The Mainichi, Monday 24th May 1948 (Page 2)

Rain Again; No Sumo

    TOKYO, May 23. - The eighth day competition of the current summer main professional sumo tournament was rained out today at the ring in the Meiji Shrine outer garden.
    This was the fourth time the sumo tourney has been postponed due to rain since the opening day.
    On the seventh day of the 11 day series yesterday, all the high ranking wrestlers including one "yokozuna" and two "ozeki" grapplers won over their respective opponents.