European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 25, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Sapp zaps Field in Cross country by Klint Johnson staff writer Kaltenbrunne Germany his name is Randy Sapp but Call him Randy  Sapp from Nuernberg and Vii corps zapped the Field again monday at the Usa eur nordic ski championships easily winning the 12-Kilometer race in 47 minutes so seconds. It was the third open division title for the Tupper Lake n.v., native who won the the nordic combined the 2.6-Kilomc ice sprint sunday and also anchored Vii corps relay team to Victory. But Sapp is just one of four Vii corps skiers who will take Home three Gold med als from this two Day meet. Also winning their third golds monday were Garmisch s Brian Skinner in the men s senior division12-Kilometer race Gil Dodson of Augsburg in the masters 8-Kilometcr event and Andrea frenetic of Nuernberg in the women s open 8-Kilometer run. Those three joined Sapp on Vii corps victorious 10.6-Kilometcr relay Effort. All tour Vii corps winners also Cap tured nordic combined honors in their respective divisions As Well. Carol Rudesill of v corps won Mon Day s race for women s seniors. She also captured sunday s race and the nordic combined in her division. Sapp s nearest rival was Tim Fisk a Alpine Ace from Hanau who continued his astounding Progress in Cross country ski ing by picking up an open division second place. Fisk who was third in sunday sprint was timed in 49 58.41. Third place in the open race went to John Harrison the Best of 14 setae entrants. Harrison clocked 51 46.53. Vii corps John Saulcy placed fourth followed by Setas John Rondeau. The next five places were taken by Seta skiers from Vincnza who have been train ing in Berchtesgaden for a biathlon next weekend. Monday s races were delayed for Over a i hours to allow for preparation of the course after a heavy snowfall had dumped knee depth Snow on the area. A Snow cat was finally called in to prepare the track. The races were shortened because of Snow problems with the men s open and seniors racing 12 Kilometres instead of 15 and the women and masters Sling 8 kilo meters instead of 10.but Sapp looked like he could have skied the original 15 Kilometres and maybe 10 More when he finished with no visible sweat or heavy breathing. It was Tough skiing he said. The soft Snow made it hard to get Power. Evenly poles were slipping. One of the Hills was like mashed potatoes Sapp skied in top flight College Competition at St. Lawrence and he keeps Lap times on himself. He looked at his watch when he came by the finish line after each of three loops of the 4-Kilomctcr course. He liked what the watch told him. My laps were almost identical he said within a second of each  Fisk won both Usa eur slalom Las year but was an also ran in nordic racing. He s not quite up to Sapp s Pace but he s the skating technique and Bucom picked up thing a Force in army Cross country racing. The Hanau skier switched to softer skis the ones he usually warms up on and was satisfied with the Choice. "1 had one Good crash when someone fell ahead of me Fisk said. But otherwise the race went Well despite the soft  were a common complaint among the  soft Chc cd up course took its toll on the downhill. With nearly 100 entrants and some narrow sections the collisions were  soft conditions also made for some Tough equipment and tactical decisions. Jansen captures skate sprint Kar Izawa Japan a Dan Jansen of the United states captured the men s 500 meters for his first Victory in the 1986 world sprint skating championships and remained in second place Overall Sun Day. Jansen 20, finished in 36.84 seconds. He still was second in the Point standings with 112.060 Points Only 0.045 Points behind Igor Zoh Elezovski of the soviet Union who had 112.015 Points. Zoh Elezovski and East German s Uwe Jens Mey finished second in 37.26 seconds in the 500 meters before 11,000 spectators at the Kar Izawa skate Center in Central Japan. Jansen became the first skater Ever to race faster than 37.00 seconds at this a Rui Zawa rink. On saturday Jansen placed third in the 500 meters and second in the 1,000 meters. The men s last event of 1,000 meters was to be held later sunday with skaters with the lowest Points winning the championships. Earlier on sunday Karin Kania East Germany s superstar won her third Triumph and virtually wrapped up the women s title of the championships. Kania 24, who recently returned to Speed skating after a year off to have Achild finished in 40.00 seconds in winning the women s 500-meter race followed by Bonnie Blair of the United states in 40.08 seconds. She led in the Point standings of the championships after the 500 meters with 119.360 Points followed by East Ger Many s Christa Rothenburger with 120.970. Bonnie Blair of the United states placed third with 122.595. A Field of 62 skaters from Australia Austria Canada Taipei West Germany Finland France East Germany Japan the Netherlands Norway Poland South Korea Sweden the soviet Union and the United slates Are competing in the two Day championships. We Bruecken claims wisc Crown Worms Germany the Zweibruck in team of Jinnie Brown june Richardson Jan Gloria and Carol Schaben won the showdown Battle with Heidelberg sunday to capture the european wisc travelling league championship. We Bruecken took 10 of a possible 12 match Points from Heidelberg to decide the eight team Competition in the final round. The we Bruecken team earned $400 for the Victory on the basis of 64 Points one More than Heidelberg. Heidelberg which took second place Money of $200, was comprised of Stephanie Brown Olga Ginter Diana Monroe and Grace Kishaba. The quartet averaged 163,169, 175 and 177 respectively. Each Bowler rolled eight games in Bead to head Competition. Jinnie Brown topped the we Bruecken Effort with an eight game average of 192. Schaben followed with 180, Richardson with 170 and Gloria with 163. Ramstein with 59 Points finished third and earned $140. Bamberg followed with 54 Points and $100. Wiesbaden finished if tit followed by Stuttgart Gold Giessen and Stuttgart White. There were no Money prizes Tor the final four teams Wiesbaden shot 828, the top individual game of the one Day Competition. Ace Gai Fey 199terry Taylor 197joyce Rich Ardson 181and Bev Brouillette 251 comprised the top game Effort. Jenny Brown rolled the most 200-plus games of the Competition with scores of 226, 200, 222, 223. Brouillette with a 251 and a 201 and Joyce Richardson with 225 and 206 were the others. If i had to do it Over again i would pc used a kick Wax and skied diagonally rather than skated said Harrison who is from Virginia and in Only his second year of Cross country  other second and third placers in monday s race and the combined event were v corps Marty Knorr and Vii corps Jed Anderson Lodi Edquid of Vii corps and Robert White of 21st support omd in men s masters Linda Naccarato of v corps and Evelyn Ioctl Ger of. 21st support come in women s open and Dor Othy Corack of 21st and Michelle  of 26m support up in women s seniors. Sapp did not race in the Usa eur meet last year. He missed the Vii corps Competition but showed up at the usar eur nordic  he had t qualified at corps level he was allowed to race unofficially Only. His times were impressive enough to win him an alternate spot and he was added to the Usa eur team to replace a dropout and he won two races for his team m that  s race concluded the nordic portion of the championships. The Alpine championships Are next on the usar eur schedule starting in Garmisch wednesday with the giant slalom. 2 eagles yield in for o Meara Melbourne Australia a two dazzling eagles in five holes boosted american Mark o Mcara to Victory in Australia s richest Golf tournament the $275.000 australian masters at Huntingdale  Meara finished with an 8-Undcr Par 284 after a final round 73 to Lake the $49,500 first prize by one  australian David Graham fired a Lover Par 74 Sun Day for second place at 285. He earned $29,700. One shot further Back in third place with 286 was australian Ian Stanley. He collected $16,335. Australian Terry Gale was penalized two shots for an incorrect drop on the Par-4 13th. Gale would have finished in a tie for third but the o Meara who made the turn in 30, knocked in a two foot putt for an Eagle 3 at the i0th. On the Par-5 14th he picked up another Eagle from four feet. O Mcara said that his Victory was As important As if he had won on the . Tour. Mcmahon says bears May self destruct Washington a Chicago bean quarterback Jim Mcmahon says his team will self destruct if it continues to take a hard line on signing potential hold outs. Mcmahon who was honoured saturday night by the National quarterback club used the occasion to take a couple of verbal wipes at the bears front office. With a sly smile he told the Black tie audience that after the bears super bowl Triumph. President Reagan made a collect phone Call to congratulate him. But know ing How cheap the bears Are they would t accept the can he , he Tow reporters that the bears could not afford to lose defensive end Rich Ard Dent the super bowl map who is negotiating a new contract. I guarantee you we need Richard Dent Mcmahon said. If we Don t sign him Well  Dent is threatening to follow the Lead of Chicago starters Todd Bell and Al Harris who sat out the entire 1985 season Over a salary dispute. Mcmahon also bemoaned the loss of defensive coordinator buddy Ryan who recently departed to coach the Philadelphia eagles. While Chicago coach Mike Ditka publicly cheered Ryan s departure saying Ryan played his favorite players and not necessarily his Best ones Mcmahon said the bears will feel the loss. We re not As Good a team As we were a few weeks ago he said. It s going to take the defense some time to adjust and i Don t think they will be As  Mcmahon was one of two Bear que i Ter backs honoured at the Benefit for cystic fibrosis research. Sid Luckman who starred during the 1940s, was inducted into the newly formed National quarterback Hall of Fame along with former Washington Redskin great Sammy , who led the bean to four nil titles thanked Mcmahon for guiding Chicago Back into the limelight. I hoped and prayed the Chicago bears would once again become the monsters of the Midway Luckman told Mcmahon. You Mike Ditka and your teammates have allowed sex Chicago bears to bask in your  Mcmahon did not Wear anything unusual not even a headband. "1m tired of being asked where s my headband be said. I Don t know what the big Deal is. I be been wearing a headband since College and i Only Wear it to  Iowa s Chuck Long was named the col lege quarterback of the year at the event Jeff George who threw Over 90 touchdowns for Warren Central High school of Indi Anapolis was honoured As the High school quarterback of the year. Fourteen nil quarterbacks and Jim Kelly of the is. Football league s new Jersey generals attended the affair