TO MEET BAER.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20561, 12 March 1935, Page 11

TO MEET BAER.

Winner of Schmeling and Hamas Boxing Bout. FORMER CHAMPION'S RETURN. Max Schmeling, who beat Steven Hamas on a technical knockout, will meet Max Baer early in the summer. The Hamburg correspondent of the “ Daily Mail ” says that Schmeling has never before been so overpowering. His victory sent the spectators into transports of delight. Hamas was so savagely punished that even Storm Troopers shouted to the referee to intervene in the seventh round, and it is inexplicable why he did not. Hamas’s manager revealed that an osteopath sat in the American’s corner throughout the fight treating an elbow which he had injured during training. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. Election of Officers at the Annual Meeting. Mr A. R. Harris presided over the annual meeting of the Christchurch Amateur Boxing and Sports Club last night, when there was an attendance of about thirty members. The Andrew Fairbairn Cup was presented to A. Bourne. The electibn of officers resulted as fol-» lows:—Patron, Mr F. PI. Graham; president, Mr A. R. Harris; vice-presidents, Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., Messrs N. M’Gillivray, W. E. Mouldey, A. F. Stacey, W. S. Newburgh, A. E. Talbot, R. L. Kennett and G. Annand; committee, Messrs A. M’Donald Smith, B. Rennell, G. Simpson, L. Annand. F. T. H. Bell, H. S. Williams, J. D. Hutchison, H. V. Turnbull and W. C. Roberts; honorary auditor, Mr W. S. Newburgh; sec-retary-treasurer, Mr C. Deeming; honorary medical officers. Drs A. Mark Brown, L. A. Bennett, W. M. Catter, J. K. Davidson, J. Guthrie, M. K. Gray, F. L. Scott, A. C. Sandston, J. P. Whetter, P. A. Ardagh and B. H. Gilmour. Mr Brain Lee offered a trophy to the value of £5 ss, and Mr U. Anderson one to the value of £2 2s. Both were ancepted.