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Friday, November 6; 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
Crew heads south to face top teams
By PHIL WILKF
Special to the Kansan
The KU Crew is heading south for its last race of the year. Men's coach Cliff Elliott and two boats are heading to Atlanta to compete in the Head of the Chattahoochee Regatta.
Elliott's two varsity boats, a men's open four and a men's club four, will row tomorrow. This is the first time the crew has competed in this race.
"This race has more consistent competition than other races in the south," Elliott said. "Many of the top crews in the country will be there."
Crews from Georgetown, the Coast Guard Acadamy and Florida Institute of Technology will be among 30 to 40 other programs expected to competed.
"It's always exciting to experience that caliber of competition," said Peter Harre, North Barrington, III., senior. "Teams like Florida have an advantage in the spring, because they can row all winter, but I feel we're pretty even right now."
Harre will be rowing in the open four race. Although he usually rows in eight man boats, Harre said that he would rather row another two weeks in Omaha, Neb.
Many of these crews will be at the Dad Vail regatta (in Philadelphia)
next April," Elliott said. "This race will give us a good estimate of where we stand. It might help us in the seedings for the Dad Vail."
"I rowed at Dad Vail last May. I expect the competition in this race (in Atlanta) to be similar," Harre said.
This will be the fourth major race of the year for the KU crew. Elliott has taken crews to head races in Boston and Des Moines and to a sprint race in Omaha. This is the first time in three years the crew has competed in fall races, Elliott said.
A head race differs from a sprint race. In a head race, crews race for
three miles against the clock rather than competing directly against other boats. Most sprint races are 200 meters long.
While two boats will be racing in Atlanta, the rest of the crew will finish their season on the Kansas River. Class day intrasquad races will be held tomorrow.
There will be four races starting at 1 p.m. The launch area and finish line will be the Eighth Street boat ramp in North Lawrence. These races will be 1000 meters long, Elliott said. The public is invited.
Sports Briefs
Swimmers set for first dual meet
The Kansas women's swimming team will compete in its first dual meet of the season when it hosts the NCAA tournament on April 6, today at Robinson Natatorium.
The men's and women's teams will host Southern Illinois at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Robinson Natatorium.
sunday in boston at jayhawk Both Jayhawk teams finished second to Nebraska one week ago in the Big Eight Invitational.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said Colorado State and Southern Illinois had fine programs.
Soccer team to face rivals Mizzou, K-State
The Kansas men's soccer team will play two games this weekend against familiar rivals.
The Jayhawks, 9-4-2, will travel to Columbia, Mo., to play Missouri at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
State at 2 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks defeated Kansas State 3-2 on Sept. 26 in Manhattan, but lost 1-0 on penalty kicks Oct. 25 at the Tulsa (Okla). Oktoberfest tournament.
Kansas will play host to Kansas
Rally set at Towers today for K-State game
team will board buses and go to Manhattan for tomorrow's game against Kansas State. All KU students, faculty, staff and supporters are invited to attend.
Woman says others killed former Wildcat
A pep rally for the Kansas football team will be at 3:30 today on the 15th Street side of the Jayhawker Towers. The Kansas band and cheerleaders will provide entertainment. After the rally, the
The Associated Press
OTTAWA — An Ottawa woman testified at her trial yesterday that former Kansas State University basketball star Jari Wills was stabbed to death last summer by one of three other people charged in connection with his slaying.
The trial of Sherrell Burgess. 24, went to the jury in Franklin County District Court after the morning session on the second day of court proceedings. She and three others were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
Burgess testified that she saw Michael L. Hicks, 36, of rural Wellsville, stab Wills. Her testimony echoed that Wednesday of her husband, Donald Burgess, 39, who is also charged in the case.
The fourth person charged with aiding and abetting in the Wills death, Charles E. Tevis, 34, of Bondale, testified yesterday that an argument about a month earlier apparently led to Wills' slaying.
No one has been charged with murder in the death of Wills, 29, who played basketball at K-State from 1978-80. He was stabbed in the abdomen and chest a short time after he entered an Ottawa lounge early on the morning of July 25.
Tevis, Hicks and Donald Burgess are to stand trial later.
Sherrell Burgess testified Thursday that she did not take part in the fight at the lounge and claimed she saw Hicks stab Wills with a knife that was five or six inches long.
"I noticed Mr. Hicks had something in his hand, but I didn't know what it was (at the time)." she said.
"He made like a punch . . he put the object in his pocket, and I noticed it was a knife."
Prosecuting Attorney Wendell Barker asked her about a statement she had given a detective a few hours after Wills's death, in which she said she stabbed Wills to protect her husband from getting beaten by the victim.
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