Army duo zapsByBUCKYFOXSuit writerKALTENBRUNN. Germany — TheRandy Sapp-Andrce Frenetic ski paradecontinued on course for ihe Army Friday.There went Sapp, zapping the AirForce with a 7:26,28 clocking Tn the 2.5-kitometercross-country Sprint,There went his- Nuernberg teammateFrenetic, frenetically skiing to a 9:53.95.Those times gave Sapp and Freneticihe men's and women'j open titles In thesprinl races, which opened the U.S.Forces Nordic Ski Championships.An hour later, (hey led the Army tovictory in the 10-kilometer team relay.If you thought you read that already,you're right, sapp-Frenette swept IheU.S. Forces Nordic gold last year.It's becoming Nuernberg Numbness."1 compare my time with the men,"said Frenetic, a s-foot-3,130-pound ma-chine who beat her nearest women'sopen Ihreal by nearly two minutes. "Iwish more women were involved,Fellow Army skier Carol Kroge] under-stands. Her 12:58,93 was three minutesback of Frenclle, good enough fora bronze,"I approach it this way. Watch her andlearn.1'said Ansbach's Krogel. "I watch herand mimic her style. She doesn't threatenme because 1 know I'll never beat her,The silver went to LJnda Naccaralo ofDarmstadt. So the'Army cleaned up onthe medals in the women's open.The same thing happened in the men'sopen as Ihe Army counieratlacked for a 90-57 team lead after losing to Ihe Air Force inthis week's U.S. Forces Alpine meetSapp breezed to the gold more than aminute ahead of flamberg's Bill Stemha-gen, who had an 8:34.57, Jim Arsenault ofDarmstadt grabbed the bronze at 8:57,49."1 enjoy racing for the Army,*1 said Sappwhen asked if his routs become monoto-nous. "You still get really nervous beforeraces. If 1 don't win. the pressure is stillon,"Saturday, March 14, 1987 THE STARS AND STRIPES *** Paga 25runsvinced both to race. Then they bothraced at Si. Lawrence University.Nuerobeip's Randy Sapp.... leads Army's Nordic sweepFrenetic, who at 23 is a year youngerthan Sapp, was the first to land in Nuern-berg, where she's a platoon leader for the1st Transportation Co al Darby Casern.Next came Sapp to Nuernberg's MonleilhBarracks, where he works in the PropertyBook Office for (he 1st ArmoredDiv.Said Arsenautl after the Sapp lap, "Any-body in the Army who finds time to trainand ski as well as he does has his stuff to-gether. I respect any skier that good."Torsion's William Morris, Air Force'slop open skier who finished sixth, pointedlo Sapp and said, This guy Is an animal.He passed me like 1 wassilndlngitilL"The Air. Force managed lo collectmedals in the other divisions. Not jusimedals, but gold ones,Steve. Palm of Wiesbaden won themen's seniors (30-39 years) with an8:26,40. That turned out to be the sec-ond best lime of any division.• That also turned out to be Palm'sfourth gold medal this winter. The lankyMinneapolis native conquered IheUSAFE meet las) week. He'll try for yetanother gold Saturday, his 34th birthday.Taking the seniors silver was BrianGordan of the Air Force, Cordan, as-signed lo RAF Bcntwalen, England, butactually working in Ahlhorn, Germany,clocked 9:00.77,Paul Kerian of the Army (Stuttgart)claimed Ihe bronze with a 9:58.02.Ramslein's Brooks Booker, who wontwo golds at USAFE, captured anotherFriday, He breezed to the fore in themasters (40 and over) at 10:26.85.The closest lo that 42-year-old was 46-year-old John Counts of the Army.Counts, the commander of the HohenfelsTraining Area, marched to a 12:07.25.Bill Muhr of Wiesbaden gave (he AirForce a bronze with a 12:49.25.After the sprints came the relay race.The Air Force leaped lo a huge lead withits first legs, bul the Army had its bigguns waiting to shoot off.By the time Frenette and BUI Horton,also of Nuernberg, finished their thirdtegs, the Army's two teams had boltedway ahead.Sapp skied the final leg for the Army'sNo. I team. He zipped to a 7:49.94 tocomplete a 39:44.54 winning team time.The Army's No. 2 team trailed al44:25,43. John Saufley, yet anotherNuernberg skier, clocked 8:22.60 on Iheanchor leg.am sportsTELEVISIONCollege bukettan — NCAA basketballtournament (teams TBAJ.6 pm Saturday.Track and field — Mth Annual Sun-US) Invitational Junior Track Meet, 2RJD. Sunday,One deacf,nine hurtin roilyMOND1M dc BASTO, Portugal(AP) — Portuguese driver Jnaquim0"cd«' Toyota Corolla Coupe GTskidded into a crowd of spectatorsFriday, lulling one bystander and in-juring at least nine others, hospitalauthorities said.Gucdcs was competing in thethird leg of the Portuguese AutoRatty.Race officials said Cucdcs'vehi-cle veered ofT the course al highspeed during the Marco run, ine21st special stage of the four-dayevent and the filth oflhc (bird leg,begun earlier Friday,Officials halted the race whileambulances took the injured toarea hospitals, The event resumedless than an hour later,A spokesman for ihe Mondim dcBasto Municipal Hospital identi-fied the dead man as Manuel Car-valho da Silva Pcixoto, 18.The spokesman, quoted by Por-tuguese radio, said the nine injuredincluded a 5~ycar-old boy with se-rious head injuries.It was the second fatal accident inthe history of the Portuguese Rally.Last year, another Portuguese driv-er, Joaquim Santos, veered intoroadside crowds, lulling two peopleand injuring 30pthers.Top international drivers refusedlo finish last year's rally after Santos'Fort! RS 200 slammed into thecrowd on the first clay of the event,Portuguese organizers this yearimplemented a series of measuresaimed at reducing the risk of acci-dents, including a publicity cam-paign telling spectators to remain''close to Ihe excitement — awayfrom the danger,"Calls 'making investments' good businessN.Y. agent paid athletes to signATLANTA (AP) — A New York-based agent sayshe gave cash to college athteles in an effort to signthem as clients, and the NCAA has begun an investiga-tion that could result in some alhleteslosing their eligi-bility and some teams forfeiting games or champi-onships, according lo a published report.The agent, Norby Wallers, also has come under thescrutiny of the National Football League Players Asso-ciation, which says two college seniors eligible for IheApril 28 draft called the union last week to report thatWallers had threatened "to break their legs" for firinghim.Wallers denies this charge, but he does not denymaking cash payments to college football and basket-ball players before their eligibility has expired — aviolation of NCAA rules,"Part of being a businessman is making invest-ments," be said in a copyright story in Thursday'seditions of Ihe Atlanta Constitution. "If I were goingto invest $500,000 in a McDonald's franchise in down-town Atlanta, would anybody question my invest-ment?"The NCAA permits athletes la consult an agent butforbids them from entering an agreement or acceptingcash or discussing monetary arrangements before iheireligibility has expired.Players found lo have violated rules can be declaredineligible by the NCAA, and their teams can be penal-ized al the discretion of the individual conference forgames in which the player participated. In sports otherthan football, ihe NCAA can strip teams of champi-onships and of revenue received from those tourna-ments.Among the players Wallers says he has given moneyduring their college playing career is Auburn runningback Brent Fullwood, who completed his eligibility lastfall. Auburn Coach Pat Dye said he has launched hisown investigation into Fullwood's dealings with Wal-ters,"I just became aware of it last week . . . We don'tknow to what extent he's been involved with our kids,"Dye said. "I do know this: We have Iried everything tokeep this type off our campus and away from ourkids."Fullwood's is one of many prominent names in col-lege athletics linked to Walters.The Constitution, Quoting an unnamed source withthe NFLPA, said the NCAA will investigate whethertwo of the nation's lop football underclassmen — OhioState wide receiver Cris Carter and Michigan Stalerunning back Lorenzo While —have jeopardized theirsenior season of eligibility by entering into anagreement with Walters.Ohio State has begun an investigation of Carter'spossible affiliation with Walters, according lo athleticdirector Richard Bay.In addition lo Futlwood, Buffalo running back Ron-nie Harmon of Iowa, Carter, Lorenzo While and Adri-an While, other players whose current agents and at-torneys have identified as having past or presentdealings with Walters include Tommy Powell of Au-burn, Kenny Rowers and Terrence Flaglcr cfClemson,John Clay of Missouri, Ron Woodson of Purdue, TonyWoods of Pitt, Garland Rivers of Michigan, ReggieRogers of Washington, Mark. Ingram of MichiganState, Doug Dubosc of Nebraska, Paul Palmer ofTemple and Edwin Simmons of Texas. All ofthc play-ers arc seniors.Of those players identified, ail but Clay and Palmerhave severed or are attempting to sever relations withWalters, their current agents or attorneys say. Rela-tives of CEay and Palmer confirmed that Walters stillworks for those players.Wallers threatened lo expose college coaches who hesays have "looked the other way1' in his dealings withplayers,"If 1 ever blow Ihe whistle on the coaches who havechallenged some players who accepted money fromme, then did not lake it any further, il will be a block-buster," he said. "I've got hand grenades in my pockcl.You ain't seen nolhin1 yet. I'll drop these hand gre-nades like a little trail of cookies. This ihing will blowhigh and hard.'1A series of grievances and lawsuits — some filed orcontemplated by Walters, others filed against him —apparently will bring his dealings farther into the pub-lic view.Wallers said he has filed or will file lawsuiis againstat least eight players he claims have broken contractswith him. Walters conceded that some of these con-tracts were signed white the players still had collegeeligibility. One of Walters' attorneys. Lon Trosi of theNew York law firm Shea and Gould, said, "Two play-ers have been served, three arc in the process of beingserved, and two more are pending." Walim and Trosirefused to name the players.The case that has gone the furthest invuki1* Har-mon, a former client of Wallers, Wallers fikd a brcach-of-conlroct grievance with the NFLPA alleging thaiHarmon received more than 154,000 from Wallersdati ng back to Harmon's junior year at Iowa.