Grand Champion Yoshibayama was the only unbeaten wrestler in the first nine of the 15-day Sumo tussles, whereas another undefeated Grand Champ Chiyonoyama was pushed out of the ring by vigorous Matsunobori Monday.

The results of main bouts on Monday were;
Nariyama beat Tamanoumi
Dewanishiki beat Kuninobori
Koto-gahama beet Futatsuryu
Shinobuyama beat Kitanonada
Wakanonada bent Orochigata
Mitsuneyama beat Ouchiyama
Tochinishiki beat Shimanishiki
Yoshibayama beat Hajimayama
Kagamisato beat Asashio
Matsunobori beat Chiyonoyama

    I went back to the Sumo arena the next day and at last began to understand what was going on. But this action, as I see it, is not only Japanese. It is just that the Japanese have developed it to a public game.
    The way I see it, it reminds me of my fat aunt Jennie. She was always trying to put on a tight girdle so she wouldn't look so fat. Trouble is, she was so fat she could never get the girdle on; so she had to call in someone to help pull it on. Well, there's Sumo.
    It's just two fat men trying to help one another get into a girdle and they tug and pull and tug. Every once and a while, this character in the fancy clothes and a ping-pong paddle, has to jump in and help, but from what I've seen, no one ever manages to pull the girdle on the other guy. Just like my fat aunt Jennie, too, they usually end up falling down exhausted, nothing accomplished. I wonder if they have the same trouble putting on their pants?
    Yes sir, the Japanese are a patient people. They can just sit and watch two fat men trying to pull on a girdle for 15 days. Seems to me it would be simpler just to lose weight
 

(To Be Continued)