Two sumo champions, so far victorious in the present tournament, proved failures at the Kokugikan Sumo bowl, Ryogoku, Friday afternoon, in what proved to be the most astounding features of the eighth day bouts. Futabayama, the Grand Champion of the west camp, was defeated by Sakuranishiki, a fourth ranking champion of the east camp, and Akinoumi, an Ozeki or second ranking expert of the east camp was downed by Futasegawa, a fourth ranking Sumo of the west camp.
    Sakuranishiki was the first to launch attack upon his formidable opponent Futabayama, which the latter accepted in an easy way. Then Sakuranishiki swiftly turned to the left side of the Grand Champion, kicking the latter's right leg at the same time. Futabayama seemed a little surprised at the kicking, which the shrewd opponent did not fail to observe. Sakuranishiki lost no time in giving the Grand Champion a good stroke on the back with the result that Futabayama went down on all fours.
    Akinoumi at first pushed away Futasegawa with both hands, attacking his opponent's throat fiercely. Futasegawa met the attacks well and presently the two were seen in the center of the ring pushing each other. Gradually, Akinoumi was pushed to the edge of the ring and at the last moment Futasegawa dislodged his mighty opponent out of the ring.
    With Friday's results, the scores of the east and west camps became tied, with the west camp recovering its three losses on the previous day. The bouts came to a close at 6.33 p.m.
    Salient results of the day are as follows: