Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-05
All Seats Sole,
But Allotment
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Other Visiting Teams
Join Maryland Coach
In BIust at Housing
By MerreII Whittlesey
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

Maryland. which sacrifices high
scoring for accuracy, opened
play in the, Southern Confer
ence basketball tournament here
today with a total of $4,000
spectators scheduled to see the
afternoon and night twin bills
in North Carolina States Reyn-
olds Coliseum.
For the most part, the same
folks who watch West Virginia
meet Furman at 2 pm. and
Maryland play Duke at 4 will
be back to see Wake Forest meet
Richmond at 1880 o'clock and
N. c. State play North Carolina
at $50. 80
All seats have been sold, but
not without grumbling. With all
four of the North Carolina teams
in the tournament, there is more
dissatisfaction than ever before
over the ticket sales. There have
been hundreds of complaints
about the price scale, and the
method of alloting tickets.
$4,000 Profit Likely.
The general public is COM
planning that all tickets go to
the competing schools, and the
followers Of the eight teams in
the tournament complain that
too many seats were on sale for
the general public. Nobody is
happy with the possible excep-
ton of the treasurer of the con-
ference, who can count on a
profit of about $4,000 after all
expenses and taxes have been
paid. Last years net profit was
about $4,000.
Maryland was Joined in its
complaint about being housed in
N. c. State College dormitories
instead of in hotels by the other
visiting teams, Richmond. Fur
man and West Virginia.
The out-of- State teams, forced
out of hotels because Of the
rooms needed for the State Leg
misunderstanding to the Tour
nament Committee - complain
their players are housed in hot,
Anticipated buildings where long
walks are necessary for toilet
facilities and meals and there is
little chance for rest because Of
noise.
MiIlikan Really Angry.
Coach Bud Millikan of Mary
land, angry before he arrived,
"hit the ceiling" when he in
spected the dormitories and
Coaches Les Hooker Of Rich
mond, Lyles Alley Of Furman
and Red Brown Of West Viz
ginia Joined him.
The dissatisfied coaches are
threatening to demand the
tournament be taken back to
Durham next year. Regardless
of who wins today. there is going
to be some name-calling when
the basketball coaches meet
tomorrow.
The respective favorites today
are Furman, Duke. Wake Forest
and North Carolina State, but
only the latter, six-time cham
pion, is considered a shoo-in.
Although Carolina beat State
here early in the season, the
belief is that the Tar Heels were
brought along too fast and long
ago passed their peak.
Furman Dark Horse.
Furman, with Frank Selvy,
the Nations high scorer, and
Neild Gordon, listed from River
dale, Md, as its one-two punch,
shares the dark-horse role with
Maryland.
Maryland is the team nobody
wants to play because Of Coach
Millikan's possession Of play
style. Maryland has not played
Duke since losing by three points
in the first round of the tourna-
ment last year, but Millikan has
seen the Blue Devils play twice
this season.
The Duke team that lost to
George Washington, 1887, in
Washington in December is not
to be compared with the team
that Walloped North Carolina by
% points two weeks ago. There
was obvious dissension among
the Blue Devils early in the
season, a fact that was born out
by Coach Hal Bradley when he
said team play was responsible
for Dukes comeback.
Millikan, shocked when Gene
Shue was omitted from the ALL
Conference team. hopes Mary
lands brilliant player will show
the sports writer's today how
wrong they were. Shue, Ralph
Greco. Morris Levin, Don Moran
and George MANS were to start
for the Terps.
If Maryland wins today it will
meet the winner between Wake
Forest and Richmond in >the
semif1nals. Wake Forest, in
spired by Bones Mckinney, for
merly of the Washington Caps.
in the role Of assistant coach.
figures to get by Richmond. the
youthful Cinderella team Of the
tournament which is here for