Re: Natsu basho Sansho awards

["Dietmar Feger" <highjumper@adon.li>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Stefan Gelow <f95-sge@nada.kth.se>
To: <sumo@sun01pt2-1523.statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Natsu basho Sansho awards


> >I was curious as to why only Kotomitsuki and Asashoryu picked up sansho
> >awards. OK, they did well, and Asashoryu probably deserved his, but I think
> >there were other rikishi who should have recieved sansho as well.
> >
> >Kyokushuzan is one. In my opinion, he should have recieved the kanto-sho,
> >and possibly the shukun-sho as well, given that he got 11-4 from Maegashira
> >15. Higonoumi and Toki made the same score from near the bottom of the
> >rankings (M11 and M13 respectively).
> >
> >Anyone else think the Kyokai (or whoever it is decides who the awards go to)
> >were a bit stingy this time?
>
> I thought so at the beginning, but I just realized why it happened as it did:
> Higonoumi, Toki and Kyokushuzan ALL had 11-4 records after ALL winning on
> day 15 and none of them had really done anything to be distinguished from
> the others. If only one or even two of them had won on day 15 while the
> other(s) lost, I think they would have got the kanto-sho, but all three
> simply couldn't get it (they hadn't been THAT outstanding) and therefore
> none of them did. In my view, that Toki vs Kotomitsuki match definitely
> seemed planned to give the winner a prize, but with the situation as it was,
> it wasn't possible.
>
> /Stefan Gelow
>
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Sure, it was a difficult decision wheter to give the kanto-sho to only one of them or to all three
of them.
If they had strictly followed their own rules, they should have given the kanto-sho to Toki!
I thought there was a rule or guideline for giving a kanto-sho:
"a shin-nyumaku with 10-5"
"a shin-sanyaku with 10-5"
"a sai-nyumaku with 11-4" (returner as Toki was)

Under this point of view, Toki should have deserved the kanto-sho as he was a returner from Juryo.
Or was this a further punishment for his car-accident?

Feginowaka