European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 9,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Schneider extends her string to 9 Mck  s misfortune helps Swiss win slalom Mellau Austria a she is now variously billed a superstar a skiing Queen or the Wunderkind of Alpine skiing. Vreni Schneider did it again. With her Victory in sunday s slalom she captured her third race in three Days and the ninth straight event this season. But the 24-year-old formidable Swiss skier took advantage this time of another competitor s misfortune. American Veteran Tamara Mckinney who led after the first heat straddled a Gate in the second run apparently risking too much under the pressure of seeking to dominate the Swiss woman who trailed in third place. With Mckinney out it was the Dejavu result of the last few Days Schneider who clocked 53.78 seconds in the first heat danced and darted through the Gates to Mark Best time in the second run with 52.34 for a winning total of 1 minute 46.12 seconds. Second was Mateja Svet of Yugoslavia with heat times of 53.34 and 53.06 and an aggregate 1 46.40, Only 28 hundredths of a second behind the Winner. Third was Patricia Chauvet of France in 1 46.99 Overall 53.89-53.10. She is already paralysing us at the Start with her boldness said Spain s Blanca Fernandez Ochoa who went All out into the second run and dropped out. For Mckinney it was a double regret since she had posted her 18th and so far last world cup Victory Here two years ago. Schneider agreed with an austrian television reporter that she is slowly getting an uncanny feeling about her seemingly unending winning Streak. She has taken All four slalom All four giant slalom and a combined so far this season. Today i would have been satisfied with just a place on the winners Rostrum of the first three said Schneider after her latest Triumph expressing regret Over Mckinney s mishap. Why should i get tense after so Many wins she said in reply to a question. It s quite Normal that i m relaxed. I am exceedingly Happy with my Success. Now i am a bit tired and i am glad i can go Back to  she will compete in a downhill in Grin Elwald sat urday. She is the absolute favorite for the forthcoming world Alpine skiing championship at Vail Colo. Ill go to Vail quite relaxed she told reporters. What i have won no one can take away from me. I am world Champion and twin olympic  Schneider s Overall world cup total is 232 Points. Austrian Ulrike Maier ranks second with 118 Points and Mateja Svet of Yugoslavia is third with 84. Schnei Der s unblemished record in the slalom and giant Sla Lom gives her a maximum 100 Points in each specially. The three top american finishers were tightly Bun Ched in sunday s race. Heidi Voelker 1 50.02diann Roffe 1 50.43 and Eva Tward Okens 1 50.85 placed 15th, 17th and 19th, respectively. Karen Percy topped the Canadian entries with a 10th place in 1 45.95. The two runs on the kit Buhel course featured 60 and 61 Gates respectively dropping 180 meters. Course designers avoided setting the Gates too tight to minimize problems with the soft Snow. Hangl eclipses stars for super a Victory lax Switzerland a Martin Hangl of Switzerland eclipsed the stars sunday to win a men s world cup super g race ahead of two austrians for his third career Victory on the circuit. Hangl 26, gained on the lower part of the 2,000-meter fats has run to clock a winning time of 1 minute 16.14 seconds in the season s second super a. I had a feeling this was a course for me the giant slalom specialist said. I got used to the speedy parts through the downhill training and race Here in the last few  Hangl in his eighth world cup sea son won a giant slalom and super a on two consecutive Days last season. Hans Enn finished second sunday 0.34 behind and denied a repeat of aus Tria s last super a win More than five years ago. Helmut Mayer of Austria placed third in 1 16.80. Fourth was Swiss All around Ace Pir min Zurbriggen aiming for his third straight Overall world cup win who said a slip five Gates from the finish was responsible for finishing 12 hundredths of a second out of third place. Alberto Tomba of Italy Zurbriggen s Chie rival last season placed fifth. Frank Piccard of France the 1988 olympic super a Champion was seventh. West German super a specialist Markus Wasmaier gave up after falling mid Way through a promising run. Many other racers had problems on the hard packed piste with an overlay of fresh Snow. Fog forced four temporary suspensions of the race after the first 29 runners. Twenty of the 91 starters failed to finish or were disqualified. Zurbriggen further widened his Lead in the Overall world cup where he has 140 Points. Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg who finished 14th sunday is runner up with 101. Switzerland s Martin Hangl speeds to Victory in sunday s world cup super a. Valve to Calls Book s charges absurd by Tom Foreman or. Raleigh . A an angry Jim Valvano saturday denied allegations that he is running a corrupt basketball program at North Carolina state say ing the charges Are absolutely absurd and that Legal action is being considered to Stop publication of a Book that details the alleged improprieties. We Are outraged. I m sure the University will take appropriate measures Valvano said after his Basket Ball team Defeated Temple 71-59. It is not any ethical look at a program. If that was the Case i believe someone would have been Here to talk to the people involved Valvano said. I am quite shocked at the level journalism has come  the news and observer of Raleigh published in its saturday editions excerpts from a Book jacket for per Sonal fouls the broken promises and shattered dreams of big Money basketball at Jim Valvano s North Carolina  the Book was written by Peter Golen Bock who has also authored dynasty and the Bronx zoo both about the new York Yankees. The excerpts say Valvano s basketball program re warded players with cars and Money that positive drug tests were kept secret by the coach and his staff and that grades were fixed with the Aid of . State professors. To protect his million and a half Dollar annual in come Valvano had to keep winning and that meant having his Best players taken care of by whatever Means necessary says the Book cover which report edly is subject to change before publication. No sources of Golenbock s information weve named in the excerpts. Valvano is alleged to have funnelled millions of Dol Lars from the Wolf pack club and its 11,000 members to the team. Anybody who would believe that that s incredible Valvano said. Again absurd. Absolutely  Valvano said he had not made a decision on whether to seek Legal recourse to Block the Book s Publica Tion but Charlie Bryant the executive Secretary of the Wolf pack club said the club is looking into Legal Means to Stop the Book. I m going to talk with our University first Valva no said. I Haven t had a Chance to talk with  the Book also claims that none of the players from the 1986-87 team received a degree and that one player from that team deliberately lost an Mcaa tournament game because winning would have meant reveal ing a positive drug test and the possible end of an Aba career for the players involved. . State won the Atlantic coast conference title that year then dropped an 82-70 decision to Florida in the first round of the Mcaa tournament at Syracuse . Valvano not Only assailed the Book s allegations but also the Story in which the excerpts appeared. The system allows for this Type of Freedom of expression without very much accountability or sup port Valvano said. There was a reason Why that came out today with us being on National television and you wonder again. The whole process right now has me very very concerned about some accountability Valvano said. Also the school s athletic director Valvano said he heard several months ago that someone was going to write a Book about the Wolf pack. He said he did t think he was worthy of being the subject. The next time he heard about that Book he said was when he was contacted about its excerpts Friday night. Valvano disputed the claim in the Book that no player from the 1986-87 team has graduated. Of the 14 players on that roster sports information director Mark Bockelman said one has received his degree three others Are working on their degrees after using All their eligibility and Are expected to graduate and eight Are still in school. To state that none of them has graduated gives the appearance that All 14 Are gone and they re not going to graduate. That is so far from the truth Valvano said. No one s working harder than we Are and spending As much time Energy and Money on it or Are As  Bryant was vehement in his denial of claims that his club was a conduit for Money passed on to basketball players. I think anyone who knows me or our program knows this in t True Bryant said. This is absolutely absurd. I think it s a Sleazy move to write a Sleazy Book. The Only motive i can think of is he is trying to write a National enquirer Type Story. It s  Bryant said there Are too Many safeguards in place to allow anyone to take Money from the club and pass it on without his authorization. He said any Wolf pack club member doing it on his own would face the consequences. Of sports radio College basketball Syracuse at Villanova 1 30a.m. Tuesday