FORE-ARM JOLT EXPERT.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 22 (Supplement)

FORE-ARM JOLT EXPERT.

JOE KOPACH ARRIVES. NEW ZEALAND RING TOUR. BOXER BEFORE A WRESTLER. The forearm Jolt will be seen used expertly in the New Zealand wrestling ring now that Joe 'lCopach Is in the country, Just off the boat from a successful wrestling season In Sydney. Kopaeh's arrival is the outcome of several months of negotiations over the other side. It will be just another stage of his wrestling roamings. He has not planned where he will go after a season in New Zealand. Kopaeh, a former boxer, is one of those who helped to reestablish the sport in Australia. He has wrestled before large crowds; ’ that, at the Stadium in Sydney for his last bout over there, when lie met ’ Sammy Stein, being the biggest of the . season. i Kopaeh’s Jolt, like Savoldi’s drop- j kick, Noland’s Boston Grab and pile drive, and the “hangman” tricks of 1 Vic Christy with the ropes, has been ! one of the vital elements in develop- ! ing the new interest in wrestling. Controversial Attack. Since he arrived in Australia Kopaeh t has been the subject of controversy, : due principally to his jolt, for which ■ he creates openings with a weaving, 1 deceiving approach. He used it so ' damagingly in a recent engagement 3 with Don Noland that it started a free--1 for-all between them which brought the police into the ring. • 'lvopach insists that a penalty fall ? should not have been given against him in his encounter with Stein. He 1 declared Ural lie did not strike him with his knee, but that he forced his knee up against Ills hands, as they . were striking Stein- Phis, he said, was permissible. Kopaeh has made ’ more than 40 appearances in Australia, , and has the good wishes of his many friends for his continued success.