Giants manager Bill Terry wasted no time making known who his starter would be for the first game -- Carl Hubbell. The lefty's screwball was said to be even more effective against lefthanded hitters, and of theose, Washington had plenty in its starting lineup -- Myer, Goslin, and Manush, who would be penciled into the 1-2-3 slots in the batting order in game one, and Joe Kuhel, who would bat sixth.
It was the Washington Senators, a truly balanced ball club, who were considered runaway favorites to win the 1933 World Series. As the first contest at New York's Polo Grounds, slated for October 3, approached, Joe Cronin remained mum regarding who would start the first game for the Senators. Terry had already declared that Carl Hubbell would win the first and fourth games, and this may have contributed to Cronin's determination to remain silent. After dallying for a week, he settled on a lefthander as well, but baseball observers were shocked that it wasn't Earl Whitehill, the 22-game winner. Instead, Lefty Stewart, loser of only six games all season, got the nod.
Game 1 starters Carl Hubbel and Lefty Stewart shake hands before the contest:
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