Tuesday, January 16, 2007

IBT embraces mediocrity, backs in to 4-3 opening day win

Outbowled but flush with a 248 handicap, the Illuminati Bowling Team opened the winter 2007 Tavern League season with a new lineup and a 4-3 decision over Kiss My Grits Monday night.

Unofficial results, subject to review by the sophisticated Compaq 64-based scoring system at Historic Stone's Lanes, show the IBT winning two of three games--one of them by three pins--and losing the point awarded for total pinfall. The Grits team's scratch average was 42 pins higher than the Illuminati's, but the home team's bloated handicap--47 pins bigger than the Kiss solicitors'--carried the day, or two-thirds of it, anyway.

New Illuminati regular Steve "Nels" Nelson made his first start for the team, rolling a 118, 80, 113: 311. Debbie Kennedy, who is between residences, phoned in a 120 blind.

The lines
Nelson--118, 80, 113: 311; avg 103
Peitz--142, 140, 149: 431; avg 144
Corathers--134, 188, 149: 471; avg 157