Main Sumo Tourney Slated In Kyoto
4 'Yokozuna' Grapplers To Vie For Championship
KYOTO, Mar. 27 - Participated in by all the wrestlers
on the roster of the Japan Professional Sumo Association including four
"yokozuna" grapplers, the Kyoto main professional sumo tourney will get
under way on April 1 at the specially constructed ring at Aburakoji Gojo,
Here.
Futabayama, "yokozuna," who has been holding the
championship in the main tourney for many years and who has recently expressed
his intention to resign from the ring, will make his final appearance in
the coming 10 day series.
In the forthcoming main tournament, much of the
attention will be attached to the nip and tuck struggle to be fought among
Futabayama, Terukuni and Haguroyama, all "yokozuna" and Azumafuji, a promising
wrestler holding "maegashira" rank.