Nippon Times, Monday 18th January 1943 (Morning Edition Page 3)

Camera Shots of Action on the Front and Behind the Guns.
(other non-sumo related photos have been ommited)

Mid-Winter wrestling season in full swing, Saganohana shoving Matsunosato out of the ring on January 14. Thirty-thousand spectators daily fill the great wrestling amphitheater at Ryogoku, Tokyo.


News From Sports World (Evening Edition Page 2)
    Grand Champion Akinoumi, leader of the East Camp suffered his first defeat in eight starts on Sunday when Kashiwado, in a whirlwind attack, sent his giant adversary flying out of the ring. Shown is Akinoumi, at right, going into a tailspin.


Champ Akinoumi Loses In Feature Upset.

    Some 30,000 fans, who packed the Kokugikan amphitheater on Sunday, the eighth day of the spring tournament, witnessed the first big upset of the 15-day tournament as Kashiwado of the West team toppled famed Akinoumi, one of four Grand Champions or "Yokozuna" of this tournament.
    Akinoumi's defeat was the only upset of the day, as favourites continued to take their bouts. At the end of the eighth day, the West team led the East team, 94 to 87.

 Here are Sunday's result of the main matches:
Terunobori defeated Yamatonishiki
Sagamigawa defeated Futasegawa
Saganohana defeated Sakuranishiki
Maedayama defeated Dewaminato
Nayoroiwa defeated Masuiyama
Futabayama defeated Bishuzan
Kashiwado defeated Akinoumi
Haguroyama defeated Kyushuzan.