The Mainichi, Monday 9th June 1947 (Page 2)

Shionoumi Defeated; East Maintaining Lead

    TOKYO, June 7 - Shionoumi, new "ozeki" of the West team, suffered his second defeat in the current summer main sumo tourney at the hands of Mitsuneyama, promising "komusubi" on the fifth day of the 10 day series at the Meiji Shrine sumo ring here today.
    Maintaining its lead since the opening day, the East squad outpointed the West aggregation 12 to 9 on that day in the interteam competition. The total score was 65 to 39 in favor of the East camp.

The results of the main bouts on the fifth day were:

Sakuranishiki pushed out Aichiyama
Hajimayama threw down Kashiwado
Kamikaze toppled Yatakayama
Azumafuji pushed out Terunobori
Maedayama threw down Kotonishiki
Saganohana thrust out Itsutsuumi
Terukuni derricked out Fudoiwa
Haguroyama derricked out Wakasegawa