Futabayama, famous grand champion of sumo, has decided to open a sumo gymnasium in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, where local youths will be trained by professional sumo wrestlers.
    Futabayama's wish to establish a gymnasium was first supported by governor Sei Homma of Fukuoka Prefecture, who offered every facility to the champion.
    At the projected gymnasium, local youths will be taught the right techniques of sumo wrestling by Futabayama himself and wrestlers under his guidance. The grand champion is intending to implant the spirit of the national game in the minds of naive young men.
    Training camps of the same type are expected to be opened in other prefectures in the future and the coaching wrestlers will spend their spare time to help in the production increase campaign.
    Referring to the project, Futabayama declared:
    "My long dream has come to be realized. My wish has been to make sumo a means of service to the State rather than an object of amusement.
    "The Dazaifu gymnasium will be open next April, and we are determined to devote ourselves to sumo wrestling."
    Meanwhile, Governor Homma is reported from Fukuoka to have stated as follows:
    "I was very much impressed by Futabayama's wish to purify the sumo world and popularize the game among non-professional people. I have accepted his proposal with much pleasure, for it is a big benefit for local youths to receive coaching from competent wrestlers.