Collegiate Sumo
National Test Opens At Nakamozu, Osaka
NAKAMOZU, Osaka, Sept. 22 - The national intercollegiate
sumo meet - the blue ribbon students' classic - was opened at the sumo
ring here today for the first time in five years since 1941 under the joint
auspices of the Mainichi Press and the Japan Sumo League.
At 9 a.m., an opening ceremony was held, with 130
stoutly built grapplers of 26 contesting schools making a ceremonious entry
into the ring in two groups, one from the east side and the other from
the west.
Competition was started with the first round match
between the 6th higher school and the Kochi young men's normal school.