For the fellows who were in Japan while in service, this article from the New York Times might bring back memories.
    The Times reports that Wakanohana has won the Emperor's Cup in Sumo wrestling over 286-pound Tochinishiki.
    It seems that Wakanohana's win was somewhat of an upset since he weighs only 224 pounds.
    Sumo wrestling has no resemblance to the American style. In sumo, the wrestlers are put into a 15-foot ring without any ropes and the first man that throws his opponent out of the ring or forces any part of his body on the mat except the feet, is the winner.
    Sumo wrestlers attain their great size in comparisons with other Japanese by eating nothing except rice, beer and sake.
    The warm-up before the match is a ceremonious affair. Each wrestler rotates his outstretched hands to show that no weapons have been concealed, then rises and lifts a ponderous foot to the side as high as his bulk will permit. The foot is then crashed down to symbolize the stamping out of evil.
    Next comes the tossing of a handful of salt in the air by each wrestler to purify the surroundings. Then the combatants face each other across two markers in the runners take-off position, with hands on the ground. Each tries to understand the other's intentions and they rise after a second or two to signal that neither is ready to go.
    This psychological warfare is repeated for four minutes before the referee indicates with a gesture of his lacquered fan that now the physical hostilities must commence.
    So these athletes violate at lease two rules in American sports by being overweight and "boozing" to get that way. But it's still one of the most popular sports in Japan - and possibly was the most popular until American GIs got the Japanese interested in a game called baseball.
    And it might be added that Tochinishiki means "Chestnut Brocade" and Wakanohana means "Flower of Youth."
    Wonder how Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and a few others such as The Mountaineer would make out with these characters.