Futabayama Victorious
East Team Captain Wins 12th Title As Sumo Tourney Ends
Winning all of his scheduled 15 matches, Futabayama,
"yokozuna" and captain of the East team, won his 12th individual title
in the summer main sumo tourney of the Dai Nippon Sumo Association, which
wound up on May 26, at the Kokugikan, Tokyo, after a 15 day series.
On the final day, Futabayama defeated Terukuni,
in an all-Yokozuna match. In the other all-"yokozuna" bout, Haguroyama
beat Akinoumi.
In the senior inter-team competition, the West team
eked out a victory over the East team by only three points, 168 to 165.
The showings of the high ranking grapplers in the current tourney:
| East Team | ||
| Futabayama | Won 15 | no loss |
| Haguroyama | Won 14 | lost one |
| Maedayama | Won 9 | Lost 6 |
| Nayoroiwa | Won 7 | Lost 8 |
| Saganohana | Won 7 | Lost 6 |
| Terunobori | Won 8 | Lost 7 |
| West Team | ||
| Terukuni | Won 12 | Lost 3 |
| Akinoumi | Won 12 | Lost 3 |
| Toyoshima | Won 6 | Lost 9 |
| Sagamigawa | Won 8 | Lost 7 |
| Futasegawa | Won 9 | Lost 6 |