Banjaku, veteran wrestler of the East side with an enormous protruding belly, beat Itsutsushima, sekiwake of the West who had remained undefeated until the seventh day sumo tourney, in a hot tussle in the eighth day Thursday.
    After a series of hand pushes was exchanged, Banjaku was pushed to the ringside by Itsutsushima. The veteran with the big belly who seemed about to fall down outside the ring, flung his opponent down to his right side, using his protruding belly as a lever.
    With the defeat of Itsutsushima, there is no high-ranking wrestler with an undefeated record in the current tournament. The sumo who have been defeated but once are Terukuni of the East side and Itsutsushima, Akinoumi and Hishuzan of the West side.
    The results of the main bouts Thursday were as follows:

Yamatonishiki	defeated	Fujigatake
Dewaminato	defeated	Oshio
Kashimanada	defeated	Tamanoumi
Terukuni	defeated	Ayanobori
Akinoumi	defeated	Onami
Hishuzan	defeated	Nayoroiwa
Banjaku	defeated	Itsutsushima
Haguroyama	defeated	Sakuranishiki
Asahikawa	defeated	Mayedayama
Futabayama	defeated	Kasagiyama
Minanogawa	defeated	Matsuragata