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1 6The Daily Tar HeelFriday. October 1 1, iyt SPORTS i r iu n to freFiDdDuainid! v0 Wake -D(QE intakes wonpi Bet Bmijjmy mdAe&m By TIM CROTHERS Assistant Sports Editor "I feel healthy. I haven't had any major setbacks. Just hope I can stay there. I'm hoping my past injuries are all over with. " William . Humes, Picture Day, 82585 "I'm hoping this injury is just a minor setback. It !v going to put me out. but I hope when I get in there. lean perform even better and make up for lost time. " - Humes, 10985 William Humes' football career at North Carolina has been one of great promise stunted by injury. Ten days ago at football practice, Humes was handed the ball for a routine running play up the middle. It was near the end of practice and the junior tailback was fired up, trying to finish the day with a flourish. The preceding Saturday, Humes had fired up the crowd at Kenan Stadium, rushing for 104 yards against VMI. "He was beginning to come into his own as a player," coach Dick Crum said. But Humes cut too hard on the soft practice field, as he passed through the line of scrimmage. "I went to throw a move, planted my left foot and turned too deep and it popped," Humes said. "It was a freak accident." Humes tore the cartilage on the outside of his left knee and required arthroscopic surgery. The operation was performed successfully by Dr. Timothy Taft this past Monday to repair the cartilage damage, but Humes' expected recovery period is still uncer tain. "It is impossible to tell at this point whether he can return this season," Dr. Taft said. And so continues the hard luck story of William Humes at UNC. Humes' injury woes began in the fifth X William Humes game of his freshman season against Wake Forest, when he tore cartilage in his left knee. That injury ended his season. The most recent injury is similar to the one he suffered in his freshman year, except less serious. But the fact that it occurred in the same area of the knee may expand the recovery period for his latest injury. "Reinjuries take longer to come around sometimes," Dr. Taft said. I epaenn Hnm exhibited flashes of greatness, including a dominating performance against N.C. State, when he gained 156 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns. But he sprained an ankle the next week and disappeared for the rest of the season. Prior to the 1985 season, Humes again harbored high hopes as he stepped into Ethan Horton's sizeable shoes, as North Carolina's starting tailback. He is stubbornly refusing to let this latest setback wipe out his dream to become a part of UNC's great tailback began rehabilitation the day after his surgery with a rigorous schedule of basic leg extensions and hamstring curls designed to rebuild strength, mobility and range of motion in the knee. "The coach and the physical therapist are going to let me recover at my own speed," Humes said. "They're not going to rush me." But Humes, who once said that he didn't like to set goals because he tended to demand too much of himself, has nonetheless set a timetable for his latest recovery. "If things go the way 1 want them to," he said, "I'm hoping to be back in four or five weeks." In the meantime, the battle between William Humes desire to play football and his disappointment concerning his physical problems rages on, without a clear winner. scoreboard Calendar Today WOMEN'S TENNIS at Harvard Tournament. Cam bridge, Mass. VOLLEYBALL at Maryland Invitational, College Park, Md. Satantay MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY at Mar quette Invitational. Milwaukee. Wise. FIELD HOCKEY at Maryland. Cotoge Park. Md. 11:00 am. FOOTBALL vs. Wake Forest Kenan Stadium, 1:00 p.m. WOMEN'S SOCCER at Massachusetts. Amherst Mass.. 11:00 a.m. WOMEN'S TENNIS at Harvard Tournament Cam bridge, Mass. VOLLEYBALL at Maryland Invitational, College Park, Md. By LEE ROBERTS Sports Editor Embarrassment is the key word for the North Carolina football team as it heads into Saturday's 1:00 p.m. mat chup at Kenan Stadium against a talented Wake Forest squad. The Tar Heels were humiliated last week in a 31-0 thrashing by Georgia Tech and also in their 14-3 loss at Wake Forest last season, agreed upon by many UNC players as the low point of the 1984 season. It is a pivotal contest for both teams in that they sport 0-1 records in the ACC. Whichever team loses will be hard-pressed to make a serious run at the title in light of Georgia Tech's 3 1 start. Wake Forest is 3-2 overall, North Carolina 2-2. The Tar Heels will try to make an upward swing on their 1985 roller coaster ride by knocking off a Deacon team that presents many weapons in its arsenal, both offensively and defen sively. The Deacons lead the ACC in total offense (421 yards a game), total passing offense (235 yards a game) and are second in total defense (281) and rushing defense (100). "Wake is an experienced, balanced team," UNC coach Dick Crum isaid earlier this week. "There's not one' real area you can count on stopping. They have a very good scheme of defense." The Demon Deacons come off a 31 29 loss to a very tough Tennessee teem last Saturday in Knoxville, in which they outgained the Volunteers in total offense, 462 yards to 20. Dsssca quarterback Foy White (who's com pleted a whoppinj 6 percent of his passes) went 25-for-O pgasirg for 277 yards and three touchdowns in that game. White has thrctni for 1,079 yards and 13 touchdowns already thatessca, on a pace to crush the ACC season record of 21 TD tosses set by Wake's Jay Venuto in 1980. vi : 4 i ' k. : - I JJ A Uln - , -j y i !JlJLrzJ Nl 4 Y VVv j If i . t . - iftPTi -ill fk.0 1 ! HUH t! , :l I v Ki: tin. ! I(; jHiJN. $H-'t ,vuHtl 1 -s!it-"f XfrVvi Ct.. Mint hv . itvsf ijHii. i He's aimed his aerial circus at running back Michael Ramseur (33 catches on the year, eighth in the country) and wide receiver James Brim (25 catches). Ramseur also leads the ACC in all purpose yards (142 yards a game) and teams up with Topper Clemons, who's second in the ACC in rushing (426 yards, 6. 1 per carry average). Those numbers present a very real challenge to the UNC defense, which dropped to seventh in the conference in total defense after the Tech travesty. But Wake Forest coach Al Groh expressed respect for the UNC defenders. "North Carolina has as good a defensive front as any team in the ACC," Groh said. "I'm also very impressed with their linebacker (Carl Carr), who is what I term a big-play type player." ' But the UNC offense has something to prove, as well. Coming off the first whitewashing of a Tar Heel team in ten years, the pressure will be on quarter back Kevin Anthony and Co. to put some points up on the board. "As I am every year, I'm impressed with their overall athletic skill," Groh said. "They've got two legitimate pro prospects in Earl Winfield and Arnold Franklin. It will be important for us to control both of them." Winfield was controlled last week to the tune of three catches last week for 25 yards, and Franklin caught two passes for only nine yards. It will also be necessary to get the running game going as well, a tall order in the wake of leading rusher William Humes' injury last week. Freshman Brad Sullivan started at tailback for UNC against Georgia Tech and com piled 62 yards in relief of Humes. Series Record UNC leads series, 53-26-2 First meeting: Wake Forest 6, UNC 4, 1888 Last UNC victory: UNC 30; Wake Forest 10, 1983 Last meeting: Wake Forest 14, UNC 3, 1984 football picks of the week Lee Tim Scott Teams Roberts Crclhsrs FowJcr 28-21-1 27-22-1 30-19-1 .571 .551 .612 Wake Forest stUNC UNC UNC UKC Dt3t South Carolina USC USC USC Virginia rJCtmccn Clem. UVa Ckzn. N.C. State at Pittsburgh Pitt Pitt Pitt VVsstsm Ccrcvina at Georgia Tech GT GT t GT AScbsma at Penn State PSU Ala Ala Nebraska et OkSshoma State Neb. OSU Neb. Florida State at Auburn FSU FSU Aub. Michigan at Michigan State MU MU MU Oklahoma vs. Texas OU OU Tex. The Carolina Union and Hotel Europa invite you to meet members of the Louisville Ballet 7;::r:an informal, reception in The ; King's Club, Hotel Europa immediately following Sunday night's performance. urale " Ti Sunday, October 13 8:00 p.m. Memorial Hall $11.50 General Public $8.50 Students & over 65 All Seats Reserved MasterCard VISA Accepted Call 962-1449 (Ask about Season ticket savings!) 0 1985-86 John Calvin McNalr Lecture by DR. IAN G. BARBOUR Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology and Society Carleton College will speak on "CREATION AND COSMOLOGY" Monday, October 14, 1985 Hamilton Hall 8:00 pm Sponsored by the Chancellor's Committee on Established Lectures 4T muu cmm Z7 p u) o)W7 p;cn 9 am-9 pm everyday 3 777 OSicpol Mill DIvcL C-C2-2G7G rn 2 VtM' IJFJRSTCARE II 15501 ByPou : : .chot toED , I I Char-.. SH -T,f Hotel Euopa I
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