For the first time since 1923, baseball had a "Subway Series." Not since the 1927 Yankees had baseball seen a team as powerful as the 1936 edition of the Bronx Bombers, who finished 19 1/2 games ahead of second place Detroit, which had won the 1935 World Series.

Five Yankees knocked home 100 or more runs: Lou Gehrig (152), Joe DiMaggio (125), Tony Lazzeri (109), Bill Dickey (107), and George Selkirk (107). With the exception of 2B Lazzeri and SS Frankie Crosetti, all the regulars batted more than .300.

The all-New York series began at the Polo Grounds with the aces of both teams facing each other—Carl Hubbell (26-6, 2.31 ERA) for the Giants and Red Ruffing (20-12, 3.85) for the Yankees, who had set a new record for most home runs in a season. The game was played on a rain-soaked field before 42,000 shivering fans enduring a chilly downpour that started in the second inning.

In the top of the first, Hubbell got three straight groundouts with his famous screwball, which was called a "fadeaway" when Christy Mathewson threw it at the beginning of the 20th century. The third out was CF Joe DiMaggio, who hit 29 homers during the season to rank second on the club.

1B Lou Gehrig, who hadn't missed a game in over ten years, led the major leagues with 49 home runs. He started the second by grounding out first to pitcher. Then C Bill Dickey, third on the Bronx Bombers with 22 four-baggers, did likewise.

Yankee RF George Selkirk, batting eighth despite being fourth on the club with 18 ho­mers, led off the third by lining a home run into the upper deck in the right field bleach­ers. Yankees 1 Giants 0

Ruffing kept the Giants at bay until the bottom of the fifth when SS Dick Bartell, who smacked only eight four-baggers during the season, lined a homer deep into the left field bleachers. Yankees 1 Giants 1

RF Mel Ott led off the bottom of the 6th with a double down the leftfield line. CF Jimmy Ripple sacrificed Ott to third. C Gus Mancuso lined a single to left field to score Ott. Giants 2 Yankees 1

The score stayed 2-1 Giants into the bottom of the 8th when they exploded for four runs. Hubbell then got three more groundouts in the ninth to clinch the victory. Giants 6 Yankees 1