3-Way Ties (fwd)

[Peter Kaub <p-kaub@possum.murdoch.edu.au>]

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 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 01:35:42 -1000 (HST)
 From: Lee Tokuda <tokuda@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu>
 To: Peter Kaub <p-kaub@possum.murdoch.edu.au>
 Subject: 3-Way Ties

  I read that in the 3-way tie between Akebono, Takanohana, and Wakanohana
the order in which the rikshi wrestled was determined by pulling marked
sticks.  But I also read that the sticks only determined which of the
two brothers would face Akebono first.  In other words, the tie-breaker
was set up so that the brothers could not face each other in the first
match.  Could someone else confirm this?
  If that's true, I would like to know if this procedure was arbitrary
or if there is some kind of rule about rikshi from the same stable in
3 or 4 way ties.  Anyone have any info on this?

-Lee