The Airballers, behind the 24 points by T. Thomas, score a blowout win against
the Cloggers, 40-24 and take the lead in the weak NoTrump division.

In a game that was not decided until monday night, the Hot Death squeak by the
Anarchists and post a 17-16 win.

The Bombers have consistent play and score a win over the Linemen 24-21 in what
appears, early on, to be the toughest division in the RAFFLE.

The lightning strike for 44 points and defeat the talented Bastards team
44-33.  Can they strike the Bombers next week for the division lead?

The bombjacks made some good calls this week and defeat the Trouncers 27-16 
despite 10 pts from the Trouncer defense (NO).

And the Steelers win 34-32 despite a 15 point monday night rally by the 
Wildcats.

Behind the numbers: Out of 46 possible points from the Forty-niners, only 3
were picked up by any of the RAFFLE teams. (The linemen are pounding their 
heads tonight ...)  Whereas the lousy 15 from the Redskins were all picked 
up by the RAFFLE teams.

Boners: When the Team Defense stuff was put out, I listed 1 pt for INT.  It
should have been 1 pt for TURNOVER! (int and fumble recovery)  This did not 
play a big role in this weeks games, but may do so later on.  My apology for
this oversight on my part. The scores reflect the change. 

Due to the significant Net lag I have experienced on my system, the trade
windows have been extended to Thursday instead of the Wednesday listed in the
rules mailer.  I do not believe this will present a large problem ...


RAFFLE standings and stats for week # 1:

NoTrump Division      | #| W  | L  | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst |
----------------      |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------|
Allen's Airballers    | 1|  1 |  0 | 0 | -- | W 1 |    40   |    24     |
Hot Death             | 4|  1 |  0 | 0 | -- | W 1 |    17   |    16     |
Clydestown Cloggers   | 2|  0 |  1 | 0 | -- | L 1 |    24   |    40     |
Eastern Anarchists    | 3|  0 |  1 | 0 | -- | L 1 |    16   |    17     |

Spade Division        | #| W  | L  | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst |
--------------        |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------|
Lightning             | 8|  1 |  0 | 0 | -- | W 1 |    44   |    33     |
Ch. Bay Bombers       | 6|  1 |  0 | 0 | -- | W 1 |    24   |    21     |
Drunken Bastards      | 7|  0 |  1 | 0 | -- | L 1 |    33   |    44     |
Witchita Linemen      | 5|  0 |  1 | 0 | -- | L 1 |    21   |    24     |

Club Division         | #| W  | L  | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst |
-------------         |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------|
Pischke Steelers      |11|  1 |  0 | 0 | -- | W 1 |    34   |    32     |
Worcester Bombers     |10|  1 |  0 | 0 | -- | W 1 |    27   |    16     |
Atlanta Wildcats      |12|  0 |  1 | 0 | -- | L 1 |    32   |    34     |
Troan's Trouncers     | 9|  0 |  1 | 0 | -- | L 1 |    16   |    27     |

This week's game scores: (Home team listed on top)

     # 1  40     # 3  16     # 5  21    # 7  33    # 9  16     #11  34
     # 2  24     # 4  17     # 6  24    # 8  44    #10  27     #12  32


Trades and transactions:

| # | Released               |pos| Acquired               |pos|
|---|------------------------|---|------------------------|---|
| 4 |                        |   | I. Brown, PHX          |rb |
| 4 |                        |   | H. Moore, DET          |wr |
| 6 |                        |   | D. Johnson, LARM       |te |
| 6 |                        |   | CLEVELAND              |def|
| 7 |                        |   | C. Heyward, NO         |rb |
| 7 |                        |   | C. Williams, PHIL      |wr |
| 8 |                        |   | J. Montana, SF         |qb |
| 8 |                        |   | R. Craig, LARD         |rb |
| 9 |                        |   | M. Hoge, PITTS         |rb |
| 9 |                        |   | B. Hebert, NO          |qb |
|   |                        |   |                        |   |
|   |                        |   |                        |   |

Next week's contests: (Home Team listed first)

# 1 vs # 3   # 2 vs # 4   # 5 vs # 7   # 6 vs # 8   # 9 vs #11   #10 vs #12

Game of the week: The Bombers and Lightning square off for the early lead
                  in the tough Spade division.  (Both 1-0)

Trade Order:

     Order  1: Team # 3    8 am Thursday
     Order  2: Team # 9    9 am Thursday
     Order  3: Team # 5   10 am Thursday
     Order  4: Team # 2   11 am Thursday
     Order  5: Team # 12   NOON Thursday
     Order  6: Team # 7    1 pm Thursday
     Order  7: Team # 4    2 pm Thursday
     Order  8: Team # 6    3 pm Thursday
     Order  9: Team # 10   4 pm Thursday
     Order 10: Team # 11   5 pm Thursday
     Order 11: Team # 1    6 pm Thursday   That be me, folks !!
     Order 12: Team # 8    7 pm Thursday

Special notes: All NFL teams play next week. Submit your lineups by Gametime.
REMEMBER: The trade windows mean to get your picks in by the time indicated to
be considered in the order OF the trade order.  Basically, If your team is not
doing well ((JOHN!!)) you should get your trade picks in by the time
designated.  After 7 pm Thursday, it is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!!

As far as the picks are concerned, you should get them back by Friday if you
make your trade window.  When everyone settles in this week and gets their
lineups filled, I will repost the official rosters to help everyone make WISE,
and I mean WISE, trade decisions.  THANX for an exciting first week!!