Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1905-09-17 | Page 13 | Gans Challenges Nelson

GANS CHALLENGES NELSON lightweight Champion Says Battler Will Have to Fight Him Before He Can Claim Title Baltimore Md rd Sept 16 Champion Joe Guns Cans said tonight Now that Nelsen N lson has hili defeated artt 1 would like to have liae a with whit the victor Nelson may claim the l I championship all be he pleases sO I but he lie will have to beat heat me to niche make sure that he holds it I won tho title fairly n nd d square juam squarely ly Iy from Frank Erne in May lilY tOOl at Fort Erie Erl Canada and arut I have havu never nevar been de defeated defeated defeated There was no color Ih e until after utter I won worm the tho title legitimately from frum a n white man nau mauI manI I 1 believe that I am am Nelsons master m When Sullivan fought Jimmy Britt rt t ou m timer the th coast oost only ony a few tew months ago ego I 1 io lo get geton geton on a match with Nelson but the this latter would not talk business with my m manager managerI I will fight tight Nelson under any aimy conditions he wants but he lie will have to be he square with me In the selection of the referee When the Battler was In Baltimore last summer to fight Kid IId Sullivan Herford of ot offered offered to make the match and amid bet Jet a big bigHum sum Hum on the tha side tilde but the Panes Danes manager the Ule proposition on the ground that he already had a 11 match on with Britt