Gossip Friday: Lombard vs. Gable

From March 1937:

At sporting events, Gable and Lombard are a wow. They are more fun than the show itself, usually–because invariably, they each root for opposing contestants. Football games, horse races, wrestling matches, prize fights–it doesn’t matter; Gable roots for one side, Lombard for the other. It got so funny that just during the fuss about who was to play in the annual Rose Bowl classis, some Hollywood wag proposed: “Why not Lombard vs. Gable?”