The Mainichi, Thursday 27th March 1947 (Page 2)

Nishinomiya Sumo

    NISHINOMIYA, Mar. 25 - Saganohana, "ozeki" of the West team, suffered his first defeat at the hands of the lanky, hard fighting Sagamigawa on the fourth day of the Kansai main professional sumo tourney at the specially constructed ring here today.
    In the inter-team competition, the West team outpointed the East squad 11 to 9 on that day, thus increasing its lead to four points, the total score being 39 to 35.

The results of the other main matches on the fourth day were:

Chiyonoyama threw down Kotonishiki
Kamikaze pushed out Kashimanada
Itsutsuumi pushed out Fudoiwa
Shionoumi thrust out Kashiwado
Maedayama thrust out Kusunishiki
Nayoroiwa thrust out Wakasegawa
Terukuni pushed out Midorishima
Haguroyama pushed out Masuiyama