The Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Nichi Nichi, Thursday 18th June 1925 (Page 8)

Osaka's Wrestlers To Tour America

    Forty-two picked wrestlers from the Osaka Wrestling Association, headed by Manager Asashiyama, will cross the Pacific to make an exhibition tour through the United States. The party will leave Osaka on July 6 and will embark on the T.K.K. liner Shinyo Maru from Yokohama on July 11.
    The proposed trip will be the second trip of its kind for the Osaka group of wrestlers. Six years ago, a similar group of Japanese wrestling giants were taken to America under the direction of Asashiyama, and made quite a hit.
    The party this year will go direct to San Francisco without stopping at Hawaii, and, after touring throughout America, mostly along the Pacific coast, will return to Japan the latter part of October.