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/ v The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 17,1991 7 Sport Thoughts by Brad Kelly Donohue Still Chasing a Dream He's a little fish -- no pun intended on his size or lack of it -- trying to stay afloat in an American pond that has drowned many who have tried to swim in its waters before. The waters aren't shark-infested by any means, but Brendan Donohue has learned quickly that blood, in fact, is much thicker than water. He's facing facing a system that makes sure its own are rooked after after before it goes outside of the country to fill ^vacancy ^vacancy on local college teams. Don Cherry has been campaigning for a similar philosophy in the NHL ever since it began importing importing Russians, Finns and Czechoslovaks into the game that belongs to Canadians. Canadians first, foreigners forget it, is what Cherry has preached. That viewpoint is very obvious south of the border, border, as Donohue is beginning to realize. Only, in this case, it's Americans first. This preference may not be as firm and up-front as the stance Cherry has taken on his Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. broadcasts. They have shown it a little more subtly. "It's the same as last year. The coach isn't willing willing to say I'm on the team. I have to try out all over again. There is the possibility if I make the team of some financial assistance," said the 17-year-old Bowmanville resident. The coach he refers to is from St. Petersburg ; Junior College in Florida, where Donohue will be spending the next two years attending classes and playing baseball. He hasn't been given any guarantees guarantees or scholarships, just an opportunity. A chance. One that he hopes to make the best of. He made the best of his opportunity this past year at East Lake High School in Florida, landing a spot on the school team as the starting shortstop. As the season progressed, he proved he could play with the American boys, and was selected to play for the county all-star team. But one season wasn't enough time to prove himself himself to the university scouts. His size, he was told up front, was his only detriment. Scouts bypassed him. He was in conversation with only one school, but balked at enrolling. The fact he was an import was also his downfall. University University recruiters would have a hard time justifying to their superiors giving a scholarship to a Canadian Canadian kid, when there is ample talent to choose from in the immediate area. It's hard for the universities to turn their backs on kids whose parents have paid taxes in U.S. currency currency all their lives. It's hard to overlook youngsters youngsters who were born and raised to play the game of baseball, America's pastime. It would be hard for most to sit by and watch as lesser players receive full scholarship offers. But Donohue is different. He's accustomed to seeing how the system works, and isn't bitter about being passed over. In only one year, he has endured problems that would have discouraged most from returning. Accommodations, Accommodations, school eligibility, and passport troubles troubles plagued him throughout his stay last year. Frustrating, yes. Worth it? He'll tell you it is. He's doing what many only think or talk about. He's determined to live out a dream, a fantasy, of sorts. And nobody can blame a kid for that. Players Ltd/GM Series At Molson Indy Saturday ' Round six of the $700,000 Player's LtdVGM Motorsport Series East, and round two of the $550,000 Player's Ltd. Atlantic Series will be at Exhibition Exhibition Place on Saturday, July 20 as part of the Molson Molson Indy weekend. The Series East is for showroom stock Chevrolet Z28 Camaros and Pontiac Trans Am Firebirds. The Atlantic Atlantic Series includes open- wheel, single-seat, purpose- built race cars. Last year at the Molson Indy, Freddy Rhemrev took the lead from Claude Bourbonnais Bourbonnais halfway through the Layoff Doesn't Affect Peewee Legion Orioles In League Competition A week off did not deter the Branch 178 Legion Orioles Orioles from being true to form. On Tuesday in Cobourg, Scott MacDonald was the winning pitcher, going five innings, giving up six hits and recording five strikeouts. strikeouts. The sixth inning saw Steve Newman on the mound in relief, holding Cobourg Cobourg to one hit and striking out three, defeating them 10-7. Scott MacDonald helped his own cause by producing producing three hits. Bryan Landry had two "hits and Greg McMurter, Shane Cowan, Cowan, Julius Snieder, Jason Vickery, Jeff Finney, Mark McCarthy and Brian Mclnnes all had a hit each. On Thursday, Kendal came to town and the Orioles Orioles defeated them, bringing our • record to 15-2. Greg McMurter was the starting Sport Shop Orioles Win Close Contest by] The ■ M. Yeatman îe Sports Shop Orioles had a two week break in their schedule before they played the Ajax Minor team on Wednesday, July 10. The Ajax team immediately immediately scored four runs against the rusty Orioles. The Orioles' first batter was Danny MacDonald and he started them off with a single. single. Bryan Hudgin stepped up to the plate and whacked the ball for a double. John Line successfully batted the other two home and safely made it to second base himself. himself. Nick Michno hit a double double that enabled John to reach home. At the end of the first inning, the teams were tied at four. In the top of the second inning, Chns Pot made a great throw to John at first, and immediately got the opposition's opposition's first player out. The Ajax team managed to squeak one run in while they were up. David Yeatman Yeatman was up first for the Orioles' Orioles' second inning at the plate and he was walked. Bryan hit his second double of the game and also batted David home. John added another another RBI to his total when he got Bryan across the plate. With two innings "complete, "complete, the Orioles were leading leading 6-5. Jamie Woolner's pitching and Coliri MacDonald's catching stopped Ajax from gaining any runs in their third time at bat. The third inning was a slow one for the Orioles, but they held onto their one-run lead. The Ajax players scared their opponents during the fourth inning when they managed to add four more 40-lap race and held on to win the first Player's Ltd. Atlantic race on the Exhibition Exhibition Place circuit. Bourbonnais Bourbonnais had jumped to a commanding commanding lead early in the race until his brakes began failing. He finished in second. second. John Cadman Jr. scored his first Player's Ltd./GM . Motorsport Series win after starting from the pole. Gad- man Jr. worked hard to hold back veteran Richard^Spen- ard, winner in four of five previous races at the Molson Indy. i ' Nick Michno LATE MODEL Tom Milligan Wayne Williams Al Thomson SPORTSMAN Daryl Leatherdale Randy Slack John Dummltt EXTRA THIS WEEK DEMOLITION DERBY! STREET STOCK Andy Warbutton Rod Marshall Bob Franks /tâ a^vARoce/ L (mosport fs mm a nom WSPEEDm CANADA'S FINEST 'k MILE RACING EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT GATES OPEN 7 P.M. ADMISSION ADUtT $11.00 admission CHILDREN UNDER 12 - FREE For Information (705) 743-3850 Vs David Yeatman ngle the On teams 7, 20 t?ie "four îy, Jul; d in person Best Ball Scramble held at Newcastle Golf Course. Two teams move on to the Regional playoffs. It was a long wait to see if the second second place -6 under tie would be broken. Three teams finally finally teed off in the evening for a three-hole playoff. In first, at -8 under were Gig Fil, Jim Skelly, John Barar and Nick Berkuta. Winning the playoff was the team of Tim Oke, Tony Fischer, Tim Reid and Willy Bridal. / Kendal Self-Destructs pitcher, going four innings and giving up three hits but no runs. Colin Galinski came in and struck out four, but Kendal managed to bring in three runs. The Orioles, Orioles, behind in the bottom of the seventh by one run, managed to pull it out for a win. Greg McMurter had a home run, a triple and a double, missing the cycle by a single. Mark McCarthy had two hits, one being a double and Bryan Landry had a single. The Orioles were in Clarkson for a tournament over the weekend. They lost their first game 4-3 to Riverside Riverside and won their second 5- 4 against Scarborough Village. Village. The competition proved too much for them as they lost their third game to High Park, 8-1. runs "to their score. Bryan Hudgin came in as the pitcher pitcher and took control over the rivals' batters. When the Sports Shop Orioles got up to bat, they gained two runs. Bryan hit a triple and then got home, when John hit a by Brad Kelly Who wins a ballgame in which neither team deserves a victory? The answer, in most cases, cases, would be the team with the last at bat. The Kendal Eagles wished that were true. After coming back from a six-run deficit in the fourth inning, to take the lead in, the bottom of the eighth, the Eagles allowed Orillia to score four unearned runs in the top of the ninth to win a sloppily played game, 14-11. The loss ended a two- game winning streak the Eagles had built. A day earlier earlier (Saturday) against Belleville, the Eagles swept a doubleheader by scores of 4-3 and 12-11. The Eagles' record in the EOBA Senior standings is 5- 10. Sunday's game ended in the same wild flourish with which it began. Keith Powell's leadoff home run in the eighth inning inning broke a 10-10 tie. The solo shot was his first of the year. But in the ninth, reliever Brett Foster hit the leadoff batter and threw two balls to the next hitter before being being pulled for Powell. The new pitcher had an opportunity to be the hero both offensively and defensively. defensively. Powell got two quick outs - an infield fly and a fly ball to right field - before walking walking the next batter. Then the roof caved in. First baseman Jim Newton Newton booted (literally) a ground ball that finally stopped back behind second base to allow the tying run to score. Orillia's Rob Roy completed completed the comeback when he hit a two-strike pitch for a three-run homer to deep right field. It was Roy's third home run of the day. His second three-run shot. "They are a good hitting ball club," understated Powell. Powell. Orillia finished the day with four home runs. "We should have been out of that inning (the ninth) a couple of times." "I got the ball up and they drove it. We did show some guts by coming back, though. We hung in there and nobody gave up." Though they had every reason to. Orillia scored early and often in this game, and built a 9-3 lead by the fourth inning. inning. They pushed across three runs in the first inning, inning, and two runs in each of the second, third and fourth. Kendal's three runs came in the first inning on a three run blast by third baseman, Greg Maclsaac. In the fourth inning, Kendal Kendal used six walks and a couple of singles to score seven runs and take their first lead of the game at 10- 9. Orillia tied the game in the sixth before Powell's home run in the eighth. Gary Carroll, who started on the mound for Kendal, lasted six innings, giving up 11 hits while striking out three. Orillia's Pat Clarke was the winning pitcher after relieving relieving starter Mike Hurtub- ise in the fourth with the bases loaded. The Eagles are now 5-3 in their last eight outings after after starting the season 0-7. to the score while Chris Pot was up. . Going into the fifth and final inning, the Orioles were behind by one. The Sports Shop Onoles did not permit the Ajax team to advance advance their total in this inning. inning. The Orioles had last bat. Nick Michno hit an impressive impressive home run and tied the game at nine. Scott Bouwmeester was up and cracked a single. The Ajax team attempted many times to prevent Scott from moving moving around the bases, but while Tim Lepine and Brock Baker were up, Scott managed managed to steal his way to third base. David Yeatman bunted the ball, and safely got to first. Scott Bouwmeester Bouwmeester crossed home plate to score what turned out to be the winning run. The Sports Shop Orioles won, 10-9. The next exciting game is Wednesday, July 17, at Memorial Memorial Park against the Ajax Major team. "Scramble" Winners at Newcastle Sunda Late Innings Prove for Juniors The Bowmanville Junior Orioles didn't avoid, only de-, layed, the problem that has plagued them all season. Facing Peterborough last Thursday night at Soper Creek Park, the Orioles managed to stay away from giving the visitors a big inning inning to start the game. And that's something they have had trouble doing this season. Peterboro 10 Orioles 4 But the problem surfaced later in the game, in the eighth inning, as Peterborough Peterborough scored five times to break open a one-run game, and win easily 10-4. Allowing other teams a big inning has been the downfall of the Orioles all season. Just when it appeared appeared they solved the problem, problem, they in fact only postponed postponed it. The loss dropped the Orioles' Orioles' record on the season to 5-8 in Eastern Ontario Baseball Baseball Association league play, leaving them in fourth spot in the seven-team league. Orioles' starter Jason Kiely was cruising along on the mound until the eighth. The EOBA All-Star had given given up just four runs - two in the fourth and one each in the sixth and seventh - before a leadoff error in the eighth rattled him. A couple of singles later, he was replaced by releiver Jason Carroll with runners on first and second. With a walk and two singles, Peterborough Peterborough had blown the game open. Carroll did manage to record two strikeouts. Kiely, who took the loss, surrendered eight hits over his seventh-and-one-thirds innings. He fanned four while allowing a pair of walks. The Orioles managed to score one run in the fifth, and three more in the sixth. The big hit in the sixth came off the bat of Jim Walerow- ich, who cracked a two-run double. They threatened to score again in the seventh, and loaded the bases with one out to chase Peterborough starter Scott Mancinni. Cory . Cavanaugh came on to stop the rally with a strikeout and fly ball to centre. Despite recording five wins, coach Cormier feels he has yet to see the best baseball baseball his club is capable of playing. "I've been looking for a little more (wins) from these One of Three sot to Play SkyDome Visit A Disappointment by Brad Kelly Three area baseball players got the chance of a lifetime recently. An opportunity opportunity to play in the Sky- Dome. Brendon Donohue, Jay Kiely and Jeremy Woodcock were members of the EOBA Junior All-Star team that competed in the Youth Cup tournament in Toronto. All-Star teams from around the province converged converged in Toronto for the three-day tournament which included, for each team, one game at the Sky- Dome. The other two games were played at Talbot Park. The EOBA All-Stars won their first game, played at SkyDome, against Niagara District by a 4-3 score. They lost their second game to Toronto, Toronto, 3-1, then rebounded to defeat Western Counties in their final game, 7-2. While all three were in awe of the facility that the Blue Jays call home, only Donahue got a chance to play on the astroturf. "It was quite amazing. It's a big, unique structure," said Donohue, who played the full seven innings of the game at shortstop. The 17- year-old spent the past year at a Florida high school playing baseball, and plans on returning in August to attend St. Petersburg Junior Junior College. "Just to be on the field was a dream come true. I thought it was special to be at Grant Field, but to be at the Dome was real exciting." exciting." Jason Kiely, who plays for the Junior Orioles, expressed expressed disappointment at not getting into the game at the SkyDome. At 18 years of age, he will be too old to try out for the team next season. "It's a lot bigger when you're standing there on the field," he said of the Dome. "I'm a little disappointed disappointed (at not getting in the game) because I'll never get the chance to play there again." Kiely did manage to play a couple of innings at first base in the third game and contributed a single in three trips to the plate. For Woodcock, it was also disappointing not to play at the Dome, but at 16 years of age, he will get another another chance in years to come. He currently roams the outfield and pitches for the Midget Orioles. "It was a good feeling to be on the field, and I look forward to playing next year," he said. "I'll be in junior next year, and I think that was part of the reason why I didn't play this year." "Woodcock saw action in the second game where he walked twice and scored a run. Darlington Youth Soccer League Standings (as of July 12) Kendal Eagles' reliever Brett Foster shows his form during the later innings of their game against Orillia on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles took an 11-10 lead into the ninth inning. But, four runs with two out by Orillia gave them a come-from-behind 14-11 victory. guys." he said. "I'm not all that happy with their attitude. That's what beat us at the first of the year. When we have the right attitude, we play some excellent baseball." The Orioles will host Pickering and Port Hope on Wednesday and. Thursday night respectively. Both games get underway at 7:30 p.m. at Soper Creek Park. 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