The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-05
lightweight, Known Here, Shot Trying to Arrest Man Who Robbed and As saulted Father.
BY ROGER FTRRL.

leg, 1t became known tHuaF- NlJh his father. an aged old gentleman who did considerable fighting in the old days. Barney Is at the Knicker- booker Hospital in the big city. suf- ferfng from a bullet wound in his leg the cowardly work of a Harlem guerrilla. So far as his manager, Leo P F'lynn. knows Barney may have fought his last dght-but there is a chance that he will able to resume. But what a small chance t- a-1 The bullet has been located. but It is feared the hos ptt91 authorities that 1t has brousht on brood-poisouing. If this proves 10 be SO they will have to amputate the rE And with the amgu,aion will .5me to the end the lighting days of one of the toughest, Cleverest and hardest hitting ughtweishts of inc last decade.
 But Barney Is battling so bravely in that hospital as he has fought in any ring. He realizes the serious ness of his injuries. but he is too game and proud to admit defeat and yesterday greeted callers with a smile and "Oh. don't worry I'll be alright" ]. seems a pity To see Barney stretch ed out In that bed, but he will soon be out well aEaiu-he says And the boxing fans thr.lghOut the country hope that he will come out-weu and able to return to the sport he loves so much.
 However, Barney. considerable con- solation and relief from the fact that although shot and bleeding pEofusely, he had enough strength le&k in him to knock his assailant out after chase of a dozen Harlem blocks. Tho alleged Eunman Is now in the custody of New York police, and will be dealt with accordingly as soon as Barney is well enough to appear against him.
 It was a brave cause-and a worthy oue-that threw Adair into the scrap. Barney is a loyal, motherless son, his mother having died several years ago. But Barney Is really the principal means of the support of a family of seven. including hIs father, siN boys and a girl.
 This chap Barney IS still a very young man; he will be 21 years old on next Monday. But what ring eE- perience he Its had. He has beaten every good l. ltweight in the game. Including the near champions. Ana he has held his own against men like lSCIlilN 4ECO4AtLANtr " A-i@N S'N'-@s7N'AA Lew Tender, Jack Britton, Phil Bloom and others, Tn the two years that he has been in the ring he has fought 55 battles.
 As said before Barney always thought of his folks first. Their com fort and happiness means the world to him. And so 1t was no surprise that when prosperity began to smile on Barney that he turned over every niclxIe of his earnings to hls father. Barney and his dad had plans. They had hopes of some day putting aside enough money to purchase q home q home that they could call their own. somewhat up in the quiet re- gions of The Bronx.
 And Barney carefully trained every du- and filled engagements as fast as his energetic manager could arrange them He did not care whom he met so long as he was kept busy working in the ring. Adair has always done his best in the ring and that is the secret of his m-et-eoTic success in the roped arena
 But something happened last Sum- day night that threatens to cheat Barney out of making more money for himself and his people. He was shot by a gunman-and a CowaTdly one, lOOs 4n9 SlOOLlE was Ille out come of no street brawl Barney was simply shot while attempting to ap- prehend a vagabon6 who had brutal ly assaulted his father in the dais, corridor of a Harlem apartment .- house. where the Adairs reside.
 Adair figured in two bouts last week. He had cleaned up sI,000 and this amount he turned over 10 his father Saturday afternoon, after he had completed his days training a. Billy Grupp's place on 18th Street The money was to he used by the %, der Adair in making the first Day ment on a house
 In some unknown way word tha the elder Adair had one thousand irons in his pockets reached a grouI of holdup men. These, apparently awaited in front of the Adair home at 13oth Street and Amsterdam ave nue, Harlem, for t'sa old gentleman to appear. It was late Saturday nigh when he put in an appearance.
 They say there is honor among thieves-but not among those whc reId up gray-haired MT. Adair, for at the old man stroIled into the lonely and dark corridor at the late hour , somebody, perhaps two people, came up from behind and fractured hil
 
 [, He crurnpIed to the floor uncOnsciou and while in that condition, the rob hc~s went through E.s pockets ant stole the money.
 But some one saw the two meI as they emerged from the house. Ant when Adair went out to search fol { his dad, when he did not appear home at midnight, he stumbled owe, him. He called in the police ant the old man was taken to the hos pita1, where he is in a, critical condi ton. Meanwhile Adair searched the neighborhood for the assailants ana ( came across the person who had seer the two young men leave the build ing.
 [. The two had a bad reputation had served prison terms and were con I T H E A TIL AS
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