European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 stars & stripes runs cup Lead to 3-0 by Howard uljv1an Fremantle Australia a stars & Scripa moved to within a step of bringing the America s cup Back to the United stain pulling away to a 3-0 Lead Over Kookaburra Iii monday by beating the australian boat easily in he Moder ate winds the Aussin had wanted. The end or the bust of seven series could come wednesday. . Skipper Dennis Conner expecting stronger winds than tuesday called a Lay Day which also gave aussie skipper Iain Murray a Chance to line tune his Golden hulled boat and his Crew s Gray spirits. It was a move that Only seemed to delay the inevitable a return or the Silver trophy to its Homeland of 132 years. Stars & stripes one minute 46-second Victory was so easy that the american boat Crew member acted As if they were on a pleasure cruise rather than on a chapter in yachting history. They joked and took snapshots of each other and at one Point Conner gave tactician Tom Whidden a Chance to steer the boat but nothing they did Kepi them from controlling the race for the third straight Day. Not even moderate winds of 12 to in knots the Speed Murray sought stood in their Way. We do seem to be peaking now Whidden said. Few obstacles remained in Conner s path toward vindication for his 1983 loss to Australia ii the Only time America did t win the America s cup. On the last leg the beaten aussies got another Jolt a Kookaburra Chase boat sped alongside the 12-meter yacht to Tell the Crow a bomb threat had been re Eist Germany s Malta Koch Tendon problems Spur retirement of sprinter Koch Rostock East Germany up Marila Koch of East Ger Many possibly the greatest female track and Field athlete of ail time announced her retirement from the sport monday. Koch who will be 30 in 16 Days time said she was quitting because of recurring trouble with her Achilles Tendon. She set 16 world outdoor record Sand i s indoor world bests in a career that brought her every major Honor. Koch said monday it has hardly been possible to train recently and it is no help now to be optimistic one has to be  she said she would continue her medical studies and marry her longtime coach Wolfgang Meier later this year. A lived by Sydney police. Syndicate chief Kevin Parry said the Crew was Given the option of evacuating the boat even though he was told the Cal almost certainly was a hoax. The Crew decided to continue and Murray kept his sense of humor. We checked our option list and our immediate response to them was Well what s the bad news then we thought Well maybe this is our Chance to find out what life s All about after 12-Metcr racing " he said. Then we look the third option to continue in the race since we were Well behind and we did t think if a bomb went up it was going to affect the  the boats hit the starting line at the same time monday and in a rare development. Kookaburra ii went in front. Twas ahead when they crossed four min utes into the race and when they Crosse again 11 minutes later. The next meeting was an unpleasant one for the seemingly defenceless defend ers of the cup. It came about six minutes later As the boats sailed toward each other Sun & stripes coming from the right and Kookaburra Iii from the left. Toe americans were in from by about two boat lengths and the aussie tacked to the left rather than trying to pass under stars & stripes Stern. They had a Good View of that Stem the Resl of the Day As they never led again. The Lead was More than a minute teach of the five remaining Marks before the finish reaching a High of 1 49 after the sixth leg the third Windward beat. As it had in each of the first two races stars & stripes led at every Mark Mon Day in the series it has won 10 of the 12 Stan and stripes foreground lacks behind Kookaburra Iii Early in monday s race. Upwind legs four of the six downwind tags and four of the six reaches. Kookaburra Iii has sailed a total of nine hours 43 minutes and 49 seconds. Ii hat led for just about a half hour an never after the first two Miles of the 24.1-mite races. Stars & stripes reputedly at its Best in heavy weather won by 1 41 in Light winds saturday and by 1 10 in Strong winds sunday. Murray said he did t Call a Lay Day for monday because moderate winds were expected and would t have called one tuesday. The forecasts called for a weak sea Breeze tuesday and Southwest winds of 1z to 18 knots wednesday. Holbert team wins at Daytona Daytona Beach. Fla. A Simsa Camel it Champion Al Holber made a Surprise appearance in his porsche 962 prototype sunday to help his weary team repeat As champions of the Daytona 24-hour sports car endur Ance race. We just needed a fresh body inhere said Holbert who combined with englishman Derek Bell and Al Unser or. His partners a year ago and Chip Robinson to win the $50,000 top prize i record fashion. The winners dulled the team of Indi Anapolis 500 winners a a. Foyt Al linger or. And Danny Sullivan until the Foyt car quit about 55 minutes from the end. Up to that Point it bid been the closes 24 hour race at Daytona International Speedway since it was first run in 1966 the younger Unser also an indy car Star was at the wheel when his team look the Lead for Good on Lap s69 during the 19th hour As Unser St. Made Aroutine pit Stop. The two porsche had battled through the night exchanging the lop spot several times and running in the same Lap much of the Way. Foyt pushing Bis car hard in an Effort to Ratch up had Gearbox and Engin problems in the waning hours and finally blew the engine and coasted to a Hall at 2 40 p.m., trailing Holbert by about a tap and a half. Bell look Over from Holbert with 30minutes to go and cruised to the Victory. Foyt the Only four time Winner at Indianapolis and a former lemans Cham Pion who won Here in 1983 and 1985, wound up fourth. The winners completed 733 laps Cov ering 2,680.68 Miles at an average Speed of 111.599 Mph. Thai broke the Marks of 7 2 laps 2,534.72 Miles and average Speed of 105,484 Mph set on the 3.56 mile Daytona International Speedway course last year by the Halbedl Bell Unser team. However those figures were still a bit shy of the Overall record of 2,758.44 mile in 1970 and 114.794 Mph in 1982on the old 184-mile Daytona circuit. The winners held the Lead for a total of 470 laps including the final 85 laps. The grueling race from Daylight through the night and Back into the Flor Ida Sunshine sapped the strength of most driven. When Unser or. Wobbled out of the cockpit during a pit Stop in the 22nd hour nearly overcome by the heal and humidity that followed the near freezing temperatures of the night Holbert jumped in for the first time. When Chip finished his last driving stint we discussed the possibility of Art driving Bell said. I had cramps in my leg and feel from the beat and Chip had just come out exhausted. Chip and 1 Felt that in would be Betterto have Al in the car and let me rest the extra  car owner who had been in the pits throughout the race professing no intention of driving was building the Lead when foot s car  team became the first repeal win ners in this race since 1975 and 1976 when the Laic Peter Gregg a managed the feat. Bell one of the leading endurance racer in in world joined Holbert As the first winners of three consecutive 24-hour events. The won last j Une at lemans. The closest the winners came 10 disaster was just after Dawn sunday at the Stan of the Irith hour when a tire blew on the banked portion of the track but Robinson was Able to keep the car under control an steer in across the infield to his pit. Porsche again dominated America s Onty major 24-hour race sweeping the first six spots. Ii was the 15th Victory for a porsche since 1968, the third win in arow and the i oth in the last ii races. Five of the nine 962s thai started therace were running at the end. The italian Trio of Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala and Gianfranco Branca Kali inherited second place after the Foy car dropped out finishing eight laps be Hind the winners. It represented a Strong comeback for the italians who made five pit stops in the first to laps and fell to42nd in the 69-car Field. Braves get Garc a Lea from Toronto Atlanta a the Atlanta braves acquired second baseman Damaso Garcia and Pitcher Luis Leal from the Toronto Blue jays in Exchange for Pitcher Craig Mcmurtry braves general manager Bobby Cox announced monday. Mcmurtry 27, a right hander was 1-6 with a 4.74 earned run average for the braves last season. Garcia who will be 30 saturday is a two Linw american league Alt Star an balled .281 with six Home runs and 46 runs batted in last season in 122 games. Leal 29, was assigned from Toronto s class a Jioji vile team to the braves Greenville club in class a. Cox said the right hander will be invited to Spring training with the major league club. Leal has a 51-58 record with 4.14 Era with the Blue jays but spent most of the last two seasons in the minors. Garcia a seven year Veteran has a.286 career baiting average with 32 Home runs 301 Bisand 197 stolen bases. Mcmurtry. Who was 15-9 with a 3.08 Era As a Rookie in 1983, has a 25-3 j career record and 4.06 Era