Proficiency in "jin mitsu" wrestling was given yesterday by Mr. Shigeuru Hayami, 36, as the sole reason for his escape from a gang of loafers, who attacked him on Wednesday night on Kiukiang Road.
His knowledge of the fine points of wrestling, local Japanese papers reported, failed, however, to save his wallet with $70.
The man was riding in a rickshaw, when the vehicle was suddenly surrounded by five grim-faced coolies.
Jumping off the rickshaw, Mr. Hayamj told reporters, he knocked two men down "without the least effort At this juncture, about 15 more men rushed from the shadows. One of them gave every indication of desiring to strangle the Japanese, but the latter "just threw him over my shoulder".
Then he outdistanced the mob in a race to Nanking Road, the papers said.
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