The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-04
JOE AND MARVA DENY RIFT
ON NIGHT BEFORE FIGHT;
MUST CHANGE ENVIRONMENT

ing or a quarrel, stating:
Il was in perfect condition, men
tally and physically. l made a
mistake when l dropped my hands
at the end of the second round and
MAX scored with his first damag-
Ing punch, a right to the jaw.
assure you l won't drop my hands
again."
Had Marriage License
Investigation shows. however.
that young Gibbons, a taxi driver,
was actually issued a marriage Ii
cense on June 10, 1884. The an
plication stated it was for "Marva
Trotter and Joseph j. Gibbons, Jr."
This was long time before she
became engaged to Louis. On Nov.
20 of 1885. two months after her
marriage to the Brown Bomber,
Gibbons was paid $500 to forget
the matter, after he had demanded
monetary settlement as recon-
pense for being Tilted.
1T was something that Julian
Black had settled through his at
torney, Irwin Mollison, Mrs. Louis
declared. 81 didn't know anything
about it until Joe Gibbons told me
about it at dance given this
spring. 1t seemed a lot of money
to pay him, even if it were only
$500, just to get him not to modest
me, but I left it to them"
The charming Mrs. Louis also
asserted this meeting with Gibbons
was the first since her marriage to
Joe. HE told me he wanted to
see me-" Marva declared, "but /
told him l couldn't talk because
every one was watching me. He
said 1 had broken his heart, that
he was in love with me and didn't
want to hurt me, but wanted to
see me about something. l kept
asking him what it was. l said l
was in love with Joe Louis, that
l was married and couldn't call
him or see him at ALL"
Three Letters
Marva said she had received
three letters from Gibbons since
February, one of which she gave
to Julian Black and the other two
she destroyed, adding she told Joe
about it. She admitted also she
had not told Joe about the $500
payment but was sure Julian
must have told him about it at the
time" She had been in Gibbons
company not more than half a
dozen times before her marriage
to Louis, she declared, asserting
her real boy friend since grammar
school days was Bobby Robinson
whom she had seen only once since
marriage.
Joe Gibbons got out that mar
riage license without me having a
thing to do with it, just to con-
vince me he was in love with me-"
she said.
Replying to Gibbons claim that
his mother spent $1,000 furnishing
an apartment in New York for his
marriage with Marva, Mrs. Louis
said, HE didn't furnish any flat
for me. How could he? He's a
cab driver. Nobody believes his
mother did, either"
DissensiOn in Camp
Reports that there may have been
dissension in the Louis training
camp at Lakewood, N. j., were al
so investigated, as were charges
that the fighter was improperly
trained
individuals close to the train
ing camp used Joe's prestige for
their own social contacts and CAPT
talized upon the Louis name and
fame" Mr.. Bruseaux asserted cryp-
| tically.
Sports writer's and experts pre-.
sent at camp agreed that some.
| thing was wrong and that Joe was
not trained for a Is round battle
He exerted himself for not more
than four rounds and gave the ex.
cuse to experts that they were
trying to build up the gate for the
| fight"
Mr.. Bruseaux's Investigations OF
| the training camp angle are what
| led him to the conclusion that II
| Joe ever wants to become cham.
pion, he must change part of his
environment, especially certain Of
those closely associated with him
ROXbOrOugh Stands High
Joe Louis is deeply attached tC
John Roxborough, who has always
been kind to the Brown Bomber
and has given him fatherly advice
at all times. But Roxborough has
been having troubles of his owl
which prevent him from accepting
Joe's management.
Several months ago, during G
! suit by Mrs. Roxborough for sepa
rate maintenance, Joe got On the
witness stand in Detroit and said il
open court that Julian Black was
his sole manager. This prevented
any attempt, real or fancied, Il
collect on Roxborough's interest il
/ the fighter which would have {
heavy cash value.
AS a result there seems little
likelihood of Roxborough slipping