on this day: 1941

["Rowan Klein" <rowanchan@hotmail.com>]

The Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Nichi Nichi, Wednesday 4th June 1941

Futabayama Takes Sumo Championship

New ^ÑYokozuna^Ò Haguroyama Eliminated;  Nayoro Loses Title

Futabayama, "yokozuna" from the Tatsunami Club, won the 11th All-Nippon sumo 
championship tourney by defeating Nayoroiwa, "sekiwake" and the defending 
champion from the same club, in a three-match challenge round of the tourney 
held on Monday, June 2, at the Kokugikan at Ryogoku, Tokyo. This was the 
fourth victory for Futabayama.
By repulsing the powerful challenge from Haguroyama, new "yokozuna", and the 
champion of the summer main tourney, in an all-Tatsunami Club finals, 
Futabayama took the Class A title, thus winning the right to challenge 
Nayoroiwa, the winner of 1940 tourney.
In the semi-final bouts for Class A, Haguroyama defeated Kuganishiki while 
Futabayama beat Shintozan.

Classes B, C, Titles
Onomori and Tsurugaumi carried away the honors in Class B and in Class C, 
respectively, by beating their respective opponents. Onomori won from 
Tsurugaumi, the winner of Class C and the qualifier for Class B, while 
Tsurugaumi toppled Mineyama.
The closing ceremony immediately followed the Futabayama-Nayoroiwa bout, the 
championship arm-band being awarded to Futabayama by Managing Director 
Matasaburo Nanami of the Osaka Mainichi and the Tokyo Nichi Nichi. The 
H.I.H. Prince Kaya Cup was also presented to Futabayama by Secretary 
Kosaburo Komma of Prince Kaya^Òs Household.
The ceremony as well as the tourney closed at 6.30 p.m.
The tourney was participated in by leading grapplers on the roster of the 
Dai Nippon Sumo Association.



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