See this poignant image as genuine smiles with hints of loud laughter being exchanged here between mentor and ward?
If that was not enough, Alfie Manlulu came in after doing the same. Manlulu and Racela were spitfires, two-way guards who had Energizer for batteries, and the clueless, poor Chino was run ragged by both most of the two-hour session.And as if it were not enough, Louie Alas and Choy “Truman” Estrada, mixed it up with the diminutive Trinidad for the Combat Drill.
But kudos to one of the most endearing sports journalists of our time, he proved he was tough and resilient enough to meet the challenge of facing the elite athletes he would write about, interview, and feature in his body of work in their own turf.Go ahead and ask one of his former proteges, players, and those who spent time around him.