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Sumo Main Tourney Commences Today
Time Honored Ring Festival Is Held On Thursday; Curtain Rises
The 15 day January main tourney of the Dai Nippon
Professional Sumo Association will open on January 10 at the Kokugikan,
Ryogoku, Tokyo.
On January 9, the time honored ring festival was observed at
10 a.m. in the presence of Admiral Isamu Takeshita, president, and other
executive officials of the association.
At 2 p.m. all the grapplers on the roster of the
association, attired in ceremonial dress, gathered at the headquarters
of the association, before whom President Takeshita delivered an address.
The preliminary matches for the beginnings were
started at 3 p.m.
Enthusiastic fans began gathering before the ticket
booths from about 6 a.m., one day before the opening of the tourney, seeking
to get 50 sen tickets for the opening. The admission fee on the first day
is 50 sen for most of the seats.
The leading matches on the first day are:
| Sagamigawa | vs | Saganohana |
| Kasagiyama | vs | Fujigatake |
| Ryuozan | vs | Asahigawa |
| Yamatonishiki | vs | Nayoroiwa |
| Dewaminato | vs | Tamanoumi |
| Fujinosato | vs | Terukuni |
| Hishuzan | vs | Aobayama |
| Itsutsujima | vs | Matsuuragata |
| Maedayama | vs | Tatekabuto |
| Ayakawa | vs | Haguroyama |
| Akinoumi | vs | Sadogashima |
| Shitozan | vs | Futabayama |
| Minanogawa | vs | Katsuragawa |
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