Articles from 1939

1938	1939 (216 articles)	1940
`January 1`Futabayama Brilliant. (J) `6`Rankings Out For Sumo Tourney Soon. (J) `"`Wrestlers Listed For Matches. (A) `8`American, 19, Seeks Success In Sumo Ring. (A) `11`Ready For Anyone. (A) `12`Can Futabayama Hold His Victory Streak? (M) `"`Futabayama Surprises U.S. Lecturer. (M) `"`Futabayama Awed By Giant American. (A) `"`Huge Sumo Crowds Not To Be Allowed. (A) `13`Sumo Tourney Opens. (M) `"`13-Day Sumo Tournament Starts At 3 a.m. Today At Ryogoku. (J) `"`Sumo Tournament Enters Second Day. (A) `14`Futabayama Wins 67th Bout in a Row As Sumo Opens. (J) `"`Futaba Says He's Not Invincible. (A) `15`Futabayama Doesn't Budge an Inch to Win No. 68 Bout. (J) `"`Sumo Fans Await Clash Of Mighties. (A) `17`Futabayama Toppled By Young Akinoumi. (M) `"`Futabayama Is Defeated For First Time In 3 Years. (J) `"`Cushions Fly As Sumo King Falls. (A) `18`Another Sumo Upset. (M) `"`Futabayama Loses Again; Minanogawa Wins 5 In Row. (J) `"`Futaba Goes Down; Fans Merely Yawn. (A) `19`Minanogawa Downed. (M) `"`Sports Reflections Here And Abroad. (M) `"`Futabayama's Defeat Ceases To Become New In Tourney. (J) `"`Futaba Not Sick Declares Doctor. (A) `"`Only One Unbeaten In Sumo Tourney. (A) `20`Dewaminato Only Undefeated Contestant In Sumo Tourney. (J) `"`Upsets Draw Fans To Sumo Matches. (A) `21`Dewaminato Keeps Winning; Futabayama Is Back In Form. (J) `"`Tamanoumi Is 4th To Defeat Futaba. (A) `22`Sumo Life Has Full Of Ups, Downs. (M) `"`Futabayama Defeated Again, This Time By Tamanoumi. (J) `"`Sumo Wrestling Is Profitable But Income Has Many Angles. (J) `23`Dewaminato Wins His 10th In Sumo Meet. (J) `24`Spring Sumo Tourney Will Close Today. (M) `"`Dewaminato Gets 11th, Beats Tamanoumi. (J) `"`Dewaminato Wins 12th Sumo Victory. (A) `25`Dewaminato Seizes Sumo Championship. (M) `"`Osaka Bouts Mar. 28. (M) `"`Dewaminato Has Beat Chance To Win Sumo Championship. (J) `"`Sumo Tourney Successful Despite China Affair. (J) `"`The Best Wrestler and The Best Actor to Meet. (J) `"`Dewaminato Hero Of Sumo Tourney. (A) `26`After Victory. (M) `"`Sports Reflections Here And Abroad. (M) `"`Dewaminato Captures Title in 13-Day Sumo Tournament. (J) `28`Sumo In Schools. (M)
`February 1`Crowning Successful Season. (A) `2`Sumo Champion Weds. (M) `5`Sumo Association Donates Warplane. (J) `"`Fighters Inspect Their Gift Plane. (A) `6`Sumo Men's Plane For Army. (J) `7`Futabayama Engaged To Movie Actress, Miyako Story Says. (J) `"`Grand Champion Futabayama, Sumo Hero, Becomes Engages. (A) `13`Futabayama Is Engaged To Osaka Heiress. (A) `14`Futabayama Picks Bride. (J) `15`The Champion Wrestler Adds Another Feather to His Cap. (J) `20`Japanese Wrestling Fans. (US) `25`Pro Sumo Wrestlers Win Even At Baseball. (M) `March 3`Sumo In Kobe. (M) `8`Osaka Sumo Starts Today. (M) `10`Dewaminato Beaten As Osaka Tourney Opens. (J) `14`Futabayama Given Battle By Akinoumi. (J) `15`Akinoumi Defeats Minanogawa at Osaka. (J) `21`Futabayama Wins No. 12 In Osaka Tournament. (J) `"`Coming Sumo Tournament To Be Extended By 2 Days. (A) `22`Futabayama Wins. (M) `"`Futabayama Wins Osaka Tournament Without a Defeat. (J) `24`Sumo Tournament Extended to 15 Days. (J) `"`Long Tourney Disfavored. (A) `29`Futabayama Received ¥5,000. (J) `April 1`Ban On Boxing, Sumo Sustained By Committee. (J) `11`Sumo Men Resent Exclusion Motion. (A) `13`Futabayama To Wed Soon. (A) `14`Futabayama Will Marry Osaka Heiress on Apr. 29. (J) `15`16 Year Old Giant. (M) `28`Sumo Exhibition Honors Two Veterans. (A) `29`Sumo Days Are Over. (J) `30`Sumo Managers Warned. (A) `"`Sumo Tournament Planned. (A)
`May 2`Futabayama Marries. (M) `"`Futabayama Becomes Benedict. (J) `4`Sumo Tourney In Kansai. (M) `"`New Leader Of Sumo. (J) `5`Inter-Factory Sumo Is Scheduled Sunday. (M) `6`Haguroyama Wins Greatest Promotion. (J) `"`Sumo Association Reveals New List. (A) `10`Hefty Sumo Champs To Grapple In Meet. (M) `"`When Odds Were Even. (A) `11`Sumo Fans Will Jam Kokugikan For Meet. (M) `"`Futabayama Favored To Win Sumo Tourney. (J) `"`Beating Up Interest In Sumo. (A) `12`Sumo Tourney Begins. (M) `"`Sumo Starts At 2.30 am For Record. (J) `"`50-Sen Admissions Jam Sumo Contests. (A) `13`Kagamiiwa Falls. (M) `"`Major Upsets Mark Opening Of Sumo. (J) `14`No Sell-Out Yet At Current Sumo Tourney. (J) `"`Futabayma Succeeds In Lifting Ryuozan Out. (A) `15`Akinoumi Gets 3 In Row In Sumo Tourney. (J) `16`‘Maegashira’ Winning. (M) `"`First Sell-Out Marks Sumo Bouts Sunday. (J) `"`Minanogawa Comes Back After Making Mistake. (A) `17`Sumo On 6th Day. (M) `"`Akinoumi Beats Nayoroiwa; Another Sell-Out. (J) `"`Maedayama Again Loses In Wrestling Matches. (A) `18`Sumo On 7th Day. (M) `"`Sumo Star To Wed. (M) `"`Professional Sumo Tourney Now In Full Swing. (M) `"`Akinoumi Is New Hero At Kokugikan. (J) `"`Champion Has Bad Time In Dewaminato Contest. (A) `19`Futabayama, Akinoumi Billed To Meet Today. (M) `"`4 Remain Unbeaten In Sumo Tourney. (J) `"`Minanogawa Loses To Young Opponent. (A) `20`Futabayama Defeats Determined Akinoumi. (M) `"`Futabayama And Akinoumi Battle Today In Crucial Bout. (J) `"`Futabayama Revenges Loss To Akinoumi. (A) `21`Futabayama Wins. (M) `"`Futabayama Vanquishes Akinoumi. (J) `"`Minanogawa Goes Under. (A) `23`2 Ozeki Fall. (M) `"`Futabayama Only Wrestler Undefeated. (J) `"`Fires Add Interest To Sumo Matches. (A) `24`Tokyo Sumo Tourney Has Pair Of Thrillers. (M) `"`Kasagiyama Is No Match For Grand Champ Futabayama. (J) `25`Sumo On 14th Day. (M) `"`Futabayama Beats Mayedayama But Only After A Torrid Bout. (J) `26`Invincible Futabayama Wins Honors For 6th Time. (M) `"`Man-Mountain To Quit. (M) `"`Listless Bouts Disappoint Sumo Fans. (J) `"`Futabayama Wins Over Minanogawa. (A) `27`New Ozeki Named. (M) `"`Futabayama Wins Championship Of Sumo Tourney For 6th Time. (J) `"`Evidently Pleased at Promotion. (A) `29`Navy Wrestlers Beat Tokyo College Team. (J) `30`Sumo Ace Weds. (M)
`June 1`More Sumo Matches Scheduled For June 3. (M) `"`Inter-Collegiate Sumo. (M) `"`Flunks Examination. (A) `3`Tamanoumi Weds. (M) `4`Tamanoumi Weds. (A) `5`Futaba Downs Haguro. (M) `8`Temporary Sumo Arena At Koshien. (M) `13`Vest Pocket 'Futabayamas' Grappling. (M) `"`At Koshien Arena. (M) `"`Sumo Wrestler To Sail For U.S. To Teach Nisei. (A) `14`Chibanobori To Train Nisei Sumo Grapplers. (M) `15`Pro Sumo To Begin At Koshien June 18. (M) `17`Sumo Men to Give Exhibitions in Manchoukuo. (J) `18`Pro Sumo Tourney. (M) `20`Sumo Meet At Koshien. (M) `"`Off To Teach The Americans. (A) `21`3rd Day Of Sumo. (M) `25`Futabayama Downed. (M) `27`Itsutsushima Avenged. (M) `29`From Koshien Arena. (M) `30`Sumo On 11th Day. (M) `July 2`Wrestlers To Go On Tour. (A) `4`Kansai Factory Sumo. (M) `"`Futabayama Wins Tourney At Koshien. (J) `5`'Futaba' To Manchou. (M) `11`Tokyo Squad Takes Factory Sumo Meet. (M) `13`Futabayama Beaten By Mayedayama In Tourney at Dairen. (J) `14`Futabayama Beaten Again In Tourney At Dairen. (J) `20`Heroes Like Sumo. (M) `27`Californian, 14, Comes In Quest Of Sumo Fame! (J) `August 6` Feature Card. (M) `15`Bust of Futabayama. (J) `18`Wrestler Flunks Test. (US) `27`Sumo Wrestling Taught Boys in Los Angeles. (US) `September 11`Sumo Tournament Held at Kudan. (A) `14`'Oikaze' Yoshida Dies. (M) `"`Pro Sumo At Nishinomiya. (M) `18`Industrial Workers Stage Sumo Matches. (A) `22`Sumo Opens Today. (M) `26`Waseda Defeats Keio in Sumo Tournament. (A) `27`Waseda Wins Sumo. (J) `28`Opened In Wakayama. (M) `30`Dedicatory Sumo Meet. (M)
`October 3` Maedayama To Wed. (M) `4`Student Sumo Tourney. (M) `5`Osaka Sumo Ends. (M) `"`Sumo Encouraged Among Boys. (M) `"`Mainichi To Hold Two Sumo Events. (M) `6`Futabayama Again Wins Undefeated. (J) `12`Tonichi to Sponsor 8th Kanto Sumo Meet. (M) `28`Mainichi Sumo Meet. (M) `29`276 Youths Content In Sumo Tourney. (M) `31`Kochi Agricultural Wins In Sumo Meet. (M) `"`Youths Battle For National Supremacy. (M) `November 1`Pro Sumo Scheduled For Shrine Games. (J) `2`Colonial College Wins Sumo Honors In Meiji Shrine Games. (J) `4`Sumo Champions Observe Rites at Shrine. (J) `5`Futabayama Wins. (M) `9`Colorful Dohyoiri. (M) `"`Beaten By Dan Cupid. (M) `"`Takushoku To Defend Collegiate Sumo Title. (M) `11`Intercollegiate Meet To Commence Today. (M) `12`Mainichi Sumo Meet Opens At Ohama Ring. (M) `13`Keio Wins National Collegiate Sumo Crown. (J) `14`Keio Sumo Unit Wins In 21st Mainichi Meet. (M) `18`Pro Sumo Tourney. (M) `December 1` Sumo Ends Today. (M) `"`Wakashima Retires From Sumo Competition. (J) `2`Maedayama Wins. (M) `"`Mayedayama Wins Sumo Title at Osaka. (J) `18`Musashiyama to Quit Sumo Career. (J) `19`Musashiyama Retires. (M) `"`Grand Champion Retires. (J) `"`Musashiyama Issues Notice of Retirement From Wrestling Ring. (A) `21`Quits Ring And Marries. (J) `23`Takanobori Weds. (M) `"`Time For Winter Sports Is Here. (M) `25`East Versus West System Is Revived For Sumo Tourney. (J) `26`Champion Wrestler Married. (J) `29`Farewell Sumo Meet. (M)