0 Page 10-Thursday, October 28, 1982-The Michigan Daily A.C. Anthony Carter, Michigan's diminutive sparkplug and the NCAA's leading punt returner, runs back a punt against Notre Dame earlier this season. Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Carter ulfilling ' il-American' dream , i s N.4 ~t By BARB BARKER Horatio Alger couldn't have told one better. Shy, small-town boy leaves his southern home to seek fame and fortune in the North. Over- whelmed at first, he quickly returns home, but mother convices him to give the city another try. He appears for the first time on the northern football field a few weeks later where he returns a punt 78 yards for a touchdown in front of a crowd some four times larger than his native Riviera Beach, Fla. A modern-day "Strive and Succeed" story. THREE YEARS and two All-American trophies later, a more mature and more demon- strative Anthony Carter totes mostly fond memories of his Michigan football career and says he can't believe that soon it will all be over. "I don't regret coming to Michigan at all ex- cept when it snows," said the 5-11 161-pound flanker. "Yeah, there are schools wh ere I'd see the ball more, but I don't think that I'd get the at- tention that I do at Michigan." Ann Arbor is certianly not the only town where the Carter's jersey number one commands at- tention, as he has altered Big Ten and NCAA record books as well as virtually re-writing the Wolverine team marks. . HIS RECORDS include: Michigan and Big Ten career touchdown receptions, 33; Michigan career receptions, 140; Michigan career recep- tion yards 2,662; Michigan career kickoff return yards, 1,242; Michigan season touchdown recep- tions, 14 in 1980; Big Ten season touchdown receptions, 11 in 1980; Michigan career touch- downs, 36; Michigan career punt return yards, 837; and Michigan kickoff returns, 128. Carter is also second on the all-time Michigan list in career points with 218, trailing only Tom Harmon, who holds the record with 237. Con- sidering the Wolvrine co-captain has scored one touchdown for every four catches in his first three seasons, (ranking him among the NCAA's top four in the history of college football), Carter could very well eventually bypass Harmon's hallmark. ALL THIS has made the small-town boy a big- time campus figure - something which he has learned to adjust to. "Our relationship's still the same," said Car- "A lot of people recognize me walking around ter. "I'm still little Schemmy you know. I don't campus," Carter said. "I'll see them tap think that's changed at all. I talk to him less now somebody on the shoulder and say, 'Is that really than I did the first three years . .. Sometimes I him?' I'll just laugh. Sometimes someone will get yelled at too. I think he doesn't yell at me as come up and ask me if I'm Anthony Carter." much because I can't take it." Carter says he doesn't always enjoy being SCHEMBECHLER is one man who does not seen as A.C., number one, as opposed to Anthony have to be convinced of Carter's value to the Carter the person. Wolverine offensive drive. "A COUPLE of reporters came up to me after "If he has a super last four games he might a game and one said 'hey A.C.' I told them A.C. is have a shot at it (the Heisman Trophy)," said back in the locker room. It bothers me Schembechler. "But one thing witFi Anthony, sometimes, but I guess they get their kicks off of you've got to go to him. And the one advantage it." Anthony has is that in all the pass coverages they Carter's spotlight treatment may have once still have to cover the run." caused his mother to worry her son was adapting LAST YEAR as a junior, Carter finished a little too well to the big college town, and she seventh in the Heisman balloting, but has been has journeyed to Ann Arbor twice to see the plagued by groin and rib injuries this season flanker in action. which have cut down on playing time. "She's about as quiet as I am," Carter said. "Right now I think I'm about seventh (in the "She wanted to be sure I wasn't getting a big race)," said Carter. "I'm not having the greatest head ... It (the attention) has been really nice. year I could have with the injuries and all. I'm I've enjoyed it. I talked to my mom and told her hoping in these next four games that I'm going to I'm still the same guy. see a lot of man to man coverage.. . I've been "A LOT OF people are pretty happy for me thinking about it (the trophy). It would be great, back home-coming to Michigan and having the especially in my position as wide receiver." success that I've had," he continued. "It's a very Although Carter says that he tries not to think small town you see." beyond the end of the season, he admits he would Every Alger hero is befriended by an older welcome a chance in the pros. fatherly figure who takes him under his wing: ; "I'd like to play pro ball and see what I can Some people have suggested that head Michigan do," he said. "I'd like to prove it to a lot of people coach Bo Schembechler and Carter possess a who say that I'mjist too small:" father-son type relationship. Although he says he If Alger were here, he'd certainly put bids in has had to take a more independent role as the for that one. "Stride and Succeed," Part II. team captain this year, Carter's teammates con- tinue to refer to him as little Schemmy. 14 6 als recep- Carter's Credenti " 33 career TD tions-Michigan record " 2,662 career reception yar- ds-Michigan record * 14 touchdown receptions in 1980-Michigan season record S.11 touchdown catches in conferen- ce play in,1980-Big Ten season record * 36 career touchdowns-Michigan record 0 SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y: Red Wings slip past Blues, 5-4 By STEVE HUNTER Special to the Daily DETROIT- The Red Wings in many ways resembled a used car lot last night at Joe Louis. They began looking like a Cadillac, large and powerful, but changed into a rusty Olds wagon at the start of the second period with sloppy play. Finally, Detroit settled down to a dependable mid-size, running rough in spots but getting the job done. ALL OF this resulted in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues. The Red Wings jumped to the lead at 3:35 of the opening period on a goal by center Walt McKechnie. They carried the play to the Blues' end of the ice for most of the stanza and scored again to take a 2-0 lead. Danny Gare cleared the puck to Stan Weir, at center ice, who then passed to John Ogrodnick, who skated into the left circle and fired the puck past St. Louis goalie Mike Liut. THE BLUES had some chances themselves, particularly one by Perry Turnbull, who was practically in Red Wing goalie Greg Stefan's lap but couldn't put the puck in the net. Later in the period, a hard Red Wing slapshot caught Liut in the facemask and put him out of the game with a broken blood vessel. Glen Hanlon replaced Liut in the net. The Blues came back in the second period urged on by sloppy play by the Red Wings. They scored at 4:56 when Blair Chapman got a lame power-play goal by trickling a shot off the skate of Red Wing Greg Smith. Later that period two Red Wings mishandled the puck deep in their own end. Jorgen Pet- tersson picked it up, put a move on Stefan which sent him to the ice, and slammed the goal home. The Wings came back, however, when center McKechnie made a nice drop off pass at center ice, which was picked up by Reggie Leach and fired in- . to the net. EPICUREAN GOURMET TAILGATE It I~,. .' ' / ;./ I ,, / PARTIES DISCOUNTS FOR: Fraternities Sororities Alumni Red Wings captain Danny Gare sprays St. Louis goalie Mike Liut with a sea of ice chips after just missing on a scoring opportunity in the first period of last night's game. * GIANT SUBS by the foot Quiches, Imported Cheeses & Meats * Cheese Cakes, Mississippi Mud Strawberry, Chocolate, and Banana Mousse The Ann Arbor News' FORUM . . . LIVE Series Presents TH E G REAT LEARY-LIDDY DEBATE Dr. Timothy Leary loo-firiinr iilt +nii r VS. G. Gordon Liddy iex-arug curt guru) t(;UrlVIULeu vvaLeryaLC UUlQ)PIfCILUFI AI