Needing a victory to even the Series at two games apiece, Giants player-manager Bill Terry sent his "Meal Ticket," Carl Hubbell, to the mound for Game 5. "King Carl" won Game 1 against the Yankees, 6-1.

The Yankee starter, Monte Pearson, was traded to the Bronx Bombers by the Cleve­land Indians before the 1936 season. Yankee fans criticized Manager Joe McCarthy for dealing Johnny Allen, a popular starter, to the Indians in return. Allen had posted a 17-4 record in his first season with the Yanks in 1932, but a sore arm and constant demands for a raise led to his trade. As the season progressed with Pearson on his way to a 19-7 rec­ord, the fans embraced him as the Yanks' second-best starter.

The Yankees scored a run in the bottom of the 2nd before a large Sunday crowd of 66,669—a World Series record. With one out, LF Jake Powell reached first on an error by 3B Travis Jackson. Powell went to 2nd when 2B Tony Lazzeri grounded to second. RF George Selkirk, bat­ting eighth in the lineup, cracked a grounder through the SS-3B hole to score Powell. Yankees 1 Giants 0

The Yanks exploded for three in the third. SS Frankie Crosetti grounded a double down the right field line, then scored on 3B Red Rolfe's grounder up the middle into center field. Hubbell then retired CF Joe DiMaggio on a foul popup to the catcher. With 1B Lou Gehrig at the plate, a wild pitch sent Rolfe to third. Lou then smashed a home run deep into the right-field bleachers. Yankees 4 Giants 0

Terry's club finally scored in the 4th. SS Dick Bartell started with a single to right field. After Terry walked, RF Mel Ott grounded to Crosetti who threw to Lazzeri for a forceout at second, but Ott beat the throw to first. Runners on first and third with one out. CF Jim­my Ripple cracked a single to left field to score Bartell and send Ott to 2nd. Pearson bore down and got C Gus Mancuso to ground into a forceout at 2nd and 2B Burgess Whitehead to pop to short to avoid more damage. Yankees 4 Giants 1

The two starters put goose eggs on the scoreboard until the top of the 8th. PH Sam Leslie hit for Hubbell and singled to left field. LF Jo-Jo Moore followed with a line drive single to left field, sending Kiddo Davis, who ran for Leslie, to second. Bartell hit a grounder between first and second that sent the runners to second and third as the out was made at first base. With the infield playing back, Terry grounded to second as Davis scored. Yankees 4 Giants 2

The Yanks got the run back in the bottom of the 8th. Gehrig started with a double to right field. C Bill Dickey's groundout sent Lou to third, and he scored when Jake Powell singled to left field.

Pearson gave up a two-out single in the 9th before getting Jackson on a foul out to complete the victory. FINAL SCORE: Yankees 4 Giants 2