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TACHIYAMA IN CLEAR LEAD
EXCITING CONTEST OF WEST AND EAST IN WRESTLING
The race for the pennant between the Eastern and
Western Camps is hot. The Western side keeps up its winning pace and even
increased its lead over the opposite side increased yesterday the lead
over the opposite side by three points.
The record of Tachiyama only still remains intact.
No one has yet made the Gibraltar man look anything like hard pressed or
threatened. Asashio qualified himself for promotion at least to the third
place in the next season by downing "Ozeki" Isenohama.
The results of the more important bouts yesterday were as follows:
| Eastern Camp | Western camp |
| Jindate | * Hakkozan |
| * Mifunegata | Tsushimanada |
| Umenohana | * Sakuragawa |
| Akashiryu | * Kohitachi |
| * Orochigata | Utsunomiya |
| Onogasaki | * Shikainami |
| * Kurosegawa | Omifuji |
| * Otori | Onogawa |
| Onaruto | * Nishinoumi |
| * Tachiyama | Saganoumi |
| Tsuruwatari (draw) | Chitosegawa |
| Midorishima | * Shiunryu |
| Karumogawa (tie) | Konishiki |
| * Ishiyama | Ryugasaki |
| Tamateyama (draw) | Ayagawa |
| Toshuzan | * Ayanami |
| Isenohama | * Asashio |
The chief matches in today's program are given below with the + marking the more important bouts:
| Eastern Camp | Western camp |
| Karumogawa | Utsunomiya |
| Narutonada | Hakkozan |
| Masagoishi | Unryu |
| Onogasaki | Shiunryu |
| + Midorishima | Ayagawa |
| + Toshuzan | Ryugasaki |
| Tsuruwatari | Ayanami |
| + Tamateyama | Chitosegawa |
| + Onaruto | Asashio |
| Isenohama | Sakuragawa |
| Tachiyama | Omifuji |
| Akashiryu | Onogawa |
| Umenohana | Konishiki |
| Mifunegata | Saganoumi |
| + Kurosegawa | Tsushimanada |
| Ishiyama | Shikainami |
| + Orochigata | Kohitachi |
| + Otori | Nishinoumi |
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