Big Upsets Mark Sumo Tourney
OSAKA, Mar. 18. - It was a Jinx day for high-ranking
wrestlers Sunday when three of the four Grand Champions and two of the
three Ozeki wrestlers hit the dirt on the eighth day of the Spring Grand
Sumo Tournament at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Namba.
Grand Champ Kagamisato winner of the past two straight
tournaments, and hefty Ozeki Ouchiyama suffered their first defeats in
the current tourney, Kagamisato to Wakasegawa and Ouchiyama to Dewanishiki.
With the defeat of the two pace-setting grapplers
no wrestler has a clean slate.
In three other major upsets, two Grand Champs, Tochinishiki
and Chiyonoyama, and Ozeki, Wakanohana went down in defeat.
Results of the main bouts follow:
Dewaminato beat Annenyama
Tochihikari beat Wakanoumi
Wakamaeda heat Hajimayama
Asashio beat Wakanohana
Matsunobori beat Naruyama
Dewanishiki beat Ouchiyama
Kotogahama beat Tochinishiki
Yoshibayama beat Tokitsuyama
Wakasegawa beat Kagamisato
Tsurugamine beat Chiyonoyama