The Osaka Mainichi, Thursday 18th January 1923 (Page
2)
From the Editors' Desk
Six of the leading Inspector Wrestlers of the Tokyo
Wrestlers Association who are standing the worst attacks by the champions
and lessor stars today, 13 years ago were the foremost leaders attacking
the association directors when making demands similar to those they themselves
now refuse to grant. A lapse of 12 years has changed them from Labour to
Capital !
Wrestlers' Dispute Submitted to Police By Both Parties
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The pending dispute between the directors and wrestlers
of the Tokyo Wrestling Association, on January 16, was submitted to the
superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police for settlement. Two wrestlers,
Yahazuyama and Tachihikari, representing their fellow wrestlers, accompanied
by Mr. Kintaro Horiguchi, president of the Electrolysis Industrial Corporation,
went to the Metropolitan Police Board on the same day and tendered a request
to the Superintendent General for mediation in their dispute. They acted
on the advice Police-Superintendent Suzuki, chief of the Aioi police station.
Official Mediation Sought
A similar request was tendered to the police chief of
Tokyo from the representative directors of the Tokyo Wrestling Association,
acting on police advice. This step is understood to have been taken, in
consequence of the unsuccessful result of mediation, made by the "yokozuna"
wrestlers, Onishiki and Tochigiyama, who are said to have maintained a
neutral attitude.
In an interview, the Superintendent General of Metropolitan
Police said that the trouble among the Tokyo wrestlers can not unconditionally
be settled. He is resolved to make an effort for settling the matter, under
certain conditions, possibly reasonable ones to either party, he added.
Stick to 11 Demands
Replying to the advice by the mediating super-champions
to reconsider the matter, the striking champions asserted at 9 a.m., January
16, through Referees Yodayu and Yonokichi, that they would not retrench
a single point on the original 11 demands. It is thought that the champions
are awaiting arbitration from men of better social standing than super-champions
and first-grade champions.
Police to Mediate
The Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
Akaike has at last taken a hand in the wrestling disputes officially, and
summoned Inspectors Dewanoumi, Ikadzuchi, Idzutsu, and Director Kasugano
to the Metropolitan Police Board at 11.30 a.m., January 16, and made inquiries.
This was the direct result of the appeal of champions on the preceding
night, expressing their willingness to reach an agreement. It is believed
that the delegates of champions will also be summoned.