Sumo Wrestlers Arrive In States for Matches
LOS ANGELES (INS) - Four of the leading sumo wrestlers
of Japan reached Los Angeles Tuesday to give exhibitions in the United
States and to take on all comers - if any.
The gargantuan specimens of the Nipponese wrestling
ring - huge men weighing between 300 and 400 pounds - planned to stay in
Los Angeles for a week. Future plans have not been completed.
Al Richardson, veteran sports promoter of Oakland
and Hongkong, brought the four to America. Among the group is the grand
champion Maedayama.
To quell the huge appetites of the tusslers, Pan
American Airways announced that special food was put aboard the plane.