The length of the summer sumo tourney will be extended from the usual 13 days to 15 days this year, reports the Asahi. The Sumo Wrestlers Association, most of whose members are now appearing in Osaka, Sunday morning agreed to the suggestion of the Dai Nippon Sumo Association to extend the length of the next wrestling session.
    In order to fill out the enlarged program, however, one difficulty must be solved. At present there is a scarcity of medium ranking wrestlers. According to sumo tradition, no man fights the same man twice during the summer meet, and so the number of wrestlers must be increased. The association has promised to remedy this scarcity by raising the rankings of the better of the low-ranking fighters, of whom there are many.
    No other raises in rank are expected, however. Tradition fixes the number of high-ranking wrestlers, and most of the available top spots are filled. For example, there are three grand champions, two of whom participated in the spring tourney in January, and only four are permitted.