Pleasant Grove Review | 1935-01-25 | Page 5 | Athletic Jamboree Pleases Large Crowd

Athletic Jamboree Pleases Large Crowd The Athletic Jamboree staged in the high school gymnasium last Saturday night was very successful. success-ful. The jamboree was staged to help raise the district's allotment of the Boy Scout Fund in the Timpanogos Council. Half of the stake allotment allot-ment of $243.00 was raised. Verne McCullough of McCul-ough's McCul-ough's Arena, Salt Lake, was present pres-ent and referreed several matches between Lehi and Amercan Fork high school athletes. Ira Dern, who was to have wrestled, was unable to do so because of a sprained an-I an-I kle, but made his appearance and speke to the crowd. The amateur numbers on the program pro-gram pleased the crowd even more than the professional bouts and especially the contests between the Lehi and American Fork athletes. All of the boys gave a splendid account ac-count of themselves and many displayed dis-played ability as wrestlers and boxers. box-ers. The professionals displayed a knowledge of the wrestling art and gave the crowd a good show, but, 1 the desire to "stage a show for the crowd", shown thru too often instead in-stead of honest-to-goodness WTest- lng. rt