. 3, Tiger Woods, 294.5. 4. Rory Sabbatini, 292.7. 5.

Harrison Frazar. 290 6. 6, Chns Smith, 288 .2. 7, Scott McCarron. 268.0.

8, Barry Cheesman, 287 6. 9, David Duval, 287.2. 10. Dennis Paulson, 266.9. Driving Accuracy Per 1, Fred Funk, 80.5.

2, Joe Durant, 784. 3 (tie), Olin Browne and Jeff Maggert. 779. 5, Loren Roberts, 77.4. 6, Mike Rekt, 77.1.

7, Scott Gump, 77.0. 8 (tie), Larry Mize and Corey Pavin, 76.8. 10, Hal Sutton, 75.8. Greens hi Regulation 1, Joe Durant, 70.1. 2, Duffy Waldorf, 70.0.

3. Tiger Woods. 69.7. 4, David Duval, 69 4. 5.

Robert Allenby, 69.2. 6, Grant Waite, 69.1. 7, Stephen Ames, 68.9. 8, Chris Perry, 68 8. 9, Kenny Perry, 68.7.

10. Fred Funk, 68 6. Total Driving 1, Hal Sutton, 54. 2, Tiger Woods, 58. 3, Davis Love III, 61.

4. David Duval, 64. 5 (tie), Grant Waite and Perry Moss, 69. 7. Kenny Perry, 73.

8, Kirk Triplett, 83. 9. Nick Price, 92. 10, Duffy Waldorf. 93.

Putting Average 1 (tie), Brad Faxon and Payne Stewart. 1.725. 3, Frank UckHter, 1.729. 4, Skip Kendall, 1.736. 5, David Duval, 1.738.

6 (tie), Steve Strieker and Scott McCarron, 1.739. 8, Dennis Paulson, 1.743. 9, Lee Janzen, 1.744. 10, David FrosL 1.745. Birdie Average 1, Tiger Woods, 4.41.

2, David Duval, 4.27. 3, Phil Mickelson, 4 .03. 4 (tie), Davis Love III and Chris Perry, 3.98. 6, Hal Sutton, 3.93. 7 (tie).

Jeff Maggert and Scott McCarron, 3.89. 9, Frank Lickliter, 3.88. 10, Stephen Ames, 3.85. Eaglee (Holes par) 1, Vijay Singh, 104.4. 2, Craig Barlow, 108.0.

3, David Toms, 109 2. 4, Carlos Franco, 118.0. 5, Harrison Frazar. 120 9. 6, Joe Ogilvie, 129.0.

7, Chris Smith, 129 6. 8, Jonathan Kaye, 129.9. 9, Ernie Els, 132.0. 10, John Dafy, 135.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Jeff Sluman, 65.6.

2, David Frost, 63 6. 3, Corey Pavin, 63.3. 4, Greg Chalmers, 63.1. 5, Billy An-drade. 61.4.

6, Alan Bratton, 61.0. 7. Mike Reid, 60.9. 8 (tie), Brian Watts and Justin Leonard, 60.7. 10, Ronnie Black.

60.5. Ail-Around Ranking 1, Tiger Woods, 135. 2, Phil Mickelson, 227. 3. David Duval, 259.

4, Davis Love III. 308. 5, Vijay Singh, 316. 6, Hal Sutton, 320. 7, Dennis Paulson 342.

8, Kirk Triplett, 351. 9 (tie), Chris Perry and Carlos Franco, 357. LPGA Money Leaders DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. LPGA tour money leaders through the Tournament of Champions, which ended Oct. 17: 1-2.

Arizona, Murrell 7-20. Sanders 3-68. Boston 3-44, Pittman 2-33, Makovicka 2-18, Cody 1-16, Moore 1-10, Hardy 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS Washington. Conway 52 (WR).

Arizona, Jacke 42 (WR) NFL Calendar 2000 Jan. 3 Regular season ends. Jan. 8-9 Wild card weekend. Jan.

15-16 Divisional playoffs. Jan. 23 Conference cChampion-ships. Jan. 30 Super Bowl, Atlanta.

College Top 25 Schedule Saturday No. 1 Florida State at Clemson, 7 p.m. No. 2 Perot State at No. 16 Purdue, 3:30 p.m.

No. 3 Nebraska at No. 18 Texas, 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Tennessee at No.

10 Alabama, 3:30 p.m. No. 7 Kansas State at Oklahoma State, 2 pm. No. 9 Michigan vs.

Illinois, Noon No. 11 Michigan State at No. 17 Wisconsin, 330 p.m. No. 12 Mississippi State vs.

LSU, 6 p.m. No. 13 Texas ASM at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. No. 14 Georgia vs.

Kentucky, 12:30 p.m. No. 15 Marshall at Buffalo, Noon No. 19 Brigham Young at UNLV. 7 p.m.

No. 20 East Carolina vs. Tulane, 4 p.m. No. 21 Southern Mississippi vs.

Cincinnati, 3 pm. No. 22 Ohio State at No. 24 Minnesota, Noon No. 23 Miami at Boston College, Noon Division l-AA Poll HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.

The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with first-place votes In parentheses, records through Oct. 17 and points. Record Pts Pvs 1. Troy State (54) 64 1,604 2 2. Tennessee State (8) 64 1,489 4 3.

Southern (2) 74 1,407 5 4. Montana 5-1 1,312 7 5. Georgia Southern (1) 5-2. 1,296 1 6. Appalachian State 4-2 1,240 11 7.

Northern Iowa 6-1 1,216 8 8. Lehigh 64 1,129 9 9. Youngstown State 6-1 1,022 10 10. Hofstra 6-1 1,000 3 11. James Madison 5-1 973 13 12.

Illinois State 5-2 849 6 13. East Tennessee S. 5-1 736 16 14. Furman 5-1 722 18 15. Florida ASM 4-2 718 14 16.

Eastern Kentucky 5-1 709 15 17. South Florida 5-2 687 19 18. Delaware 4-2 471 12 19. Western Illinois 5-2 469 20 20. Hampton 5-2 327 22 21.

Eton 6-1 316 24 22. Jackson State 4-2 263 17 23. Portland State 5-2 240 24. Massachusetts 3-3 195 25 25. Villanova 4-3 107 Division II Poll INDIANAPOLIS The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division II football poll with records through Oct.

17 and points Record Pt 1. Carson-Newman, Term. 74 80 2. Central Oklahoma 64 76 3. Slippery Rock, Pa.

6-1 72 4. North Dakota 64 68 5. Northern Colorado 6-1 64 6. Nebraska-Omaha 6-1 60 7. Northwest Missouri State 6-1 55 8.

UC Davis 6-1 53 9. Fort Valley State, Ga. 74 48 10. Pittsburg State, Kan. 6-1 44 11.

Southern Arkansas 5-1 40 12. North Dakota State 6-1 33 tie. New Haven, Conn. 4-2 33 14. Miilersnlle, Pa.

5-1 28 15. Chadron State. Neb. 5-1 23 He. Delta State, Miss.

5-1 23 17. Angek) State, Texas 5-2 15 18. Tuskegee, Ala. 5-1 12 19. Shippensburg, Pa.

6-1 8 20. West Georgia 5-2 3 Senators firm against Yashin Losing their last two games won't melt the Ottawa Senators' resolve against yielding to center Alexei Yashin's demand for a new contract. Yashin, who ranked sixth in scoring last season with 94 points, has refused to honor the final year of his contract and is working out in Switzerland. A dispute is brewing over whether Yashin will remain under contract to the Senators if he .0. misses the entire season, with the NHL strongly backing the club and the NHL Players Association supporting Yashin.

"Next year, we had budgeted a substantial raise for Alexei Yashin," said Roy Mlakar, the Senators' president and chief executive officer and a former King executive. "Not this year. His contract is over next year. I sent a -memo to Mark Gandler (Yashin's agent) to hold a great farewell party when he's 31 (and can be an unrestricted free agent). He picked the wrong owner and the wrong team." Los Angeles Times The Associated Press MONTREAL Mariusz Czerkawski had a goal and two assists and Gino Odjick scored his first goal of the season with less than five minutes left in the third to give the New York Islanders a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.

Odjick broke a 2-2 tie when he tipped Kenny Jonsson's slap shot from the left point past Canadiens goalie Jose Theodore 15:08 into the third period. Theodore entered the game 7:31 into the second period when Montreal starter Jeff Hackett was injured in a collision along the boards while chasing a loose puck. Hackett, who had stopped all eight shots he faced to that point, was sent flying backwards on to the ice after colliding with New York forward Steve Webb. Flyers sign Samuelsson: At Philadelphia, the Flyers signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Ulf Samuelsson to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal were not released.

The 35-year-old Samuelsson is entering his 16th NHL season, having played for Hartford, Pittsburgh, the New York Rangers and Detroit. WTA Eurotel Slovak Indoor BRATISLAVA, Slovakia Results Monday of the $110,000 Eurotel Slovak Indoor tournament Singles First Round Adrians Gersi, Czech Republic, def. Joannette Kruger, South Africa, 7-8, (7-4), 7-5. Lilia Ostertoh, United States, def. Katarina Srebotnik.

Slovenia. 6-3, 6-3. Okja Barabanschikova, Belarus def. Magdalena Gryzbowska, Poland 6-4, Money Leaders Through Oct 17 1. Martina Hingis $2,661,280 2.

Serena Williams 2,567.871 3. Venus Williams 1,978.082 4. Lindsay Davenport 1,972,463 5. Steffi Graf 1,193.367 6. Mary Pierce 728,192 7.

Monica Seles 726.680 8. Jana Novotna 610.954 9 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 606.421 10. Barbara Schett 554.385 1 1 Anna Kourmkova 548.624 12. Amelie Mauresmo 503.776 13 Elena Likhovtseva 431 ,807 14. Amanda Coetzer 413,770 15.

Julie Halard-decugis 410.645 16. Nathalie Tauziat 404.907 17. Natasha Zvereva 403.077 18. Conchita Martinez 379.992 19. Corina Morariu 377.230 20.

Sandrine Testud 370.496 21. Lisa Raymond 348,714 22. Ai Sugiyama 334,863 23. Dominique Van Roost 309,601 24. Chanda Rubin 307,846 25.

Patty Schnyder 297,259 Transactions Monday's Deals BASEBALL American League ANAHEIM ANGELS Announced the resignation of Jeff Parker, director of player development. BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Pur-chased the contract of RHP Calvin Maduro from Rochester of the International League and OF Wady Almonte from Bowie of the Eastern League. Sent Chip Alley and Tommy Davis outright to Rochester. Announced that OF Derrick May has refused a minor league assignment and elected free agency. Announced that RHP Julio Moreno has become a minor league free agent.

National League CHICAGO CUBS Waived 3B Gary Gaetti. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS Waived Carlos Daniel. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Signed Anthony Miller. UTAH JAZZ Waived Julius Nwosu. FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS Signed KR Roell Preston.

Released Mike Sheldon. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Fined coach Mike Ditka $20,000 for making two obscene gestures towards fans on Oct. 17. NEW YORK JETS Placed DB Kevin Williams on the reserved non-football injury list. Signed WR Fred Coleman to the practice squad.

Waived WR Na il Benjamin from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League EDMONTON OILERS Recalled 0 Bert Robertsson from Hamilton of the AHL. Assigned Brad Norton to Hamilton. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Signed Ulf Samuelsson to a two-year contract. WASHINGTON CAPITALS Recalled 0 Jamie Huscroft from Portland of the AHL COLLEGE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Announced that Boise State and Louisiana Tech will join the conference, effective July 1.

2000, subject to approval by the state university boards. DARTMOUTH Named Tony Baldwin assistant baseball coach, Jennifer Stamp women assistant basketball coach and Michael Lombard men's assistant basketball coach. GEORGIA Named Jeff Dunlap men's assistant basketball coach. LEBANON VALLEY Named Jim Miller sports information director. MONTANA STATE Announced that Serena Merrill is leaving the women's basketball team for personal reasons.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Named Jeff Bernstein assistant athletic director for sports information and Dan Magee intramural manager for special events and club sports. SAN FRANCISCO Named Eric Kwail women's tennis coach. Tm NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East I Pet PF PA Miami 4 1 0 .800 140 121 Buffalo 4 2 0 .667 118 93 England 4 2 0 .667 140 124 Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 133 111 Y. Jets 1 5 0 .167 91 119 Central Jacksonville 5 1 0 .833 139 59 Tennessee 5 1 0 .833 142 119 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 117 93 Baltimore 2 3 0 .400 77 87 Cincinnati 1 5 0 .167 76 169 Cleveland 0 6 0 .000 50 147 West San Diego 4 1 0 .800 107 68 Seattle 3 2 0 .600 95 85 Kansas City 3 2 0 .600 104 86 Oakland 3 3 0 .500 124 114 Denver 2 4 0 .333 101 121 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA Washington 4 1 0 .800 174 128 Dallas 3 2 0 .600 120 75 Y. Giants 3 3 0 .500 84 118 Arizona 2 4 0 .333 82 129 Philadelphia 2 4 0 .333 77 112 Central Detroit 3 2 0 .600 107 109 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 102 121 Chicago 3 3 0 .500 104 107 Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 82 79 Minnesota 2 4 0 .333 120 122 West St.

Louis 5 0 0 1.000 183 60 San Fran 3 3 0 .500 128 167 Carolina 2 3 0 .400 124 111 Orleans 1 4 0 .200 88 96 Atlanta 1 5 0 .167 74 153 Sunday's Oames Jacksonville 24, Cleveland 7 Indianapolis 16, New York Jets 13 Miami 31, New England 30 Detroit 25, Minnesota 23 Oakland 20, Buffalo 14 Philadelphia 20, Chicago 16 Pittsburgh 17, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 41, Atlanta 13 Tennessee 24, New Orleans 21 San Diego 13, Seattle 10 Denver 31 Green Bay 10 Carolina 31 San Francisco 29 Washington 24, Arizona 10 OPEN: Baltimore, Kansas City, Tampa Bay Monday's Game New York Giants 13, Dallas 10 Thursday's Oam Kansas City at Baltimore. 8:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct 24 Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Denver at New England, 1 p.m. Detroit at Carolina, 1 p.m. New Orleans at New York Giants, 1 pm.

Philadelphia at Miami, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 m. Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m. Green Bay at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Buffalo at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

New York Jets at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. OPEN: Arizona, Jacksonville, Tennes- Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m. Giants 13, Cowboy 10 Dallas 3 0 0 10 NY Giant 0 3 0 1013 First Quarter Dal FG Cunningham 38. 5:00. Second Quarter NY FG Daluiso 27, 2:58.

Fourth Quarter NY Barber 85 punt return (Daluiso kick), 7:50. Dal Smith 2 run (Cunningham kick), V57 NY-FG Daluiso 21, :01. 1. Karrie Webb 24 23 2. Juli Inkster 3.

Annika Sorenstam 4SeRiPak 5. Lorie Kane 6. Meg Mallon 7. Sherri Steinhauer 8. Dottie Pepper 9.

Mi Hyun Kim 10. Rosie Jones 11. R. Hetherington 12. Mardi Lunn 13.

Kelli Kuehne 14. Maria Hjorth 15. Akiko Fukushima 16. Janice Moodie 17. Kelly Robbins 21 26 28 24 28 21 28 22 28 30 22 28 26 26 24 26 NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division 1 RT Ma OF OA New Jersey 4 11 0 9 19 13 NY Rangers 4 3 1 0 9 20 16 Pittsburgh 2 1 2 0 6 22 19 NY Islanders 2 4 0 0 4 13 18 Philadelphia 15 1 1 4 16 21 Northeast Division RT Ptt OF OA Toronto 5 3 0 0 10 22 17 Ottawa 4 2 1 0 9 19 18 Montreal 3 5 0 0 6 17 22 Boston 0 5 3 0 3 12 21 Buffalo 0 4 2 0 2 12 19 Southeast Division RT Pte OF OA Florida 4 11 0 9 17 13 Carolina 3 1 2 0 8 16 11 Washington 2 2 1 0 5 15 15 Atlanta 1 3 2 0 4 14 24 Tampa Bay 13 1 0 3 12 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division RT PM OF OA Detroit 4 1 1 0 9 20 10 St Louis 3 3 0 0 6 17 14 Nashville 2 3 1 0 5 13 17 Chicago 0 3 3 0 3 15 23 Northwest Division RT Pte OF OA Colorado 3 2 2 0 8 17 16 Vancouver 3 2 1 1 8 19 18 Edmonton 2 2 2 1 7 15 16 Calgary 1 4 2 0 4 17 27 Pacific Division RT Pte OF OA SanJose 6 2 0 0 12 30 17 Phoenix 4 2 1 0 10 19 14 Los Angeles 4 2 1 0 9 22 16 Dallas 4 3 1 0 9 18 18 Anaheim 3 4 0 1 7 15 17 Overtime losses count as loss and a regulation tie.

Monday' Oam NY. Islanders 4, Montreal 2 Today's Oames Anaheim at Washington, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Wednesday's Games Nashville at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Carolina at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Y. Rangers at Philadelphia. 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Florida, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Boston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Isles 4, Canadians 2 M.V. Islandere 0 2 24 Montreal 1 0 12 First Period 1, Montreal, Savage 8 (Koivu), 1:42 (sh). Second Period 2, New York, Czer-kawski 3 (Isbister, K.Jonsson), 8:43 (pp).

3, New York, Isbister 2 (Czerkaw-ski), 15:08. third Period 4, Montreal, Koivu 1 (Savage), 7:29. 5, New York, Odjick 1 K.Jonsson, Watt), 15:08. 6, New York, Lndgren 2 (Czerkawski), 18:48 (en). Shota on goal New York 5-10-1227.

Montreal 7-9-925. Power-play Opportunities New York 1 of Montreal Oof 7. Goalies New York, Potvin 2-4-0 (25 shots-23 saves). Montreal. Hackett (8-8), Theodore 0-2-0 (7:31 second period, 18-16).

A 18.611 Referees Lance Roberts, Brian Murphy. Linesmen Pat Dapuzzo, Brad Kovachik. Players of the Week Oct 11 LW Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Oct. 17 Steve Shields, San Joss Scoring Leaders Through Oct 17 layer OP A PTS Nolan, SJ 8 8 7 15 Jagr. Pit 5 5 6 11 Robitaille.

LA 7 7 3 10 Savage. Mon 7 7 3 10 Sake, Col 7 3 7 10 Recchi.Phi 7 2 8 10 Damphousse, SJ 8 1 9 10 Kapanen, Car 6 4 5 9 7 18 9 College Division I Poll MINNEAPOLIS Top teams In the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey poH, compiled by S. College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses and records through Oct. 17: Record Pts Pvs 1. Boston College (31) 1- 00 386 1 2 Maine (3) 2- 00 340 2 3.

Michigan (1) 4- 04 293 5 4 North Dakota (5) 0- O0 262 4 5. Michigan State 2- 1-0 205 3 6 New Hampshire 1-04 178 6 7. Colorado College 1-04 166 8 8. Northern Michigan 4- 04 124 9 9. Oarkson 0- 04 89 7 10.

Denver 2- 04 40 10 COXING irr Money $1,491,459 $1,294,253 847,566 I 741,926 1 694,936 1 670,629 1 636,723 I 577,875 I 556,671 510.592 1499,406 1 475.984 438,690 432,730 1 417,070 409,665 1391,839 379,208 356.942 549,972 347,928 339,739 338.343 336,931 1 305,141 283,691 275,187 I 274,453 I 269,942 265,473 252,132 .249,679 .236,675 30,881 18. una barren 19. Liselotte Neumann 25 20. Emilee Klein Ali's 'comeback' is down for the count 21. Laura Davies 22.

Catriona Matthew 23. Beth Daniel 24. Helen Alfredsson 25. Cindy McCurdy 26. Nancy Scranton 27.

Becky Iverson 28. Jan Stephenson 29. Sherri Turner 30. Helen Dobson 31. Michele Redman 32.

KrisTschetter 33. Jenny Lkfback 34 Cann Koch 35. Lets Lindley Golf The Associated Press NEW YORK Call it a punch line from Muhammad Ali. Ali, who retired 18 years ago, loved to whimsically announce his retirements and comebacks during his reign as heavyweight champion. Well, he's still at The 57-year-old boxing great, afflicted by Parkinson's syndrome, says his latest comeback claim should be taken lightly.

"Sorry, folks, not this time," he said in a statement Monday. His publicists said he was not serious when he wrote in the current issue of Newsweek magazine that he planned a return to the ring. "It was just me being me," the statement said. In the article, the former three-time champion said he wanted to fight again and he planed to get in shape despite his slowed speech and movement. "Now I'm fighting Parkinson's disease.

But I don't let it stop me. I still travel, attend to my business, do interviews," Ali wrote. "And let me tell you something that'll shock the Earth. I'm going to train and get in really good shape, lose 35 pounds and do an exhibition! in Madison Square Garden with two' or three contenders," he added. "I'll dance for 15 rounds, and whup 'em.

I haven't forgotten. I'll be weighing in at 210 pounds. I'll just say, 'I am returned. Get the contract' But Ali backed off that in an open' letter to his fans. "Although my interview with.

Newsweek was a serious one, my claim to return to the ring was said irf jest," he said. "It is exciting that I still get this kind of response from the press and public with the pros-1 pect of my returning to the ring." Dal NYO Erst downs 14 13 Rushes-yards 25-24 30-75 Passing 250 153 Punt Returns 1-10 5-123 Kickoff Returns 3-48 2-35 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-3 Comp-Afi-Int 20-33-1 15-21-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 5-30 Punts 5-48 4 8-356 Fumbles-Lost 04 04 Penalties-Yards 10-59 9-75 Time of Possession 31:19 28 41 World Golf Ranking LONDON Official World Golf Ranking based on players' performance throughout the work) through Oct. 17. The ranking is computed on a two-year rolling basis weighted toward the current year.

Players earn points based on finish and strength of field: Cty Avg. I. Tiger Woods USA 17.11 2 David Duval USA 13 57 3. Colin Montgomerie Sco 10 26 4 Davis Love III USA 9 52 5. Lee Westwood Eng 9 05 6 Payne Stewart USA 7 98 7.

Vijay Singh Fij 7 93 8 Nick Price Zim 7 92 9. Ernie Els SAf 7 90 10. Phil Mickelson USA 6 67 II. MarkOMeara USA 665 12. Hal Sutton USA 6 64 13.

JimFuryk USA 662 14. Justin Leonard USA 6 33 15. Jesper Parnevik Swe 584 16. John Huston USA 5 78 17. Sergio Garcia Son 5 57 18.

Jeff Maggert USA 546 19 Fred Couples USA 5 35 20. Jumbo Ozaki Jpn 5 22 21. Darren Clarke Nlr 5.11 22 Cartas Franco Par 5 02 23. Tom Lehman USA 500 24. Jose Maria Olazabal Spn 4 61 25 David Toms USA 4 50 26 Brian Watts USA 4 40 27.

Steve Elkington Aus 4 25 28 Steve Strieker USA 4 09 29. Steve Pate USA 4 06 30. Chris Perry USA 4 05 31. Stuart Appleby Aus 4 02 32. Jeff Sluman USA 3 87 33 Bob Estes USA 3 83 34.

Joe Ozaki Jpn 3 74 35. Lee Janzen USA 3 67 tie. Craig Parry Aus 3.67 PGA Money Leaders PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. PGA Tour money leaders through the Las Vegas Invitational, which ended OcL17 Trn Money 1. Tiger Woods 18 $4,266,585 2.

David Duval 20 13 538 706 Trivia Today's Answer Roger Clemens. Statistics DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. LPGA Tour statistical leaders through the Tournament of Champions, which ended Oct. 17: Scoring 1, Karrfe Webb. 69 45.

2. JuH Inkster, 70 02. 3. Dottie Pepper, 70 32. 4, Annika Sorenstam, 70 37.

5, Meg Mallon. 70.61. 6, Mi Hyun Kim, 70 66. 7, Lorie Kane, 70 67. 8, Se Ri Pak, 70 85.

9, Rosie Jones, 71.04. 10, Michele Redman, 71.18. Eagles 1. (tie) Akiko Fukushima, Maria Hjorth and Laura Philo, 12. 4, (tie) Juli Inkster and Kelly Robbins, 10.

6, (tie) Jean Bartholomew and Mi Hyun Kim, 9 8, (tie) Laura Davies, Lisa Kiggens and Michelle McGann. 8. Oreens In Regulation 1, Karrie Webb, .775. 2, Sherri Steinhauer, .749. 3, Annika Sorenstam, .747.

4, Beth Daniel, .731. 5, Meg Mallon, .723. 6, Kelly Robbins, .718. 7, Helen Alfredsson, .714. 8, Nancy Scranton, .713.

9. Jane Geddes, .711. 10. Maria Hjorth, .709. Driving Distance 1, Jean Bartholomew, 260 7.

2, Caroline Blaylock, 260.5. 3, Wendy Doc-Ian, 259 8. 4. Sally Dee, 2591. 5, Sherri Turner, 258 4.

6, Smriti Mehra, 258 1. 7, Maria Hjorth, 256 6 8. Akiko Fukushima, 256 5 9. Annette OeLuca, 256.3. 10, Se Ri Pak.

256.0. Sand Save 1, Mi Hyun Kim, .573 2. Donna Andrews. .552. 3, Susie Redman, .537.

4, Dottie Pepper, .533. 5, Jamie Hullett, .528. 6, Liselotte Neumann, .518. 7, Amy Ateott, .510. 8, Susan Ginter, .504 9, Laura Philo.

.505. 10, (tie) Mar-Isa Baena. Tina Fischer, Meg Mallon and Kris Tschetter. .500. Birdie 1.

Karrie Webb, 378. 2, Maria Hjorth, 377. 3, Lorie Kane, 366. 4, Mardi Lunn, 349. 5, Mi Hyun Kim, 324.

6, (tie) Se Ri Pak and Becky Iverson, 322. 8, Michele Redman, 321. 9, Nancy Scranton, 319. 10, Sherri Steinhauer, 318 Driving Accuracy 1, Kathy Postlewait, .838. 2, Amy Fruhwirth, .838.

3, Sherri Steinhauer, .821. 4, Tina Barrett, .808. 5, Maria Figueras-Dotti, .804. 6, Annika Sorenstam, .792. 7, Lorie Kane, .792 8, Rosie Jones, .790.

9, Pearl Sinn, .786. 10, Hiromi Kobayashi, .780. Putting Average 1. Liselotte Neumann, 28 51. 2, Stephanie Lowe.

28 54. 3, (tie) Rosie Jones and Jane Crafter. 29 10. 5, Barb Mucha, 29 19. 6, Dottie Pepper, 29 22.

7, Barb Bunkowsky Scherbak, 29 26. 8, Jenny Lktback, 29.33. 9, Danielle Ammaccapane, 29.33. 10, Cindy Figg-Currier, 29.38. IN VERMONT MORNING BREAK Basketball Vermont schedule INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dallas, E.Smith 22-26, Warren 1-5, Aikman 14, Ismail Hminus-7) New York, Barber 10-35, Brown 10-23, Graham 7-10, Way 3-7.

PASSING Dallas, Aikman 20-33-1-266. New York, Graham 15-214-183 RECEIVING Dallas. Mills 6-76. Ismail 4-74. Warren 3-40.

McGarrry 3-36. Tucker 2-25, LaFteur 2-15. New York, Barber 5-73, Toomer 5-44, Hilliard 2-41, Mitchell 2-14, Jurevicius 1-11. MISSED FIELD GOALS Dallas, Cunninghan 48 (SH), 42 (WR). SUNDAY'S LATE OAMC Redskins 24, Cardinals 10 Washington 10 7 724 Arizona 3 0 0 710 First Quarter Art FG Jacke 44, 3:15.

Second Quarter Was FG Conway 36, 7:50. Was Bailey 59 interception return (Conway kick). 3:33. Third Quarter Was Alexander 1 pass from Johnson (Conway kick). 1:20.

Fourth Quarter Art Moore 10 pass from Brown (Jacke kick), 6:59. Was Hicks 14 run (Conway kick), 2:03. release Gaetti Monday's results Collage mon' soccer Norwich 2. New England 0 High school girls soccor Rice Memorial 4, Missisquoi 0 BFA-Fairfax 2, Peoples 1 Spaulding 4, Randolph 0 Enosburg 2, Richford 1 Green Mountain 2, Woodstock 1 Vergennes 4, Lamoille 2 (OT) Oxbow 2, St. Johnsbury 1 Mount Abraham 4, Mktdlebury 0 Harwood 3, Lyndon 1 Montpeller 1 Lake Region 1 Northlield 6, U-32 1 High school d.V.

football Essex 45, BFA-St. Albans 26 Vermont schedule NBA Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pel Ol Orlando 3 0 1.000 Washington 1 0 1.000 1 Boston 1 1 .500 Miami 1 1 .500 1 New Jersey 1 1 .500 1Vh Philadelphia 1 2 .333 2 New York 0 2 .000 2Yi Central Division Pel OB Milwaukee 3 0 1.000 Detroit 3 1 .750 Vi Chicago 2 1 .667 1 Cleveland 2 1 .667 1 Indiana 2 1 .667 1 Charlotte 2 2 .500 114 Toronto 0 2 .000 21 Atlanta 0 4 000 3'4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet OB SanAntbnj) 1 0 1.000 Minnesota 2 1 .667 Dallas 1 1 .500 14 Utah 1 1 .500 Vi Denver 1 3 .250 1Vi Houston 1 3 .250 114 Vancouver 0 3 .000 2 Pacific Division Pet OB Portland 3 0 1.000 Golden Stat 2 1 .667 1 LA. Clippers 2 1 .667 1 Sacramento 2 1 667 1 Seattle 2 1 .667 1 LA. Lakers 0 1 .000 2 Phoenix 0 2 .000 214 Sunday's Oames Denver 1 06, Vancouver 94 Detroit 118, Dallas 100 Indiana 116, Sacramento 107 Orlando 1 14, Houston 105 Portland 117, Phoenix 110 Monday's Oames Was Art First downs 24 15 Rushes-yards 34-167 20-67 Passing 243 207 Punt Returns 3-(-5) 1-0 Kickoff Returns 3-59 3-55 Interceptions Ret. 3-51 2-2 Comp-Att-Int 24-40-2 20-43-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 2-9 Punts 6-39 8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-54 4-30 Time of Possession 34:22 25:38 Tennis CHICAGO The Chicago Cubs placed third baseman Gary Gaetti on waivers Monday, possibly ending a major league career that spanned nearly two decades.

The 41-year-old Gaetti hit .204 with nine home runs and 46 RBIs in 113 games this season. Gaetti also played in his game this season, becoming only the 40th player in major league history to reach that milestone. Marlins narrow list of possible ballpark sites: At Miami, the Florida Marlins have settled on downtown locations in Miami and Fort Lauderdale as the final sites being considered for a new ballpark and will now begin to focus on financing options. Sides In umpires' dispute to meet today: At Boston, while umpires keep blowing calls on the field, their lawyers keep maneuvering in the background. Lawyers for the umpires' dissident umpires and owners will; meet today with the National Labor Relations Board on the petition to get rid of Richie Phillips and form a1 new union.

Dissident umpires filed a petition with the NLRB last week, demanding an election to decertify the current1 union and form a new one. nba Agent says Mailman Is keeping1 In shape: At Salt Lake City, Karl Ma-lone isn't letting a sore lower back disrupt his workout schedule. Dwight Manley, agent for' the Utah Jazz forward said Malonef suffering from a lower back strain, has! been doing exercises that don't involve his back. He said Malone i down to 249 pounds seven fewer-than his listed playing weight and eager to play. Wire reports' 3.

Payne Stewart 19 4. Vijay Singh 26 5. Hal Sutton 22 6. Jeff Maggert 21 7. Davis Love IH 21 8 Justin Leonard 26 9.

Chris Perry 28 10. David Toms 29 11. Carlos Franco 20 12. Jim Furyk 23 13. Steve Pate 26 14.

Phil Mickelson 21 15. TedTryba 29 16. Mike Weir 27 17. Jeff Sluman 28 18. Fred Funk 31 19.

Ernie Els 15 20. Nick Price 16 21. TimHerron 27 22. Tom Lehman 20 23. Stuart Appleby 27 24.

John Huston 20 25. Dennis Paulson 26 26. Bob Estes 26 27. Brent Geiberger 27 28. Loren Roberts 23 29.

Notah Begay III 26 30. Duffy Waldorf 23 31 Jesper Parnevik 19 32. Stewart Cink 25 33. Steve Elkington 19 34. Scott Hoch 25 35.

Skip Kendall 29 36. Scott Gump 28 37. Rocco Mediate 24 Today's games Collage men's soccor Champlain at Middlebury 4 p.m. Green Mountain at Castleton State, 3 p.m. College woman's soccer Williams at Middlebury.

4:15 p.m. Norwich at Emmanuel, 6:30 p.m. Johnson State at Lyndon State, 3:30 p.m. Pine Manor at Southern Vermont, 3 p.m. Collage woman' field hockey Vermont at Dartmouth, 3:30 p.m.

College women's tennis Dartmouth at Middlebury, 4 p.m. High school girl soccer (all games 4 pm.) Burlington at Essex Colchester at Champlain Valley North Country at South Burlington BFA-St. Albans at Mt. Mansfield ATP Lyon Grand Prix LYON, France Results Monday of the $725,000 Lyon Grand Prix Tennis Open Championship: Man Singles First Round Jim Courier, United Slates, del. Ar-naud Dl Pasquale, France, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5.

Chris Woodruff, United States, del. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-4, 6-2. Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia, del. Gian-luca Pozzi, Italy, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Richey Reneberg, United States, def.

Jens Knippschild, Germany, 6-3, ret. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Washington. Davis 18-91, Hicks 9-45, Centers 3-18, Mitchell 1-9, Johnson 2-2, Westbrook 1- 2. Arizona, Murrell 15-51, Pittman 2- 15, Brown 1-8, Makovicka 1-3, Boston 1 -(minus 8). PASSING Washington, Johnson 24-40-2-248.

Arizona, Plummer 12-23-2-99, Brown 8-21-1-1 17. RECEIVING Washington, Connetl 8-110, Centers 5-34, Westbrook 3-25, Fryar 2-20, Alexander 2-18. Sellers 1-17, Hks 1-13, Mitchell 1-9, Davis.