Yankees were crowned the 1936 world's champion baseball team here to-day in bringing the annual World Series classic to an abrupt end by smothering the New 'York Giants by the overwhelming score of 13 to 5. The Yankees walked off with the second, third, fourth and sixth games of the Series to claim the championship' honours for the eighth time in the past 33 years. The last Yankee World Series triumph was in 1932 when the McCarthy nine took four straight games from the Chicago Cubs.
Red Rolfe, Joe DiMaggio, Jake Powell and Tony Lazzeri led the Yankee slugging bee to-day, collecting three hits each from four Giants pitchers. Powell was the most effective cleanup man for the Yankees to-day, driving bagger into the bleachers.
Altendance at to-day's game was officially announced at 38,427, with Feceipts totalling $109,213, of which the Baseball Commission will receive $25,381, the major leagues, $71,915 and the' teams $71,915. Total attendance for the Series this year reached 302,- 1924 as compared with 208,072 at last yetr's Series between the Detroit 'Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, 'Total receipts for this year's series amount to $1,204,398, exceeding last year's gute of "$1,173,704. 'The Boxing Con.mission " will' receive $100,659 from the entire Series this year, with $424,737 going to the players, $209,501 the major leagues, and $200,801 to the Yankees and Giants,
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