Nayoroiwa Falls
NISHINOMIYA, Mar. 24 - Nayoroiwa, "ozeki" of the West team, was thrown down by Yatakayama, hope of the East team, on the third day of the Kansai main tourney of the Japan Professional Sumo Association at the specially constructed ring here today.
The results of the other leading bouts on the third day were:
| Chiyonoyama | threw down | Kashiwado |
| Kamikaze | toppled | Shinshuzan |
| Sagamigawa | thrust out | Fudoiwa |
| Shionoumi | pushed out | Midorishima |
| Maedayama | threw down | Onoumi |
| Saganohana | pushed out | Masuiyama |
| Haguroyama | derricked out | Kashimanada |
| Terukuni | derricked out | Kotonishiki |
| Shinshuzan | vs | Midorishima |
| Wakasegawa | vs | Kotonishiki |
| Masuiyama | vs | Fudoiwa |
| Shionoumi | vs | Kusunishiki |
| Kashimanada | vs | Nayoroiwa |
| Chiyonoyama | vs | Saganohana |
| Maedayama | vs | Kamikaze |
| Itsutsuumi | vs | Haguroyama |
| Terukuni | vs | Kashiwado |