Sorakichi Matsuda

At the time of this match, or almost 35 at the time of this match.

And he retired in 1887 after losing to Sorakichi Matsuda.

But we're going to put losing in parentheses right there.

He was 39 years old when Sorakichi Matsuda came to the United States in 1885.

He did not know any catch wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling.

The only wrestling he knew was sumo wrestling.

That happens quite a bit in the way the newspapers did names back in the day.

If you go back today and you research and you're looking for matches for Sorakichi Matsuda, you will not find them in American newspapers.

Because in the American newspapers, he was always referred to as Sorakichi Matsuda.

And what they had done was they had taken his actual surname, which was Matsuda, And his first name was Kojiro.

But then his sumo name was Torakichi with a T, not an S.

But the American newspaper started writing it when he first came here as Sorakichi Matsuda.

I'm sorry, Sorakichi Matsada instead of Sorakichi Matsuda.

So if you do not go into the newspaper archives and search for Sorakichi Matsada, you're not going to find any of Matsuda's matches or strongman.