Show First Sackers Stay Clear Of Yankees if They Want Wa To Get To-Get Get Into Major Loops By HARRY BARRY GRAYSON V Special to The Telegram A recruit with a a splendid chance of remaining iz in inthe the NaU Nation league this year and for a nu number b r of of seasons to come con j is McQuinn who reports to the Cincinnati Reds as a replace replacement if the veteran Jim Bottomley As s is il often the case the only question Is McQuinn hitting The year old left left-h left hand nd batter batte and I thrower hit only I for Newark j He Heis Js is a 8 remarkable fielder fielder field field- er er and blessed with ample speed This tog together e the r with his Innate A love of the game ganc I and his undoubted 1 1 ed cd physical abil- abil f abil-f i 1 it Ity Ity- Yi S should h ou Id ena enable bl e r 1 the young ms man man it Y to be successful asa as as' t x F 4 ma m a major leaguer Indeed now that the large Bottomley form of Lou rig Geh no Ion longer ge r looms in his path the 5 foot U of Ballston Va has an idea that he will be among those thoC present for at least leut a decade after which he hopes to become a gent gentleman gentle eman e- e man farmer New York Yankee property for a ahalt half halt dozen seasons McQuinn had no chance to crash the big big- show First basing Is a R. steady job with the Yankees They have had only two Wally and Gehrig in years and years Baseball has meant everything to me says McQuinn It h has meant a living It has provided me with an occupation which allows me to hunt and fish to my hearts heart's delight from October until spring But above all an It has given me an opportunity to play baseball b every everyday everyday everyday day of the season I cannot Imagine a a. more and satisfying ca ca- reer McQuinn was a pitcher while attending attending at at- tending Washington and Lee high school of Ballston which is situated situated situated situ situ- a short distance from Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington but didn't relish spending so ao much time on the bench So he became a first baseman He re rejected rejected re re- a scholarship at William and Mary college in order t to play professional professional professional pro pro- baseball George got his first trial with New Haven in 1930 but was re re- re leased It was wa then that the Yankee Yankee Yan Yan- kee kec organization signed him He Ha finished he the campaign with Wheeling Wheeling Wheel Wheel- ing and hit Tho The next year McQuinn was sent to Scranton where he hit The following year ear he moved to Albany and was meeting the ball baU at a clip when the circuit folded up He finished the season at Binghamton with a record He spent 1933 with Binghamton and his 1 led Jed 1 IW the New York PennsylvaniA nl I He hit as a member of th Toronto Maple Leafs in 1934 m |