Re: (Fwd) Re: last basho day 4: Taka's toe...

[Seelye Martin <seelye@beaver.ocean.washington.edu>]

The Akebono/Tomonohano match was in January 1993, and it was among the 
saddest I have ever watched.  Tomo was at his highest rank, Komosubi, I 
believe, and the match was early on in the basho.  From my POV, Tomo won 
for sure; but he lost on the second match after the mono-ii.  This was 
the fore-runner of a sucession of losses in the same basho, and also 
marked the beginning of Tomo's decline.  I have often wondered if things 
would have been different for him if they allowed the win...

Seelye Martin 

On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Peter J. 
Parbrook wrote:

> 
> 
> > I can half-remember -- read: don't remember the details -- one time
> > when Akebono was having a zen-sho tournament so far, and I was sure
> > that he lost a match. There was a mono-ii, and it was judged a
> > yari-naoshi (do-over). He won the second time around.
> > 
> I believe the bout you are refering to was between Tomonohana and 
> Akebono. 
> Akebono tried to push Tomo out but Tomo deflected it causing Ake to 
> topple over - the effect of which caused Tomo backwards and out. 
> I believe Ake touch outside / down first by a few fractions of a 
> second, and many thought that Tomo had also made sufficient effort to 
> avoid Ake's push to counter any "who was attacking" arguements.  
> Fuirthermore Ake was falling  "Shingitai" well before Tomo stepped 
> out.   However the Judges controversially ordered a rematch. 
> 
> There was a review following this basho on the use of rematches as it 
> was pointed out in many of the papers that the lower ranked wrestler 
> has a much poorer chance in general the second time round as he 
> generally has to decieve the Yokozuna / ozeki to win.  Another  
> reason for the controversy was Tomonohana's popularity.
> 
> Peter
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