Show IF II IFT TITLES ARE SIL Y foe oe Gans Tells Why He Be Bestowed Bestowed Bestowed stowed Championship on George BY GEORGE SILER The most Important i happening In last week was wa the announced from the ring of ot 7 I Light Lightweight weight eIght Champion Joe Gans and the of ot his title to Jimmy furna urn urns George G orge Gana Gans passed rough Chicago en route for tor Ball Bait I last Thursday and the port that he was through with the lame ame He Re said he had been lighting bout seventeen Cn years had met the est men In the he country before he ached cached the top and since winning the has cleaned up all as for his hf honors and also won 10 0 welterweight championship twice ly y defeating Mike MUto Twin Sullivan 1 Asked why he lie presented his title to furns urns he said Titles do not pre prent nt much and It did not cost anything bestow It I 1 know that the sporting and the t e pugilistic writers will ike ke ke no stock in a gift girt champion so turns urns will be compelled to fight for tor It really had bad nothing to present pre ent him so eo solid lid Id him J I Intended to quit the game Ind nd he be could defend the title The market Is pretty tty well de depleted at present Jimmy Britt and Nelson are 1 I think out of the inning nning Few Live Ones Left That leaves raes Burns Bums Packey Far nd Kid Herman Tommy Murphy Murph ick dc ce Blackburn and o D few others In Ine Ine e 3 field Burns Is willing wIfling to fight any them and nd as ns he Is a pretty tough he might give them a good run here hero Is It appears considerable dis because I T did not knock knolk lurns urns Ait In our recent fight I oly ly iy c have put him away had I ken iken any an chances of ot laying myself en jen for tor a hard punch or to break my I knew I could beat him de on points and give him a good Icing cing doing It so I made the Job as assy assy asBy sy By tas ius possible There Is no rule com corn lUng a man to win with a knockout why take a chance of ot having ha a augh augh ugh lugh ugh fellow sneak a good goode pe e over Had I been careless and had ms hung one on my mJ Jaw that would ye vo put me down and out I would Lve ye vo been accused of faking taking jI I 1 gave the spectators a run for tor money licked my man as clean cleana a whistle and still did not satisfy lose ose who were not within a thousand ties lies of at the fight Tho The public Is hard please and I sincerely sincere hope my ho venture will vIll be a success and that I will not be to please them fain ala ain I have havo been treated royally ce ice I severed my m connections with Herford and I have hae earned more ney oney In the last lait t two years Jears that I Iud ud aid call my own than I have hae during 0 o fifteen years Jears that I was fighting der dar Herford Gans Cans Right Name Is Gamp ans whoso whose right name Is Gamp born In Baltimore on Nov No 25 4 I and began fighting In 1891 since time he has engaged In over oer files ties He won the lightweight cham ship at Fort Erie Canada on May 1902 1903 by defeating Frank Erne In out jut two seconds One punch In fact factS la S only defeat since then was at the Ind nd of Sam Langford a nt t decision His most Important in the last thirteen months and lits which netted him the most and put him on ea street were wereth wereth Ith th Battling Nelson elson at Goldfield Godfield Kid I ld trman at Tonopah Jimmy Britt at atIn ata In n a Francisco and Jimmy Burns at atH IK R H Angeles Joe undoubtedly Is tho the verest erest boxer and ring general genera since days of at Jack McAuliffe and the era belief bellet Is that he could have ten Jacks measure had he been In Inday Inday inday day Gans went wrong Tong many a aie ae ie 10 e but when he reformed and turned lew ew w leaf teat so 80 to speak he came Into own |