[sumo] Tokitsukaze beya rikishi dies

[Philip Sherman]

Great example Joe.
  I just saw a special of his playing days on one of the sports networks. 

PHIL


-----Original Message-----
From: Kuramarujo
Sent: Monday, July 2, 2007 9:55 AM
To: sumobab at attglobal.net, Sumo Mailing List
Subject: RE: [sumo] Tokitsukaze beya rikishi dies

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 07:05 -0400, Sumobaba wrote:

> Having sent the info below, and looking further on the web, I also see that
> the Kyokai is attributing the boy's unfortunate death to "heart failure". He
> only entered sumo around 3 months ago. Would the physical screening not have
> shown some symptom of heart disease? I really am asking, not being cynical,
> because I would like to know the answer, not imply that the Kyokai's
> physician(s) weren't doing their jobs. We all know that brutal training does
> take place, specifically involving the newer- and lower-ranked boys. I would
> think that if he was severely beaten around the head, well.........but,
> again, that is again, just another scenario that comes to mind. I love the
> Tokitsukaze boys, and it is a true tragedy to even remotely think that this
> could be a result of "beatings" to build stamina.

	It is possible to have a heart defect that goes undiscovered until it
hits.  One of the more notable instances, at least for me, is that of
"Pistol" Pete Maravich (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Maravich).

-- 
Joe "Kuramarujo" Klemmer
http://www.webtrek.com/joe/sumo

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