ocr: ONTHE TENTH DAY, at bright, crisp autumn afternoon, Akebono got wrapped up in a long struggle against a mid-level wrestler named Asahiyutaka- Bounteous Morning Sun. With their fiercely muscled arms wrapped: around each other's bounteous bellies, the two car- ried on an elephantine pas de deux that lasted more than a minute- along match by sumo standards. Finally Akebono got his opponent backed up against the edge of the ring. Bounteous Morning Sun went crashing backward out of the ring, with Akebono's bulk smash- ing down on top of him. The referee waved his lacquered fan toward the west- indi ...
