Tochinishiki Wins Championship Cup
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Tochinishiki beams happily on capturing the Emperor's
Cup, symbolic of the Grand Sumo Tournament championship, for the fifth
time. He won the title by hanging up a 14-1 record in the 15-day summer
tourney that closed Sunday.
Curtains were run down on the 15-day Summer Grand
Sumo Tournament Sunday at the Kokugikan with the crowning of Yokozuna as
tourney champion for the fifth time.
The 240-pound grappler, who cinched the title Saturday,
made his winning record more convincing for a 14-1 by making 312-pound
second-ranking Ozeki Ouchiyama hit the dirt in one of the feature bouts.
Besides the Championship Emperor's Cup going to
Tochinishiki, the Achievement Award went to Tokitsuyama; the Award for
Skill, to Shinobuyama; and the Best Effort Award to Wakanoumi.
Tochinishiki was followed, on the basis of records,
by Tokitsuyama 12-3 and Kagamisato, Dewaminato and Wakanoumi 11-4.
Results of leading matches on the last day:
Odachi beat Shionishiki
Hajimayama beat Miyanishiki
Annenyama beat Tochihikari
Kotogahama beat Onobori
Tokitsuyama beat Narutoumi
Wakanoumi beat Shinobuyama
Wakanohana beat Matsunobori
Mitsuneyama beat Asashio
Kagamisato beat Chiyonoyama