on this day: 1915

["Rowan" <rowan@juryo.com>]

The Japan Times, Friday 6th August 1915

JAPANESE WRESTLERS 

LOOKING FORWARD TO AMERICAN TRIP

    For the first time a party of picked Japanese wrestlers will leave Japan for America for purely business purposes. The party consists of nearly forty wrestlers, including manager, clerks, etc., and will start from Yokohama on board the Shinyo Maru on the 7th. 
    The coming of the party has been widely heralded across the Pacific and the Japanese on the other side are eagerly waiting for its arrival, for this will be a record event in the sporting circles among the Japanese abroad. Some years ago, Champion Hitachiyama and two or three others went to America but they were treated more like guests of unusual interest. This time the party expects to cover from Los Angeles to Vancouver, B.C. in wrestling shows and to come back richer. 
    The Wrestlers' Society gave a rousing farewell party in Tokyo yesterday. All the wrestlers are very enthusiastic over the prospect of seeing a new country, where the report of a fine welcome for the party has been already received.



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