on this day: 1915

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

The Japan Times, Friday 24th September 1915

WRESTLERS POPULAR

ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO

    The latest mail arriving by the Shinyo Maru brings many letters from the 
Japanese wrestlers visiting America. The wrestlers, who are visiting America 
for the first time, seem to be enjoying a good time. The wrestling opened on 
August 26, when the wrestlers, boarding six automobiles, decorated with 
American and Japanese flags, paraded through the streets and after visiting 
the Japanese tea house in Golden Gate park went to a theatre, when the 
matches began at 7 p.m. The house was crowded two hours before the opening 
of the programme. The time-honoured ceremony "dohyo-iri" was a special 
object of approval to the curious spectators, who welcomed the performance 
with enthusiastic cheers. The performances are a great success, daily 
attracting a big audience, mostly consisting of Japanese residents.
    The impressions of America are one and the same. Champion Umegatani, 
writing to his family, expresses his surprise at the cold weather of San 
Francisco, which he likens to the temperature in August in Japan. Another 
champion wrestler Chinzeiyama was taken by surprise at the big size of 
buildings and the countless number of automobiles. He was taken aback at the 
number marked on the automobiles, mentioning that he sighted a car marked 
"No. 15,000."






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