"Wrestling in Japan is always done in tournaments, that last from 6 o'clock in the morning until about 4 o'clock in the evening. As fast as one man is downed, another turns up, and the winner of the most bouts is the winner of the first prize.
    "How does Matsada Sorakichi stand with the crack wrestlers of Japan?”
    "Not very high. He is so much smaller and physically weaker than the good ones that he stands no show at all against them. The best wrestlers are Adata and Umegatani, of Tokio. They're about as big as Evan Lewis, but a great deal stronger. Tokio, Osaka and Kiota are the greatest sporting centers in Japan. There is a good reason for Sorakichi's inferiority to the other wrestlers of his race. For nearly three centuries wrestling has been the prevailing sport of that country. Professional wrestlers bred their sons to be wrestlers, and in the course of half a dozen generations there was developed a class of brawny athletes, big of bone and large of stature, giants in every respect physically. Against such fellows Sorakichi stands a small show. One feature of the Japanese wrestlers that strikes an American at first glance is the aldermame paunch the wrestlers boast. In this country, where athletes train off every ounce of superfinous flesh, a man who would step into a ring with such a waist girth as Japanese wrestlers carry around would be laughed off the stage. The average Jap will weigh from 120 to 130 pounds. None of the best wrestlers weigh under 200 pounds, and all stand head and shoulders above the non-athletic citizens – Chicago Herald.