The Mainichi, Tuesday 15th November 1949 (Page 2)

Kinki U. Sumo Team Retains Title

Photo shows the winning team.

    SAKAI, Nov. 14 - The Kinki University team won for the third consecutive year in the National Intercollegiate Sumo Tournament as it defeated the Kwansei Gakuin squad, 4 to 1, in the inter-team finals of the two day meet which wound up at the Ohama ring here today.
    In the deciding match for third place, Meiji University nosed out Tokyo Agricultural University 3 to 2.
    The individual championship went to Yoshimura of Kinki University, who beat Arimitsu of Kwansei Gakuin in the title match.
    The annual event was jointly sponsored by the Mainichi Press and the Japan Sumo FEderation with the support of Sakai Municipality.