With attention centered on whether hefty sumo wrestlers will be able to display the same mighty power in baseball, the Japan Professional Sumo Association IX will cross bats with the Kansai Sports Writers' Club team in an open baseball game at the spacious Nishinomiya stadium between Osaka and Kobe January 21 at 1 p.m.
    The wrestlers' baseball team includes Maedayama, new "yokozuna," and Kamikaze, "sekiwake," both known as baseball lovers in professional sumodom.
    The sports writers' squad will be represented by Yoshio Yuasa, former ace moundsman of Meiji University, and other ex-baseballers of the Tokyo "Big Six" Loop.

    Participated in by all three "yokozuna" wrestlers and all others on the roster of the Japan Professional Sumo Association, the Kansai sumo tournament will be held for 11 days beginning January 22 at the specially constructed ring on the Nishinomiya grounds between Osaka and Kobe.
    With the support of the Hyogo Prefectural Peace Maintenance Collaboration Society, the sumo tourney will be jointly sponsored by the Hyogo prefectural branch of the Doho Engo Kai, a welfare society, and the Japan Professional Sumo Association.