WRESTLERS POPULAR
ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO
The latest mail arriving by the Shinyo Maru brings
many letters from the Japanese wrestlers visiting America. The wrestlers,
who are visiting America for the first time, seem to be enjoying a good
time. The wrestling opened on August 26, when the wrestlers, boarding six
automobiles, decorated with American and Japanese flags, paraded through
the streets and after visiting the Japanese tea house in Golden Gate park
went to a theatre, when the matches began at 7 p.m. The house was crowded
two hours before the opening of the programme. The time-honoured ceremony
"dohyo-iri" was a special object of approval to the curious spectators,
who welcomed the performance with enthusiastic cheers. The performances
are a great success, daily attracting a big audience, mostly consisting
of Japanese residents.
The impressions of America are one and the same.
Champion Umegatani, writing to his family, expresses his surprise at the
cold weather of San Francisco, which he likens to the temperature in August
in Japan. Another champion wrestler Chinzeiyama was taken by surprise at
the big size of buildings and the countless number of automobiles. He was
taken aback at the number marked on the automobiles, mentioning that he
sighted a car marked "No. 15,000."