LOCAL AND GENERAL
The New Year's grand wrestling tournament at the
Kokugikan amphitheatre came to a close on Sunday, and the last day of the
matches proved the most exciting day to the wrestling fans in Tokyo as
the bout between Tachiyama, the champion wrestler and Onishiki, a promising
young fighter which was the chief attraction of the day ended in an unexpected
victory of Onishiki over the champion who was regarded as the invincible
Ulysses of the ring. The spectators were wild with excitement at the unlooked
for result and the Eastern camp after ten days' tournament came out victorious
over the western camp by the narrow margin of one point.
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