In the explosive atmosphere as the retainers of both clans were glaring at each other at the Sunakaburi (lit. sand-covered seats) right next to the ring with their hands on their swords hilts, and the referee Inosuke SHIKIMORI's face white as a sheet, both wrestlers fought and after the referee called Matta (false start of a match) twice and Mizuiri (break granted to wrestlers during a prolonged match) twice, the match ended in a draw.
土俵脇の砂かぶりでは両藩士が刀の柄に手をかけ、行司式守伊之助も顔面蒼白という一触即発の雰囲気の中、両力士は待った2度、水入り2度ののちに引き分けた。