Dewaminato Beaten As Osaka Tourney Opens
Dewaminato, who won the championship of the professional
sumo (Japanese wrestling) tournament last January at the Kokugikan bowl
at Ryogoku, Tokyo to the amazement of the fans, had a bad start in the
third annual tourney opening at Osaka Wednesday. He was thrown by the handsome
Shachinosato.
Grand Champion Futabayama, who suffered three defeats
in the January tournament to stop his winning streak at 69 over three years,
started auspiciously with a convincing win over Ohshio.