Stollen or Strudel

Titan was at it again today; with mixed results. TT cajoled Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz to make an appearance at Kinsley by picking him up at his house on this crisp, sunny, fall Saturday. Joe left his "A" game at home however. He also left the 'heavy lifting' to the Titan. 'GK'/TT paired in the second set of the day against 'Big Al' Diodati and Bob 'Kraut' Kluge. 'GK'/TT rallied from a 2-4 deficit to capture the set (6-4). 'Big Al'/'Kraut' had waltzed to an easy 6-love bagel over 'Happy Jack' Carey and George 'Chemist' Hauss in the opener. The tandem of TT/GK came up a dollar short and a day late in the final set of the day dropping it to 'Kraut'/'Chemist' (5-7) after rallying back from a 3-5 disadvantage. The Deutschlanders rebuffed Titan on his service in game 11 in a multi-deuce affair even though TT produced three aces within the game and they went on to close out the set at love. Titan, ever looking for the excuse to explain away his defeat, opined to 'Kraut' as they left the yard, "You stole that eleventh game from me, Der Kluger." "Ja, meine freund" retorted 'Kraut,' "stollen ist gut, next week you try my strudel!" You seem to like 'the apple!"