HERE'S HOPING

NZ Truth, Issue 1208, 24 January 1929, Page 17

HERE'S HOPING

But Leadbetter Won't Run Again Optimistic, : ' Canterbunans are <'\> : still hanging gri.n^ly: to : the rumor; • .that" Malcolm V\Lead better will ;iurh - o,ut before the, season is, .far adI'syan^ed." .*• V-C~:vv. ••.<.;:'■■:■': ': ? . : ;■': ■.-■'•'.■ jy/rALCOIiM-isi. rigidly adhering to tlie „' statement he gave "N.Z. Truth" a feW w^eks ago that he is through with the serious side of track running... He has expressed his. willingness to hold himself m reserve, as a spare wheel for. the Varsity: relay, team, but willnqt do, any racing apart from this, arid then only if he' is called .iipori. ■ • Malcolm has-.., been -supervisirig tlie work of B. Drumm, a young Dunedin sprinter, who has gone back to his home town for a while, but who may return , permanently. ,to reside m Christchurch. ' .. Malcolm has formed a high opinion of the Dunedin youth, and hopes to turn him. out a high-class sprinter.