Sumo Matches End
Haguroyama Retains Title; East Squad 123, West 84
TOKYO, June 13. - Haguroyama, "yokozuna" and captain
of the East team, won his fourth successive victory in the official tourney
of the Japan Professional Sumo Association by thrusting out Maedayama,
formidable 'ozeki," in the finals of the 10 day summer main sumo tournament
which wound up at the Meiji Shrine sumo ring here this afternoon.
In the inter-team competition, the East camp overwhelmed
the West squad by the lop-sided score of 123 points to 84.
By winning nine out of their respective matches,
four leading grapplers - Haguroyama, Maedayama, Azumafuji and Rikidozan
- tied for the top position, as a result of which a playoff was staged
to decide the winner for the first time since the inauguration of the sumo
association.
Maedayama toppled Azumafuji, another "ozeki" of
the West team, while Haguroyama threw down Rikidozan, "maegashira" of the
East squad, in the first round of the playoff. Accordingly, Haguroyama
and Maedayama staged a bitterly and hard fought tussle in the finals, but
victory finally went to the defending champion.
The results of the leading bouts on the last day were:
| Okuma | pushed out | Fudoiwa |
| Sakuranishiki | pushed out | Midorishima |
| Kashiwado | threw down | Wakasegawa |
| Kusunishiki | toppled | Itsutsuumi |
| Shionoumi | threw down | Terunobori |
| Azumafuji | toppled | Kamikaze |
| Maedayama | threw down | Saganohana |
| Haguroyama | thrust out | Terukuni |
FUJIDERA, Osaka, June 14. - Participated in by 30
representative sumo wrestlers, the 21st Western Japan Intercollegiate Sumo
Championship Meet will open Sunday, June 15, beginning at 9 a.m., at the
local sumo ring here under the auspices of the Western Japan Sumo League
with the support of the Mainichi Press.