Evening star., 1939-03-12
Faris,Garber, Murphy.
MCGOWAN, Knep|ey
Are Selected
Four Are Ace Scorers:
Three of Them Have
Finished Careers
Bv BILL DISNER, Jr.

JUST as they led the local basket
ball picture during the season just
ended. so do George Washington,
Georgetown and Maryland lead The
Stars all-District team. G. w. and
G.. u, both of whom beat Maryland,
each place two men. with a lone
Terp rounding out the quint.
Our opinion of the best all-around
team which could be formed from
the local fives: Bob Faris and
George CARRIER George WaShlng-
ton, forwards: Johnny MCGOWAN,
Georgetown, center, and George
Knepley, Maryland, and Joe Mur-
ply, Georgetown, guards.
This team averages nearly an inch
better than 6 feet in height, It's COM
bined scoring average would yleid
45 points per game and it Is bal
anced nicely with three seniors,
Junior and a sophomore. 1t is
team predicated on the obvious con-
tention that an all-Star team need
not be packed with high scorers at
the expense of other players whose
excellence in every department over
shadows another's superiority at
point-getting.
Dewitt a Fine Player.
1 There may be some eye-ralslng
over the absence of George Dewitt,
Maryland's promising sophomore,
whose 26l points give him individual
high-scoring honorS for the year.
But Dewitt played four more games
than his four closest rivals for that
distinction. and his 1887 average IS
less than a point better than Hugo
Schulze and Emerson Bartlett OF
American U. and Wayne Ambrose
of Catholic u, none Of whom were
chosen.
1t is to be doubted if there was
a better shot in the East than
G. VS. Faris. who could stand on
the side line or in the center OF
the floor and pot EN- in. A streak
of lightning when breaking from
under the enemy's basket, Faris
could carry the ball down under
his own hoop faster than any man
in the local ranks. His l2-polnt
game average-the highest compiled
bv any District courtman in years
enabled him to bow out OF collie
giate courtdom in a blaze OF glory.
Yet he did not sacrifice team play
for individual gain.
CARRIER, chosen as his running
mate, played a distinctly different
type of game, but he not only pos
sessed the knack for caging 'em
under the most difficult circum-
stances, but his general floor game
would be a contributing factor to
anv teams success. He also was an
effective guard.
Knepley Capable and Smart.
Knepley Is the lone Maryland man
on the all-star team. In knepley
one found the brains" Of the Old
Line team. the playmaker. the guild
ing hand in the otfense and floor
leader of the first rank. Bill Rein
hart. coach of the G.. w. team, has
said that if he had had Knepley on
his suuad, the ColonialS might not
have lost a game despite their
suicide 21-game schedule.
Murphy, Georgetown's captain,
rounded out a brilliant varsity ca
reer by leading the HoyaS to share
of the last Eastern Conference
championship. Although his work
ir his final college game, against
G. w. was below his usual high
Standard Murphy left enough good
impressions from ether games to
warrant his place. Like Knepley,
he was the Hoyas' floor general and
his foot 3 stature would make
him especially valuable to any
team.
MCGOWAN, another Hoya and the
lone sophomore, gets the call over
G.. WIS Jack ButterWOrth, not only
because ButterWorth was unable to
play little more than half the Co
lonials' schedule. but because Nc
Gowan himself put up whale OF
game himself. Under the blackboard
he was superb and his hard-tight-
ing qualities never let up. Al
though the weakest scoring MEM
ber of the all-star team. MCGOWAN
more than made up for that def
cheney by getting possession of the
ball for his mates as much as any
other regular.