Sumo Tourney Opens Today
Mitsuneyama Scores Big Upset On 1st Day
A big upset marked the opening day of the summer
main sumo tourney of the Dai Nippon Sumo Association on May 7 at the specially
constructed ring in the Korakuen stadium, Koishikawa, Tokyo, when Terukuni,
"yokozuna" of the West team, went down in defeat before Mitsuneyama.
In the senior inter-team competition, the East team
outpointed the west team 13 to 11 on the day.
The results of the other leading matches on the first day were:
| Kamikaze | defeated | Shionoumi |
| Azumafuji | defeated | Masuiyama |
| Nayoroiwa | defeated | Futasegawa |
| Sagamigawa | defeated | Futamiyama |
| Saganohana | defeated | Wakasegawa |
| Maedayama | defeated | Kasagiyama |
| Akinoumi | defeated | Terunobori |
| Futabayama | defeated | Dewaminato |
| Mitsuneyama | defeated | Terukuni |
| Haguroyama | defeated | Hishuzan |
The leading pairings on the second day, May 8, are:
| Dewaminato | vs | Mitsuneyama |
| Kasagiyama | vs | Saganohana |
| Masuiyama | vs | Terunobori |
| Hishuzan | vs | Nayoroiwa |
| Sagamigawa | vs | Kamikaze |
| Toyoshima | vs | Maedayama |
| Wakasegawa | vs | Haguroyama |
| Akinoumi | vs | Futamiyama |
| Futasegawa | vs | Futabayama |
| Terukuni | vs | Azumafuji |