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Show Tunney, to Hike Abroad With Thornton Wilder Gene . Tunney struck another blow for the literary championship of pugilists retently when It was announced an-nounced that Thornton Wilder, novelist, novel-ist, whose second book, "The Bridge of San Luis Key," won the 1028 Pulitzer Pulit-zer prize, .will accotnpnny him on a hiking trip , through Germany and France late this summer. Mr. Wilder Is sailing on the steamship steam-ship Adriatic soon, and so will not see the fight between Tunnev and Tom Heeney for the world's chnrnplonshlp, July 20. but suid he would visit Tunney Tun-ney at Tunney's training quarters In Speculator, N. Y. before the fight He )aitB to remain 'n Speculator for a week. . , The novelist, who is Instructor of French at Lawrenceville academy, is going abroad for a rest. He met Tunney Tun-ney in the South hist Christrtias and said he "admired hit very much." |