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.