Up Front


MAJOR LEAGUE PBA LEAGUE


Duke, along with Pete Weber, Bill


O’Neill, Jason Belmonte, Mike Fagan, Sean Rash, Osku Palermaa and Chris Barnes, took turns selecting teammates through five rounds of the draft until each squad had five “starters” and one supplemental


pick. Matches will use the Baker format, with each team member bowling two frames. The opening round of league play will


be telecast live on ESPN on Sunday, Jan. 27, with the subsequent rounds taped


and aired through February and March. The championship match, with the PBAL Elias Cup at stake, will be determined at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis on Sunday, March 31. (It will air Sunday, April 7 on ESPN.)


THE TEAMS


Team Name: Dallas Strikers Owner: Terrell Owens Players: Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla. (Capt) Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla. Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore.


Mike Machuga, Erie, Pa. Supplemental pick: Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind.


Team Name: To be announced Owner: To be announced Players: Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo. (Capt) Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif. Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y.


John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y. Supplemental pick: Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y.


Team Name: Phillie Hitmen Owner: Kevin Hart Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa. (Capt) Players: Mika Koivuniemi, Finland Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio Mike DeVaney, Hemet, Calif.


Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C. Supplemental pick: Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas.


Team Name: To be announced Owner: Chris Paul Players: Jason Belmonte, Australia (Capt) Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas Andres Gomez, Colombia Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.


Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev. Supplemental pick: Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela


Team Name: Motor City Muscle Owner: Jerome Bettis Players: Mike Fagan, Dallas (Capt) Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich. Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind.


Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill. Supplemental pick: Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.


Franchise players will receive a $10,000 “salary,” with a sliding scale down to $2,000 salaries for fifth- round selections. Each member of the championship team will earn $15,000.


Team Name: To be announced Owner: To be announced Players: Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill. (Capt) Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla.


Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga. Supplemental pick: Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa.


Team Name: To be announced Owner: To be announced Players: Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas (Capt) Dom Barrett, England Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz. Stuart Williams, England


Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan. Supplemental pick: Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I.


Team Name: To be announced Owner: To be announced Players: Osku Palermaa, Finland (Capt) Martin Larsen, Sweden Dan MacLelland, Canada Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla.


Thomas Larsen, Denmark Supplemental pick: Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill.


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