Futabayama and Akinoumi continued to win on the seventh day of the current main sumo tourney at the Kokugikan at Ryogoku, Tokyo, on May 16.
Akinoumi beat Matsuuragata and Futabayama beat Matsunosato.
    They were the only undefeated grapplers in the senior camp at the end of the seventh day.

    The fifth annual inter-factory sumo wrestling contest between Hyogo and Osaka Prefectures will be held at the specially constructed arena at Koshien on May 24 at 10 a.m. under the auspices of the All-Nippon Factory Sumo Federation and supported by the Osaka and Hyogo chapters of the Patriotic Industrial League and the Osaka Mainichi.
    Divided into three rounds with each round having 11 matches, 33 husky grapplers from both sides will battle for the team championship, which will be determined by the total points resulting from the 33 bouts.
    The battle for individual honors will follow the team contests and will be open to all qualified wrestlers winning two out of three matches during the group matches.
    Three victories have been scored by the Hyogo prefecture team, compared with one for Osaka in past years.