Akinoumi Toppled
Winning Streak Broken By Maedayama; Futaba Again Undefeated
Akinoumi, "ozeki" and hitherto the sole undefeated
grappler, was finally downed by Maedayama, veteran "ozeki," on the 14th
day of the current main sumo tourney, May 23, at the Kokugikan before a
capacity crowd.
The fans who packed the bowl again went wild as
Terukuni, promising "ozeki," toppled Futabayama, "yokozuna," in their first
official bout.
The West team increased its lead over the East team
to 36 points, 189 to 153, the day's score being 14 to 10.
The main summer sumo tourney which has been going
on since May 10 will be brought to an end on Sunday, after a 15 day series.
With the honors having already been taken by the
West team, the attention of the tourney is centered on the individual showings,
especially on who will come out the victor in the Futabayama-Akinoumi bout
on Sunday.
The winner of this match will be the individual
champion in the current tourney.
The leading contests on the final day, in addition
to the Futabayama-Akinoumi bout are as follows:
| Tsurugamine | vs | Ayanobori |
| Kamikaze | vs | Hishuzan |
| Futasegawa | vs | Wakasegawa |
| Aobayama | vs | Dewaminato |
| Saganohana | vs | Kasagiyama |
| Nayoroiwa | vs | Toyoshima |
| Maedayama | vs | Terukuni |