New Castle News, Tuesday 23rd April 1918 (Page 14)

Japanese Wrestler Saved By Economy

    Tachiyama, Japan's greatest sumo wrestler, has retired from the game with plenty of money to tide him over. He was the John L. Sullivan of Japan, except that he saved his coin.
    From a poor son of one of the poorest farmers of his native land to the greatest landowner and wealthiest subject of the same village, is the story of the rise of Tachiyama. When he retired from actual competition he had amassed a fortune of 250,000 yen, equivalent to $100,000 in American coin.
    His last appearance in public was in Kudan, Japan, last month, and 20,000 fans were on hand to see him in his last match.