Young Promising Wrestlers.
A Tokyo contemporary
reports that there are in the capital two young and promising wrestlers,
one called Adachiyama and the other Kohitachi, who have not yet appeared
in the ring in consequence of their being only mere boys. The former is
the eldest son of one Masutaro Sekine living in Osato-mura, Kita-Adachi
district, Saitama prefecture, and his real name is Seisaku. He is
now 14 years old, but he is said to weigh as much as 22 kwan 500 me (about
190 pounds) and to possess a bodily frame powerfully built and of dimensions
in proportion to his weight. This year the promising lad in question was,
under the professional name of Adachiyama, admitted as one of the disciples
of the retired wrestler Tomozuna.
Another future
wrestler is the third son of one Seihachi Yoshida living in Obanmachi,
Yotsuya, Tokyo, whose real name is Yoshitaro. He is also 14 years old this
year, weighs 19 kwan 500 me (about 160 pounds), and was adopted a year
or two ago by the wrestler Hitachiyama as his son-in-law. He now goes by
the professional name of Kohitachi.