Evening star., 1939-05-21
Yachts, Race Stables,
Polo, Golf Big Items
On FiIm|and's Bill
De Mile, Crosby, Zonuck
McLoeIen Among Heavy
Spenders on PIoy
BY ROBERT MYERS,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

HOLLYWOOD, May 20.-Holly-
wood pays an annual sports bill of
s1oOO.0O0.
The 1gure merely is round num-
ber. The amount doubtless is much
more, because the flickerville folk
60 for anything from a yacht the
size of young battleship to graded
handicap of turtle racers. They de-
mand ringside seats, get them-and
pay for them.
Yachts are an expensive toy
Cecil B. De Mile has one that must
cost Sl00,444 a year to operate. what
with a crew on 24-hour call and the
skipper's wardrobe of admiral suits
to keep pressed
Daryl F. Zanuck, mighty mite of
the producers, mounts many a polo
player, including himself. His string
costs 100000 to $40. 900 year to keep
and they are the finest in the West.
Just to be sure he'd have a horse to
ride when he went to London last
year, he shipped 20 ponies, three
Wallets and squad of yes-men to
England
Mr., zanuck's only return is the
hope that someday his goal rating
will be raised from one to two; or
Is 1t two to three?
Horses. Golf Nick Crosby.
There are no more enthusiastic
sportsmen in Hollywood than Bing
Crosby and Victor McLaglen, nor is
there any one with more cash in
vested in sports and prospects so
slim of getting much back.
Crosby's golf alone is an item, just
as 1t is with his fellow players in
Hollywood. Adolphe Menjou, Oliver
Hardy, Bob Hope, Andy Clyde,
Douglas Dumbrille, Humphrey Bo-
gart, Lloyd Nolan, Barton Maclane
and the rest-these boys pay around
$500 year each to participate in
the ancient and royal game.
This doesn't include the $4,000 or
so Crosby spends to stage his an
nual Del Mar Open Tournament,
nor the balls lost by Hope, the we'll
known hook artist.
The Crosby race horses cost
around $4,000 a year, mainly be-
cause they have a certain timiditv
toward approaching the finish wire
first, but the stable maintenance
has nothing to do with the s4OO.-
900 Bing has tied up in his Del Mar
race track.
Lloyd Is Star Bowler.
Bowling has taken the town by
storm. Tyrone Power and Don
Ameche are the leading lights OF
their studio, but the palm for en-
thuslasm goes to Harold Lloyd. He
bowls by the hour, always has guests
and supports two teams under the
Lloyd colors. The comedian scored
nine consecutive strikes recently
and that was his reward.
Boxing has its followers. George
Raft, Jack Benny, George Burns
and the daffy Ritz brothers are
regular twice-a-Week patrons. Their
yearly fight bill ranges well over
$1,000 each. Producer Ben P
Schulberg goes even farther. He
takes in amateur fights in between
the Tuesday and Friday pro shows
The WreStlers draw little from
Hollywood since most of the boys
like music with their burlesque, but
badminton, handball, tennis, squash
basketball, softball and baseball
have their share of hackers and
sponsors. Clark Gable has a mania
for hunting, and like Fred Mac
Murray, is perfect target for gun
statesmen.
AviatOrS Plentiful.
In aviation, Robert Cummings
spent $4,000 on a ship last year
Wallace Beery around $4,000
Jimmy Dunn and Hoot Gibson fly
their own planes for fun, too. Lee
Tracy owns 20-foot sailing craft
spent around $4,000 on the last Cali
rnia-to-Honolulu race and plans
to do it again this summer.
In the fall it's football, winter
it's racing, spring and summer it's
most everything-and Hollywood