The Dai Nippon Sumo Association will hold its Osaka tourney for 13 days from March 2 at the specially constructed Kokugikan at Abenobashi to raise funds for the Osaka prefectural branch of the Military Welfare Society, being participated in by practically all the wrestlers on the roster of the association, including Futabayama, and Haguroyama, both "yokozuna."
    Prior to the opening of the tourney, the time-honored ring festival was observed on February 29 from 10 a.m. with Inoue Shikimori officiating.
    The ceremony was attended by Major-General Takano of the military service department of the Osaka Division, Colonel Sakumi of the military service department of the Central Nippon Army, and 2nd Lieutenant Kawamura representing the commander-in-chief of the Osaka naval defense headquarters.
    Terukuni and Akinoumi, both "yokozuna," will be absent from the ring in the coming tourney due to illness and injury, respectively.