Futabayama Downed
Hishuzan, fighting "maegashira" of the dewanoumi
club, scored a brilliant victory over Futabayama, "yokozuna", on the 10th
day of the summer main sumo tourney at the Kokugikan, Tokyo.
Haguroyama, "ozeki" and Nayoroiwa, "sekiwake", from
the same club as Futabayama, also went down in defeat, the former losing
to Kasagiyama and the latter to Dewaminato.
The West team further widened the margin by 35 points,
making the score 133 to 98.
16 Schools Entered In Invitation Tourney At Shrine
With the participation of 16 schools, eight each
from Kanto and Kansai, an invitational intercollegiate sumo tourney dedicated
to the Kashihara Shrine in commemoration of the 26th centenary of the founding
of the Empire will be held on Sunday, May 19, beginning 9.40 a.m. at the
sumo ring on the outer precincts of the Kashihara Shrine.
Sponsored by the Osaka Mainichi, the affair is supported
by the All-Nippon Students' Sumo Federation.
The 16 contesting teams are:
Kanto: Senshu, Chuo, Takushoku, Keio, Hosei, Meiji, Nihon and Rikkyo.
Kansai: Ritsumaikan, Nagoya Higher Commercial, Osaka Higher Medical,
Kandai, Doshisha, Doshisha Higher Commercial, Nichidai Semmonbu and Kwansei
Gakuin,
Listing the schools from Kanto as the East team
and those from Kansai as the West team, four round preliminaries will be
held for each of the contesting teams and, on the basis of the winning
percentage, four teams will be chosen to vie in the tournament.
Individual tourneys will also be held.