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THE TAR HEEL
Thursday, August i, 1927
Warren, Gentleman and Scholar,
Is After World Boxing Title
University Graduate Aspires to
Light-Heavyweight Crown-
To Play Football This Year
and Enter Professional Ring
After Thanksgiving.
; (By Wm. Norment Cox)
fugihsm, the inghest paid
professional sport in America
is keeping abreast of the times
in North Carolina. Not content
with successful conquests in the
world , of literature, diplomacy,
' the cigarette industry and other
kindred spirits, - the old North
: State is about ready to offer one
of its sturdiest sons to the roar
of the crowd. There has come
from the little coast village of
Edwards, N. C, a lad named
Addison Exum Warren twho is
confident that he will bring to
his, native heath, his parcel of
fame, comparable to that ; of
Greene and Hughes, outstanding
dramatists; 0. Henry and Wil
bur Steele, prose writers; and
that of the Pages in diplomacy
and . public works. This lad, a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina and, already
Junior National - Heavy-weight
champion of the United States,
is soon to forsake his homeland
and amateur laurels for the gold
and glory held out by the gen
tlemen of the box fighting in
dustry. ' -
Although Warren will carry
to the professional ranks an am
. ateur heavyweighf title, he in
tends to confine.his efforts to the
class now ruled by Jack Delaney.
The North Carolina youth, a
natural light- heavyweight,
weighing 175, is confident, that
some day he will challenge that
title. This is his love, his aim,
his consuming ambition and
many who know are of the opin
ion that the lad is not dreaming.
Defeats Dempsey's Sparring
A few days ago a dispatch
from Dempsey's camp at Sara
toga Springs said that big Marty
Gallager of Washington, D. C,
had arrived to help condition the
ex-champion for , his historic
come-back' As his name appear;
ed in the news items Warren
laughed and said, "Sure I know
Marty. I .met him in my first
fight under the A. A. ,U. lip
was champion of the South At
lantic States.-: Yes, he was., the
champion and I drew him first.
Read this.". , " '
Warren brightened up '" the
evening," reads an excerpt from
the Baltimore Sun of March,
1926, "by winning two slashing
bouts. In the first he gained the
decision over Marty Gallager of
Washington, D. C, present hold
er of the South Atlantic cham-
him from further competition.
Warren , soon sol ved Gallager 's
bothersome left hand and shook
the champion repeatedly , with
rollicking lefts and rights. In
his other bout the Tar Heel
knocked jout Ben Funderburk
with a right hand clip to the
jaw that hung Funderburk over
the top rope where he hung like
a sack of meal till counted out."
' This happened in the elimina
tions for the Junior National
championship, from which War
Ten eventually emerge with his
first title. Yes, the Tar Heel can
fight, He has had over forty
bouts in Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Cincinnati and
has never been off his feet.' He
.has lost two decisions.. "All of
his fights have been under A: A.
U. rules, but his opponents have
often been men of real ability.
This past summer Warren has
been boxing four round benefit
, bouts for the American Legion.
Recently he gained a newspaper
verdict over Lester ; Mayle, In
. dian heavy from Fort Bragg and
in a return match a few nights
ago knocked out Mayle in the
second round. Mayle represents
the class of the big fellows in
this part of the country and in
1924 represented the United
States in the Olympic . games.
Hardened by Outdoor Life
The Carolina coast region;
famous for its duck shooting and
treacherous Cape Hatteras was
the scene of Ad Warren's child
hood. This country as brawey
as the peat boggs in old Ireland
gives to its sons a strength that
never forsakes them. Besides,
Warren comes of true fighting
stock, his parent being English
on his father's side and Irish on
his mother's. "North Carolinians
have long nodded in the sun and
read of the mighty men of the
ring from other lands, but who
knows , but what right among
them they have a section destin
ed to become as famous for its
fighting men as County Cork in
the old country.
Young Warren grew up close
to the soil ; out in the open from
morning till night.' As the boy
grew older, he was put to work
as a lumber jack in his father's
logging camp. Day after day he
drove his axe into the long leaf
pine and then 'snaked the logs
to the mill. This life jn the open
has given Warren, without ef
fort, something that many of our
present champions have had to
labor to acquire. Witness Tiin
ney, Dempsey Delaney 'et al.
However, life for the sturdy
youngster was not all work and
no play. There was plenty of
time to hunt the boundless for
est and trap the marshes for
miles around.
Indeed this was a man's life,
full of thrill and muscle build
ing adveenture. This early train
ing brought Warren to the Uni
versity of North Carolina with
a body as tough as a prime white
oak and as fresh as the resinous
aroma from the long leaf pines.
At the University Warren
took to athletics like a duck to
water. While here he played
football, was captain of the
wrestling team and twice cap
tained the boxing team. He was
a three letter man and stood out j
in every sport.- -
Receives A- B Degree at
, University ' , .
If Warren has as much suc
cess m the professional ring as
he had in all respects at the Uni
versity, his cup will be filled
First, he graduated last spring
with a B. A. degree, and he took
with him not only that degree,
but as many honors as have been
carried off by any one man in
the history of the South's old
est University. The theory is
held by many wise-acres that
brains and the fight game will
not mix. If this is true, the Tar
Heel boxer had just as well hang
up his trunks and forget his: as
pirations. Fortunately this the
ory makes not the slightest im
pression on the gentleman "fight
er from North Carolina and he
is ready to step out and show
the world that they are all
wrong.
There have been many other
fighters in the professional game
with college . records behind
them. Many of these gentlemen
have used their so-called college
records as flying rings to strike
popular fancy. Then there are
scores of "school boy" fighters,
or what have you, but it is claim
ed that this lad, Ad Warren, is
something entirely new on the
fistic horizon, for his personality
is real, his record is genuine and
his ability is not the result of
newspaper build up. " ; !
Warren Wins Heavyweight Title
I at Philadelphia Sesqui
March, 1926, found Warren on
his way to the Junior National
tournament in Philadelphia. He
stopped in Balitmore long J
enough to win both the light
heavyweight and heavyweight
championships of the South Ai-'
lantic States and then went on
to the Quaker City. While in
Baltimore, Warren struck the
fancy of Captain Chas. Mabbutt,
one of the" leading figures in am
ateur boxing in the world. The
friendship grew from mutual ad
miration and now Mabbutt is
Warren's closest adviser.
t The Philadelphia tournament,
said to be the best ever held
there, was one' continual fight for
the rebel from way down South.
Entered in two weights Warren
set the pace for the tournament
by winning the' heavyweight
title and dropping a close deci
sion to J oe Monte, of Boston,.
Mass., the judges -' disagreeing,
in the final bout for the light
heavyweight title. Johnny Buck
ley, manager of Jack Sharkey,
has since taken Monte under his
wing, and this lad fought the
opening preliminary to ' the
Dempsey-Sharkey bout, winning
by a knockout.,
The , Philadelphia ' Inquirer,
writing about the tournament,
said : "A. E Warren was one of
the outstanding figures taking
the heavyweight championship
in a hectic bout from Marty Gal
lager of Washington after he
had dropped the 175 gonfalon to
Joe Monte of Boston. The North
Carolina youth, as clean a boxer
as ever stepped in a local ring,
dropped Gallager hi the second
round for a short count with a
terrific right to the chin. It was
Warren's bout all the ,way." ,' '
Last March Warren went to
Cincinnati to defend his title in
the Amateurs, but was ruled out
of the tournament after he had
knocked out J erry Hoffman of
St. Louis in the first round. , It
was found that no former cham
pion could compete among the
juniors. Warren . returned, to
his school much disgusted to
await the time when all this am
ateur business would be a thing
of Jhe past.
To Enter Professionals after
(Thanksgiving:
There is only one thing hold
ing the amateur back from mak
ing his final plunge into the pro
fessional race. Warren, an All
State tackle at the University of
North Carolina and mentioned
All-Southern, has one more fling
on the gridiron. Next to fight
ing he loves football best. To
play out his time for his alma
mater is Warren's sacrifice, but
he is satisfied to ,do; this. Al
though he is approached daily
with attractive propositions
from many sources, he is putting
them all aside till his playing
days are over, Just yesterday
Warren received an offer from
Stanley Ketchell, the old time
Michigan Assassin, for a bout
with Chuck Wiggins in Indian
apolis. This is only one of. the
many offers and propositions, j
So the time is not far away J
when North Carolina will watclj
one of her native sons as the
pugilistic spot light plays ' upon
his bronzed body and his granite-like
fists. That this lad will
bring- a measure of glory not
only to his state, but to the South
is the belief of all who have seen
him in action. Georgia, the
home of Southern pugilistic en
deavor, will soon look to its
laurels. Warren believes today
that he can whip Stribling and
wants him. And who can say
but that the South will soon give
to the' ring a fighter of the killer
type. It is this trait in Warren
that catches the eye of the old
timers who have worked with
him. Fighters like Ad Stone,
Lew Tendler, K. O. George
Chaney and , such experts ! as
Frank McGrath of Boston and
Doc Almy of the Boston Post.
It is only a question of a few
months 'now till the Tar Heel
lays aside his .amateur athletic
geaer, hjs fraternity pins, tiis
University degree to become Ad
Warren, aspirant for the light-
heavyweigh championship of the
world.
Staff of U. N. C. Coaching
School Has Been Chosen
1 (Continued from page one)
of coaching., The practical work
will be devoted to passing, goal
shooting, and defensive :' plays
will be made.
Mr. Robert A. Fetzer will be in
charge of the course in track
and field athletics and .will be
assisted by Mr.' Lester C. Beld
ing.v The course will consist of
a general discussion of the main
principles involved in training
for track athletics, of a specific
study of the individual events
of the inter-scholastic program,
and of a discussion of the rules1,
the management, and the offi
ciating of meets. There will also
be practical work and demon
strations. Mr. James N. Ashmore will
have charge of the baseball
course. This course will deal
with a study of the fundamen
tals of baseball, the principles of
batting and base running, team
work, coaching methods and
rules, and with . practical "work
and special demonstrations 1 in
batting, base running, and field
ing. .-, . '.
Mr. P. H. Quinlan, coach of
wrestling and trainer f or : the
University's teams, will handle
the courses in boxing and wrest
ling. The courses will consist
of lectures, discussions, demon
strations, and individual instruc
tion. The course in the train
ing and conditioning of athletes
will also be handled by Mr. Quin
lan. This course will comprise
lectures, discussions, and dem
onstrations having to do with
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