Articles from 1959

1958	1959 (126 articles)	1960
`January 1` Sumo Wrestling Old. (US) `4`Sumo's New Year Tourney Opens In Tokyo On Jan. 11. (M) `"`New Rankings. (M) `10`2 Sumo May Retire. (P) `11`Sumo Tourney Opening Today. (M) `"`Azumafuji To Become Sumo Commentator. (M) `12`Asashio Beaten In Upset; Chiyonoyama Also Loses. (M) `"`Asashio Upset on 1st Day of Meet. (P) `13`Lower-Ranking Men Beat Kotogahama, 3 Sekiwakes. (M) `"`Waka, Asashio Tourney Favorites. (P) `14`Tamanoumi Upsets Yokozuna Tochinishiki In Sumo Tourney. (M) `"`Tama Downs Tochi; Waka Wins. (P) `15`Kotogahama Loses 3rd Time; All Three Sekiwakes Subdued. (M) `"`Wakanohana Wins 4th Straight. (P) `16`Chiyo To Retire From Sumo Ring. (M) `"`Sumo Results. (M) `"`Waka Marches On; Asashio Stopped. (P) `17`Chiyo Retires From Ring Winding Up 18-Yr. Career. (M) `"`Sumo Results. (M) `"`Waka, Iwakaze Keep Clean Slates. (P) `"`Bark Is Worse Than Bite in Japanese Sport. (US) `18`Sumo Results. (M) `"`Waka Wins 7th, Leads Tourney. (P) `19`Sumo Results. (M) `20`Tochinishiki Loses 2nd Time. (M) `"`Wakamaeda Upsets Tochi. (P) `21`Wakanohana Posts 10th Straight Win. (M) `22`Tochi, Asashio Lose Third Time. (M) `"`Waka Makes 11th Straight Sumo Slam. (P) `23`Sumo Results. (M) `"`Wakanohana Wins 12th; Needs 1 More for Title. (P) `24`Waka Suffers First Defeat. (M) `"`Wakanohana Loses 1st, Asashio Still in Running. (P) `25`Wakanohana Clinches Grand Sumo Tourney Championship. (M) `"`Bidding Sayonara To Sumo Ring Today. (M) `"`Wakanohana Tops Asashio For Sumo Title. (P) `26`New Year Sumo Tourney Closes. (M) `"`Waka Wins Final Tourney Match. (P) `27`Wakanohana Demonstrates He's In Class By Himself. (M) `29`Sumo Wrestler Osegawa Retires. (M) `30`New Sumo Judges. (M) `February 7`Wakanohana Has 1st Jet Plane Ride. (M) `"`Sumo Champ Rides in Jet Trainer. (P) `11`Americans to Host Sumo. (P) `13`Meiji Club Books Sumo Party. (P) `15`Meiji Club Gives Party for 6 Sumo. (P) `"`US Fans Entertain Sumo Wrestlers. (M) `"`She's Sumo Fan Now. (US) `20`Sumo Grunt and Crooners Invade Johnson AB. (P)
`March 1`19-Year-Old Wakachichibu Gets 'Komusubi' Ranking. (M) `6`Sumo Wrestler Gets Plenty of Rice. (US) `8`Sumo Tourney Opens Today. (M) `"`Pre-Tourney Festival Held. (M) `9`Osaka Sumo Tourney Opens. (M) `10`Ozeki Asashio Downed By Tricky Wakanoumi. (M) `11`Sumo Results. (M) `12`Sumo Results. (M) `13`Asashio Takes Second Beating Of Tournament. (M) `"`Asashio Loses 2nd In Osaka Sumo Meet. (P) `14`5 Still Stay Undefeated In Grand Sumo Tourney. (M) `"`Waka, Tochi Win Sixth Straight. (P) `15`Only 3 Stay Undefeated In Osaka Sumo Tourney. (M) `16`Two Yokozuna Stay Unbeaten. (M) `17`Wakanohana Suffers His First Defeat. (M) `"`Dohyo Sidelights. (M) `"`Sumo King Waka Falls On Birthday. (P) `18`Tochinishiki Continues Unbeaten In Sumo Meet. (M) `"`Lone Sumo Wrestler Remains Undefeated. (P) `19`Tochi Wins 11th Straight To Remain Only Unbeaten. (M) `"`Dohyo Sidelights. (M) `20`Tochi Beats Kotogahama Maintains Perfect Slate. (M) `"`Tochi Still Unbeaten In Meet. (P) `21`Tochi Loses To Asashio; Tied With Waka For Lead. (M) `"`Asashio Stops Tochi's Win Streak. (P) `22`Asashio Beats Wakanohana; Tochi Leads With 13-1 Slate. (M) `"`Sumo Bouts Could End in Triple Tie. (P) `23`Yokozuna Tochinishiki Cops Spring Sumo Championships. (M) `24`Tochi Shows He's Still Tops; Asashio's Osaka Saga Broken. (M) `"`Asashio's Promotion To Yokozuna Pending. (M) `26`Sumo Fan Idol Asashio Promoted To Yokozuna. (M) `"`Ouchiyama Retires From Sumo Ring. (M) `"`Asashio Voted Grand Champion. (P) `31`New Yokozuna Tries On His Gear. (M) `April 7`Yokozuna Asashio Performs Rites. (M) `"`Asashio Formally Joins Sumo's Highest Ranks. (P) `"`Naha Slates Sumo Matches. (P) `10`Asashio Group To Okinawa. (M) `"`Rain Postpones Sumo Matches. (P) `12`285-Pound Mat Champion Not Robust Enough for Japanese. (US) `15`Giant & Beauty In Okinawa. (M) `26`Asashio 'Yokozuna-Ozeki' For May Sumo Tournament. (M)
`May 3`Sumo Champ Honored. (P) `5`Asashio Shows Top Sumo Form. (P) `8`Waka Still Untoppled In Meet. (P) `11`Asashio Toppled by Tochihikari. (P) `13`Sumo Champs Still Unbeaten. (P) `17`Tochi, Waka Bout to Decide Tourney Title. (P) `"`Waka to Try Hand ...er, Feet.. at Golf. (P) `18`Japanese Sumo Title Decided By Extra Bout For First Time. (US) `26`U.S.-Japan Sumo Slated. (P) `June 6` Junior Sumo Wrestlers in Tourney Here. (US)
`July 10`Tochinishiki Wins 5th Sumo Match. (P) `11`Tochinishiki Wins 6th Straight in Nagoya Sumo. (P) `12`Tochi Still Unbeaten; Waka Wins. (P) `14`Tochi Slams Opponent To Continue Unbeaten. (P) `16`Koto Upset By Fusa At Nagoya. (P) `17`Tochi Tosses 12th Opponent in Row. (P) `18`Tochi Nips Victim No. 13. (P) `26`Tragedy Mars Triumph In Sumo. (US)
`September 13` Wakanohana Favored in Sumo Tourney. (P) `14`Waka and Tochi Win Openers in Sumo. (P) `15`Favorites Score Wins In Sumo. (P) `16`Sumo Champs Win Again. (P) `17`Koto Loses Again; Tochi, Waka Win. (P) `18`Tochi Keeps On Winning. (P) `19`Tochi, Waka Win; Koto Withdraws. (P) `21`Tochinishiki Wins 8th Straight. (P) `22`Tochi Wins 24th Straight for Record. (P) `24`Tochi Tumbled 2nd Time. (P) `25`Waka Pulls Into Lead In Sumo Tourney. (P) `26`Wakanohana Downs Fusanishiki. (P)
`November 4` Sumo Sample Bowling. (P) `11`Favorites Win In Sumo Meet. (P) `15`Kotogahama, Wakahaguro Still Unbeaten. (P) `19`2 Wakas Are Upset In Sumo. (P) `20`Sekiwake Upsets Tochi. (P) `21`4 Tied for Sumo Tournament Lead. (P)