San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-25

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and aSl 900 purse.
On getting well he went to Chicago to
meet Lewis the Stranger who for
feited 500 and would not wrestle.
April 'Sj he met IL. O'Talling playing
under the name of j. Ward, TO get the
match. He won three straight falls in 30
| minutes.
Met and defeated Ed Bivel, who claim
ed to be champion catch as catch can
wrestler of America, in Chicago, offering
800 to any one he could not throw in IL
minutes, Turner threw him in z minutes.
June 'S5 at Denver, Colo, defeated Chas.
COnor champion collar and elbow wreSt-
Ter of Colorado. He was travelling under
name of O'Brien, and also met and defeat
ed ChaS. Clifford at Leadville, Colo.
August 'S5, AT Park City, Utah, met and
defeated f. Smith and ID. Nolan,
Salt Lake City, June SO, defeated
Chas.. Moth, after, four hours work
and Chas. Lane, easily. Doddsville, Wis,
Aug. 'S6, defeated ID. Hewitt, champion of
that state. Marquette, Mich, Oct. SO,
defeated Il. Mcintyre, putting the shot.
Many thousand dollars changed hands.
Turner Won, himself, $500. Champion,
Mich, Nov. 'S6 defeated Chas Sthoel,
Wis, Jan. 's7, defeated J. P. Bonner, won
five falls in 40 minutes. Feb. 81, broke
Donner's ankle, throwing him times in
81 minutes April 81. defeated II. Bart
lett. May "A, 81, lost putting the shot
match, against j. ID. Mcpherson. Turner
sprained his ankle, but afterwards de-
feated Mcpherson, easily, for S3,Cc0
purse. Aug. 'S7, attended an athletic
tournament in Canada, wrestling all
corners. Met and defeated Chas. Carril,
champion of Canada, j. Dalton and A.
Scott, taking most OF the first prizes in
heavy competitions. He then Joined the
Muldoon combination, travelled through
the east and closed his engagement.
in Chicago. At the Casino theatre, Chi
cago, before he joined the com bination,
he met Muldoon, who offered TO throw
him in Is minutes, but failed to do so.
Turner wanted to continue the match
but MuldOon Refused. Milwaukee, Wis,
April IS defeated Jack Wannop, and
June 'SS defeated Mat Saba SOrichie,
the Jap, catch -catch-can style.
winning 3 falls in II minutes. July sS
defeated Otto Wagner, the champion of
the northwest. This was one of the
greatest betting matches that ever took
place in America, at least $4,000 changed
hands Sept. 'SS defeated II. Shallenber-
ger, breaking his shoulder. November
IS defeated Harry Parker. Sioux City,
Iowa, defeated James Gallatin. Milwau-
kee, March 'SS, draw after three hours
Minnesota, met Lewis the stranger"
for $1,000 a side and championship of
America Turner won one fall in two
hours and So minutes: Lewis won the
match in 5 hours.
Two months later Turner threw Lewis,
three out Of four falls, in 5 hours and 40
minutes for $500 side at Milwaukee.
He also threw l.. Christal and II. Shelen-
berger. Then Joined the 'Parson" Davis
combination, meeting all corners; defeat
ed c, Whitmore at Cincinnati, Ohio, Tom
Cannon, L. Mclnnery, and the Smith
brothers, who were here with Forepaugh.
one in II minutes and the other in 9.
April II, 80, joined ForeDaughs circus,
meeting all corners. closed with them in
PittSburg, June %, 80.
July 4, 80, defeated j. Gordon, Al
Brunette and several others in tourna-
nent, taking first prize. From that to
Kansas, looking for Capt Shields, found
that he was in Texas; then Went to Okla
homa, where he played ranchman under
the name of c. +. Clarke. and nearly killed
big soldier.
Changing his name to J. w. Turner. he
came to Texes as railrOader. He took
back, during which time he met Louis
Lee, at Dallas, breaking three ribs and an
elbow cap for him, and then met Captain
Shields. Both men wish that he had
stayed on the railroad. While in Texas
he met and defeated at Dallas, Professor
Louis Lee, from San Antonio, May 3lst,
1891, and Saturday. July %, Captain Tom
Shields, Temple. Tex, under the name of
Jack Brady, a farmer, caught and threw
Chas. A. Uhl, the notorious Texas wreSt-
Ter. (?) San Antonio, Texas. defeated H.
Bernau, Oct. 18th, and Nov. 9Th, 1891. He
filled a two weeks engagement at the
Washington theatre, throwing Chas.
Howard. and l.. Scott twice in Il minutes.
but failed to throw Al Jack in that time
He also threw l.. Mergle. Sunday Sept
ember Goth, '9l, six times in 10 minutes.
Turner has never lost but two matches in
all his life. and has met the worlds best.
Prof. II. Bernau'S record, though not so
long as that Of Turner, is very fine one.
The whole of his record could not be OBJ
tanned for this issue. The following are
his principal matches. He has fought
fortytwo battles in the pugilistic ring,
forty of which he won. and two were
draws. The last two battles fought by
him took place in Texas. Peter Burns,
he knocked out in sixteen rounds in Gal
weston and Arthur Upham, was foored
by him In six rounds. also in Galveston.
Among the principal wrestlers he has
him in fifteen minutes. VIM. MuldOD,
threw him in forty-two minutes, giving
him 81 for every minute that he stood up.
He met the Jap" in New York City and
threw him in six minutes. In Baltimore
Ohio, met and defeated M. Nejer in 32
minutes. He has met several men
of repute in Texas, and nearly all of the
states in the union. In San Antonio he
has had two matches with J. w. Turner,
at the Grand opera house both OF which
he lost after hard work.
Bernau was born in Germany 1865 is
twenty-three years OF age, and stands six
feel in height