It was a jinx day for the "ozeki" grapples as Azumafuji and Saganohana suffered their second defeat at the hands of Kashiwado and Chiyonoyama respectively, on the seventh day of the autumn main sumo tourney, November 12, at the Memorial Hall, Tokyo.
    By outpointing the West aggregation 12 to 9 on this day, the east team further increased its lead to eight points, the total score being 81 to 73.