European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 20, 1958 the stars and stripes Baylor hot on Yardley s Pace in Aba new York up defending Champion George Yardley is the National basketball association s Early scoring Leader this season but he has a Brand new challenger in Rookie Elgin Baylor of the min Neapolis lakers. Yardley 30-year-old sex Stanford Star has scored 290 Points in 12 games for the Detroit pistons for a five Point Lead Over the spectacular Rookie from the University of Seattle. Yardley has averaged 24.2 Points a game while Baylor has averaged 23.8. Baylor a 6-foot, 5-Inch, 225 Pounder scored 108 Points in his last four games to climb into Sec Ond place. The St. Louis Hawks Bob Pettit who has played Only nine games and has a league Lead ing average of 30 Points a game is third with 270 Points and the Philadelphia warriors Paul Arizin averaging 28.1 per game is forthwith 253 Points. Petit s average is the highest in the history of the league surpass ing a 29.3 average for nine games which George Mikan compiled in1950. Sears tops shooters the new York knickerbockers Ken Sears is the Field goal percentage Leader with a .519 average followed by Cincinnati s Jim Palmer .505 and Detroit s Dick Mcguire .500. The celtics Bill Sharman is the free throw percentage Leader with 26 for 29 and an .897 percentage Baylor leads in rebounds with 193 although the celtics Bill Russell Lias averaged 27.2 for six games and Mcguire leads in assists with02 and 7.7 average per game. The knickerbockers with an 8-1 record have averaged 107 Points a game to their opponents 101. St. Louis up the National i s k e i b a 11 association has announced a change in the month old offensive foul Rule. Fred Zollner president of the Detroit pistons and chairman of the Aba exec live Board meeting Here said the foul Rule change was an improve ment since such violations will no count against the team total in any Given Quarter. Thus such a foul Means Only the loss of the Ball out of bound seven after seven or More personals. The foul still will count against Hie individual player s total penalizing the Man without Addingto the team total. It will mean the shooting of fewer free throws Zollner said because it normally will take a team longer to reach the six limit and resulting Bonus  the change is to take effect nov. 22. Page 19air Force bowl bid hinging on flfs9 new  it \ to a it. A 7 Orleans a the air Force Academy is very much in the running for a spot in the sugar bowl football game on new year s Day but there Are a lot n pair s3 dodgers undecided on Reese s status los Angeles aim e. J. Buzzie Bansi general Mana Ger of the los Angeles dodgers said tuesday there would he no immediate announcement on the status of be wee Heeke. There have been Rej arts that the 39 year old dodger Captain and shortstop would become a coach. Baval said he would Stop at Louisville to be Keese after the baseball meetings in Washington Early in december. Reese said monday in Louis Ville any announcement would have to come from Bavusi. He said he had tulu Eil with the general manager and Felt he probably would become a coach