Evening star., 1947-02-14
6. U. Triumph Before
Record Crowd Leaves
Area Without Champ
By MerreII WhittIesey

If Madison Square Garden officials
should wire Send the best college
basket ball team in the District area
here for a tournament" the answer
would be THE District doesn't have
a best team"
That's about the situation after
Georgetown's 17-point rout Of it's
previous 8-point conqueror, George
Washington, last night at Uline
Arena before the largest crowd ever
to see basket ball played in the Dis
trict, 6, ,126. The score was 61-44.
The Hoyas, led in points by the
Washington basket area artist, Andy
Kostecka with 10; in play making
and ball handling by their semicrip-
pied captain, Danny Kraus, and in
spirit and comeback qualities by Ed
Brembs, who was terrific in the
second half after being knocked
cold in the first, won going away.
The victory left G. W., Georgetown
and Maryland with claims to local
laurels. but all three are so slim the
court season will pass without a
mythical titlist.
Each Has Its Claims.
Maryland can claim a victory over
Georgetown in the only meeting, a
split with G. w. and a 10-won and
5-lost record for the season, basing
its right to local fame with a 2-1
edge with it's ma jor rivals.
George Washington can claim an
even break in four games with
Georgetown and Maryland. and a
14-6 record for the season although
playing 20 games on 18 different
courts.
Georgetown can claim a split with
G. w. and tough break in it's game
with Maryland when Kraus and
Kostecka, go per cent of the G. U.
offense, were out. In addition,
Georgetown has won 13 and lost six
against far tougher opposition.
Meanwhile, American u. Coach
Staff Cassell is on the outside look
ing in, bemoaning the fact that he
had two games each with G. U. and
G. w. Cancelled at the last minute
Cassell said his present team could
give any of the above scrap.
The highly regarded, but un-
official Converse-Dunkel ratings, out
yesterday, gave Georgetown top
local billing before its impressive
victories over La Sale and the
Colonials. The Hoyas were rated
57.8; Maryland, 54.8; G. W., 53.7, and
American u, 49.2, all well back of
Navy, tops in this area with 693.
Kostecka Eludes Defense.
The Colonials effectively bottled
Kostecka and his 18-point average
in the first game and although they
gave Andy little room to move in
the second meeting, he banged in
10 points, five of them from eight
of the fouls he drew for being man
handled.
Art Zahn, coach of the Colonials,
used his two biggest men, 6-foot-6
Don McNary and 6-foot-4 Barry
Kreisberg at the same time for the
first time this season and although
they gave Kostecka and Ken Brown
a scrap off the backboards the big,
slow centers slowed the G.. w. attack
and Georgetown forced the Coiion!als
into wild, hurried shots from the
outside
Brembs appeared to be badly hurt
when he fell hard to the floor at
the end of 3 minutes of play and
was carried to the dressing room.
He passed out for the second time
in the dressing room, but begged to
be allowed to return in the second
half and each time he scored he
went for the spectacular, driving
under the basket for layups.
Once again Jim Rausch was the
star player of G. w. with Bill Can't
well, who helped off the boards in
addition to II points scored, close
second. In the first minutes of
play, the two teams took IA shots,
fouls included, and made II, but
G. w. cooled after its 1916 lead.