NAGOYA, Mar. 13 – “Ozeki” Tochinishiki suffered his fourth defeat at the hands of Ouchiyama on the eighth day of the Spring Grand Professional Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Namba, Saturday.
    Grand Champion Azumafuji who has so far been beaten twice, abstained from the ring due to waist injury suffered during a bout with Futatsuryu on the seventh day.
    As the result, only two out of the four “Yokozuna” grapplers are making appearance in the current tourney.

Results of the other leading matches were:
Kuninobori beat Wakabayama
Wakanohana beat Asashio
Futatsuryu beat Matsunobori
Mitsuneyama beat Tokitsuyama
Ouchiyama beat Tochinishiki
Kagamisato beat Shinobuyama
Dewanishiki won over Azumafuji by default
Chiyonoyama beat Orochigata.