Re: Hoshitori Sanyaku report

[Keith Moulton <km34@columbia.edu>]

On Tue, 28 May 1996, Richard Webb wrote:
> More importantly, we have avoided our first major demotion since Hibijibi
> (our Kadoban Ozeki) made his kachi-koshi!  Unfortunately, Shimizuyama will
> be Kadoban Ozeki for the next basho.  Ganbatte!

Phew, that was close!  On Day 13 Hibijibi was down in 7-8 territory, so I
was quite happy to see Hibijibi bounce up to 10-5 at the end (largely due
to bonuses).  Checking out the rules, I see that Hibijibi has a longshot
at Yokozuna promotion if he averages 13 wins over the next two bashos.
Pretty unlikely scenario...demo, ganbarimasu!
	Can someone explain the poor performances of Tosanoumi,
Kotonishiki and Kotonowaka??  I really suffered with those 3 bigtime 
losers on my hoshitori picks.
Best,
Keith Moulton, a.k.a. Hibijibi
OperaStuff:  http://www.columbia.edu/~km34	email:  km34@columbia.edu