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FIRST ed oro pBatrae raslh HoOlbeirtt DcSDD By DON BOSTROM Of The Morning Call and a pedal to be pushed to the metal. "I tried Grand National early and got my ears pinned back," Holbert said in a 1985 interview. "That's something different where you need to develop a sixth sense almost from the time you start driving. I tried CART and enjoyed that a lot but my commitments to Porsche Motor-sports kept me away. So, I decided why not be satisfied with making a good name in IMSA.

I want to put some things in the books that will be hard to beat." show he was considered America's winningest road racing driver with 63 professional road race triumphs and well over one million dollars in career earnings. He was the all-time International Motor Sports Association-Camel GT career leader with 49 victories. He won the Camel GT points championship a record five times 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985 and 1986. He finished fourth in the 1984 Indianapolis 500 as a rookie, won 10 SCCA Can-Am and one SCCA Trans-Am victories. Please See CRASH Page C14 Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the cause of the crash.

"Al started the day in his offices in Warrington," said Michael Knight, a spokesman for Porsche Motor-sports North America. "He flew some of the team mechanics out to Columbus for the race today's GTP Columbus 500. He had a dinner meeting and then took off by himself to come home. We still don't know what happened." Holbert is survived by his wife Joy, son Todd, 14, and daughter Laura, 13. Funeral arrangements will be made this afternoon.

Holbert grew up in racing. His father. Bob, was a legendary figure on the Sports Car Club of America circuit. He was bitten by the racing bug and often said his studies wandered at Lehigh University because he was "daydreaming about how to make cars go faster." Those dreams turned into reality during a spectacular racing career that girdled the globe Holbert often said he was "born to race." He lived and flourished on the track with a passion and a precision. He took a crack at running anything that had wheels, a motor The human race lost one of its great ones Friday when race car champion Al Holbert died in a plane crash moments after taking off from Ohio State's Don Scott Field.

Holbert, 41, was killed instantly when his private Aerostar crashed at 9:26 p.m. in an open field a half-mile north of the airport near Ohio 161 according to Sgt. Larry Byrd of the State Highway Patrol. Both engines of the plane hit at the same time and the propeller was buried two feet in the ground. Teams from the Federal Aviation Holbert did just that.

The records Al Holbert THE MORNING CALL SECTION OCTOBER 2, 1988 A MEDAL 4 1 MEDAL STANDINGS 'I "--v I By JOHN NELSON Of The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea The only thing Roy Jones couldn't control was the decision, and the Seoul Olympics moved to a close on a sour note today for the United States. Jones, at 19 the oungest of all the S. boxers, scored at will and totally controlled South Korean opponent Park Si-hun, but lost a 3-2 decision in the 156-pound gold medal final at the Seoul Olympics. "I won all three rounds," Jones said. "What can I do? tlashy lady in the red tights and painted talons.

But she has graced these Games with astonishing speed, as though she would run away from her shadow, and that was enough to forget the drugs, the disgrace and the fist fights that took their toll in Seoul. "I can't even find the words," she said. "I'm just so happy." Today, diver Greg Louganis, who pulled off the first double gold sweep in consecutive Games by a man, accepted the Olympic Spirit Award as the top American athlete in the Games. He then announced his retirement as a diver. "This is a great way to end my diving career," said the 28-year-old Louganis, the bald spot still showing where he cracked his head on the board during the springboard competition.

"I have decided that this was my last competition." Evelyn Ashford ran down the Soviet bloc, helping Griffith Joyner win her third gold medal in the 400-meter relay, but, with Flo Jo at anchor, the women could do no better than second in the relay. The U.S. men, on the other hand, tied the 20-year-old world record in their 1,600 relay for another gold, anchored by 400-meter world record-holder Butch Reynolds. "I broke a 20-year-old record," Reynolds said, "and I wanted the team to be part of breaking another 20-year-old world record. We came up just on the right time." Mary Decker Slaney, America's best middle-distance runner for more than a decade, came up empty at the Olympics again.

She was 10th in the 3,000 meters and Please See JONES Page C14 Country Til USSR 55 30 46 131 East Germany 37 35 30 102 United States 35 30 27 92 West Germany 11 14 14 39 Bulgaria 10 12 13 35 South Korea 12 10 11 33 China 5 11 12 28 Romania 7 11 6 24 Britain 5 10 9 24 Hungary 11 6 6 23 Poland 2 5 9 16 France 5 4 6 15 Japan 4 3 7 14 Australia 3 6 5 14 New Zealand 3 2 8 13 Italy 5 4 4 13 Yugoslavia 3 4 5 12 Sweden 0 4 7 11 Canada 3 2 5 10 Netherlands 2 2 5 9 Kenya 5 12 8 Czechoslovakia 3 3 2 8 Brazil 12 3 6 Norway 2 3 0 5 Denmark 2 114 Finland 112 4 Switzerland 0 2 2 4 Spain 112 4 Morocco 10 2 3 Turkey 110 2 Belgium 0 0 2 2 Jamaica 0 2 0 2 Mexico 0 0 2 2 Austria 10 0 1 Portugal 10 0 1 Surinam 10 0 1 Chile 0 10 1 Argentina 0 10 1 Costa Rica 0 10 1 Neth. Antilles 0 10 1 Peru 0 10 1 Senegal 0 10 1 Virgin Islands 0 1 0 1 Greece 0 0 11 Philippines 0 0 11 Colombia 0 0 11 Thailand 0 0 11 Pakistan 0 0 11 Mongolia 0 0 11 Indonesia 0 10 1 Iran 0 10 1 f- There's nothing I can do about it. To me, I'm a gold medalist, to America, I'm a gold medalist." After the decision was announced, Jones put his face in his towel, obviously shocked and upset with the decision, and he left the ring a silver medalist. One of the United States' brightest moments of the Olympics Flo Jo's solid gold Games with the sterling silver ending had turned to one of its dimmest. Two U.S.

boxers won gold yesterday Kennedy McKinney and Ray Mercer and Jones was one of three going today. The U.S. team now had two gold, two silver and a bronze with Riddick Bowe and Andrew Maynard still to fight. Florence Griffith Joyner won three gold medals and, when she went for a fourth, just ran out of Flo go. No more gold for the vf ft Associated Press Ray Mercer of the U.S.

celebrates his first-round knockout for the gold medal. oodman debut 27 14 in Lehigh wins By JOHN JAY FOX Of The Morning Call NBC-TV notice that McGowan was 18-of-30 for 258 yards and rushed eight times for 115 yards. He played a starring role in at least three scores. "That first big run. That was important," Small finally figured about the McGowan 67-yard jaunt.

"It was a run-pass option. Everything just Please See LEHIGH Page C1 4 SCHEDULE ciding score with 12 minutes to go; A blocked field goal by Mike Heldberg and the "Grubbers" that halted a Cornell fourth quarter march, And, a 62-yard McGowan TD strike to Gorman that finally felled the Big Red with 3:29 left. In the closing credits. Small will After suggesting that "the TD pass that nailed it" ranked right up there, and that any one of several defensive plays could have played a major role, the congenial head coach explained that he'd have to look at the game films before making such a declaration. When viewing the celluloid, the talented teacher will see: Free safety Gregg Wolfson stuffing Big Red quarterback Aaron Sumida on a momentum turning 4th-and-inches in the second period that opened the door for Lehigh's first score; Brown and White signal caller Mark McGowan's sprinting 67 yards for his club's second touchdown; McGowan tossing 39 yards on 2nd-and-10 at the Cornell 49 to flanker John Gorman in setting up the de After a long thought.

Hank Small could not come up with the "key play" in Lehigh's come-from-behind 27-14 victory over Cornell that capped a delightful afternoon before 13,000 fans as the Brown and White tore the wrappings off spanking new Murray H. Goodman Stadium All times EDT (Tentative) noon: Final-day highlights. 7 p.m. II p.m.: Closing ceremonies. ft it-" 2nd A.L.

East title for Bosox in 3 years i A i l. PSUgets a 'show' by Sacca By JOHN KUNDA Morning Call Columnist PHILADELPHIA The Penn State defense made things comfortable for Tony Sacca last night in a 45-9 win over Temple, but the freshman quarterback, who earned a mark in Joe Patemo's history book, didn't have to take a back seat. The fact is that you would have never guessed the kid was just 1 9 and starting his first collegiate game. Sacca left the sellout crowd of over 65,000 in Veterans Stadium walking out wondering how good the kid can really be. Sacca's statistics were impressive enough (7 for 13 for 121 yards and two touchdowns), but his over-all field leadership is what pleased Patemo the most.

The 6-5 Sacca, from Delran, N.J.. was tested early, driving Penn State on a conservative drive that gave the Lions their first touchdown. The kid's explo-siveness showed up late in the second quarter. Sacca and Michael Timpson com- -4 iX AAf it By DAVE HARA Of The Associated Press CLEVELAND Manager Joe Morgan has a stock reply for the reason bis Boston Red Sox are American League East champions for the second time in three years. "Good players," Morgan says.

He admitted yesterday, though, that "a little bit of Cinderella-played a role in his promotion from third base coach on July 14 and the Red Sox's comeback for the division flag. "You know, if former third base coach Rene Lachemann hadn't left for Oakland. I might still be the bullpen coach," Morgan said just a few hours after the Red Sox clinched the division title with the elimination of the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers. "Now. to win the division is just unbelievable," said Morgan, who took over when John McNamara I Ptease See PSU Page C1 4 DON FISHER The Mcxrang Cal LehicvYs Mark McGowan (13) outraces Cornell's Len Tokish 81 on his way to a 67-yard touchdown in the thircfciuarter that put the Engineers up 13-7.

Teammates Gary Nelson (66) and Erick Torain (25) follow the play. Please See RED SOX Page CI 5.