The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-07-12
Runners Blew
Marva And Joe
Into Court
Started With
Their Marriage
In 1895

blown the marital bark ~ the Joe
Louis Barrous on rock and left
u 10 be battered by the legal ac-
tions ~ divorce court. comes as
q climax 10 rumhlings Of family
disturbances which have been
winging on The tongues of rumor
for quite sometime.
And these rumors have not had
their inception during tho past
year or so They were heard sew
eral weeks after tho champion and
Marya had spoken their marriage
vows Bnf 'hcv always proved
without foundation
Il was Just n lit'le over sir wears
ago that tho pretty little Chicago
etenographer was introduced n
Louis. then Just . fighter without
any glamour attached 10 his name.
Tho Brown Rombor had won tho
National AAv lirht-hcavvweirht
championship IN Tho Spring Of
1874 ..-'..sd turned professional July
scoring n knockout over his on-
ponori and receiving the magnifi-
cont sum ~ $50
Three months later. while train
ing in Chicago for his first con-
test with Ice Ramagc. California
heaivwc ghi Joe mot Marva at n
party given hy some friends
A friendship developed and tho
brown Bomber. novcr much on
writing was n good customer for
tho telephone company as no put
in long distance telephone calls
30 his rev -found love Joe CON
iinuod tho calls during tho time he
was IN Detroit for tho Patsy Per
roni FIGHT while in Pittsburgh Tor
The Dirkic hatile. md during tho
time he was ia california for Tho
eocaaa Ramage ficht
on ronis return 20 Detroit from
Ms ffio 20 California IN March of
1895 Narva n'ado ehori visit 10
Detroit She did not return 10 De-
iroli uniil afier the Louis hattie
with Primo. Camera However,
VII Il loo WAS IN TRAINING ~ p0nn
ton Lakes y T. for tho Carnora
bout he MT IN numerous long dis
tanco calls TO Marva In Chicago
on his return 10 Detroit Narva
made another visit here and was
Ioui-' ruoe ~ the Naciroma nic
mic AZ Kcrr's Grove II was ~ this
time that loo hln'cd ~ friends
about his coming marriacc
Several DAYS prior to tho bout
with Max Baer IN Yankee stadium
on Sepi %. 1897 license for thu
marriage 10 Marva woro obtained
and 'lfc ceremony was performed
no evening ~ tho firh' Tho mar
rlacc vows were road hy n relative
~ Narya Joe lcfi tho ceremony
weni 10 Yankee stadium ana stop.
pod nacr in tho fourth round.
AZ tho lime ~ tho marriage
'housanis ~ Detroit fans firnea
petitions urging loo 70 continue
hts residence IN Detroit Manv ~
them hecame diserun''cd Whom n
was announced that thu cnnrle
would Two I'm chicaeo These dis
rrun'led fans accused Marva ~
using hor influerro 10 persuade
Joe 20 move 10 Chicago
Ana then camo tho nightmare %
1870 no night 700 was sionrod IN
lilo tNolfih rornd hv Max Schmol
lnr For tho first and last time
Nar,a was az the rlnrsde 70 SEQ
Tho Rrown Bomh5r battle
She WAS also a. he training
camp a. Lakewood y ] and
mlnt ~ The Fans Attributed Joe's
defeat 10 her presence IN ;hc camp.
Who'hor that was true or not.
'la'Na was never ~ aao'h'r of
hcr husbands camps MS ha pre-
yaiod for 'irN
In 'hc meantime rumors con-
toned 10 nv ahCot difficulties n
the Louis family However. Joe and
MA~va denied these rumors and
told ~ tho happiness of the'r mar
rid life
Addcd 10 The troubles % The
couple was he attempts ~ gossip
wpiicrs ~ chart their lives, often
ar'ne nc ont stories which were
Mn ked from the 'igmost ~ I'M
1c'laion
In recent years Marya has hcen
levoiing much time 70 fashion
shows. travelling about the country
for personal appearances AZ each
NJ these personal appearances
large crowds were attracted.
Il was in 1910 that an announce
ment was made that the Louises
were expecting visit from the
sfork. This later nrnecd ~ he
false report and tho champion.
after his victory over simon re-
TUNED 10 Chicago. and With Marva
sitting on his Ian told reporters
that everything was hunky-dory In
the T.ouis homo
Rut tho rumors continued 10
ride the vhirlwinH. and friends
were stating that love had put
feathers on its heels and flown out
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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