One week after the invitation intercollegiate sumo tourney, dedicated to the Kashihara Shrine in commemoration of the 2,600th anniversary of the Empire founding, another dedicatory school meet, will be held on Sunday, May 26, at the specially constructed ring in the outer precincts of the Kashihara Shrine.
    As the invitation intercollegiate meet, the coming tourney is sponsored by the Osaka Mainichi and the Tokyo Nichi Nichi with the support of the Nippon Students' Sumo Federation.
    The tourney will be contested by 20 schools chosen from various parts of the country by the Nippon Students' Sumo Federation.
  Four round preliminaries will be held foe each of the contesting teams and on the basis of the winning percentage, four teams will be chosen to vie for the championship.
    Individual championship bouts will be held among those making a clean sweep in the four round preliminary matches.
    Each school will be represented by three grapplers.