El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-19
NOLAN THINKS 53JHiH GLASS:
BEIEIE5H EMaT TRY F1R TITLE
Grunan Has Ceverness and Hitting Ability, Says the
Former Manager Of Ritchie and Battling Nelson;
Kid Williams, Like Ki Ibane, Will Soon Have
to Begin Taking on Heavier Men
BY 7. 5. ANDREWS.

rIL.wAUKEE. Wis. Sept. 1s.-There
M 6sys BEEN many an. big high Gas fsa5s5s
try. among them numerous cham
pions. and according to Billy Nolan, the
former wellknOwn manager OF Willie
Richie and Battling Nelson. there is an
other lightweight on the coast who pro-
misses to develop into the championship
class The boy referred TO Is Ralph Cru
nan. who halls from Portland, Ore and
who is being developed by Harry Foley,
the late manager OF Willie Richie Nolan.
who stopped off here Few days ago to
get line on the boxing situation (as he in
over the last when he happened to men
tion the name Of Grunan.
IF ever boy looked good TO me-" said
Billy. 1t is this young Grunan, whom Harry
Foley has taken hold Of He Is one Of the
best looking boys have seen in many a
day. He is not only wonderfully clever.
hut he can hit and seems TO have a good
head. You know. there are many boxers
who are clever. but that is the limit Ct
their ability. This boy can make 155
pounds easily and seems TO be at home in
the ring under all conditions Why, only
a short time ago he was boxing collars IN
a halter factory. but the kid evidently
had greater ambitions and took to the
boxing game. he had 4 fight with a fell
low named Ewenson in Portland just be-
fore 1 came east and what he did to that
man Swenson was a shame. He has been
quite a football player in his time and,
in fact. an all around athlete. but luckily
for him. he has not taken TO the kind OF
work that would make him muscle bound,
so that he is now in excellent shape to
follow the boxing game for all he is worth.
I may be mistaken as TO the boys stamina,
but he certainly has the cleverness and
hitting ability and II will not surprise me
in the least to hear OF the younEster go
ing after the lightweight championship
within the next year"
Must Rave some Ability.
No doubt the Portland boy must have eN-
ceptionai ability he would not get such
a sendoff from a veteran like Nolan, for
there are few managers in the country Who
can size up a fighter quicker OF better than
can Billy Nolan. Billy also had peep at
Johnny Tillman. the Minneapolis light
weight. when he fought Leach Cross at
Hudson, Wis, recently. In the opinion OF
the game yet although he admitted that
Johnny did sprain his hand badly IN the
fourth round, and that no doubt It pre-
vented him from showing at his best He
thinks Iilman was showed along too Iast
and that he may yet make good among the
the bottom and work up
With Kid Williams defeating all the
bantar1s and near bantams in the east. the
list Is beginning TO dwindle and It viii not .
be long before the Baltimore champion VIII Z
be obliged to take heavier men, the
same as Johnny Kilbane among the feath- /
erWelghLs KID Williams has made a grand I
record for himself. and his latest victory l
IS over Louisiana the Philadelphia boy I
who was Considered quite a lad
II IS almost the same in the 1-- pound 3
DIVISION Tor hllbane says he cannot I'M ]
any leslLmate opponents. However, there I.
are few lads coming along who viii prob /
ably be able to give Johnny a run before /
long. among them George CLANCY. the Bal /
tlmore Ieather; Richie Mitchell, OF Ailwau- 4
kee- ana Young Herman, Of Pezin, H., who j
IS now In the e..