Mr Drexel or Billy Boy as we sometimes affectionately called him was jokester. No matter how serious I thought situation was Mr Drexel had his way of making incident a little less severe. His lightening up of moment always made us laugh. I loved that about him. He was noted for his chicanery on field or court as well. He would find an edge and use it. All within rules. A Drexel play was referred to bending rule as far as you could. Hidden ball tricks in baseball and sneaky out of bounds plays in basketball were two of his specialties. What was great was how often they worked. He knew just when to use them. A great guy.

Mr Harris seemed like leader of group. The other directors called him Bucky. I always called him Mr Harris. He spoke sternly and was always fair. He was law. He had a little bit of a snarl about him. I had utmost respect for him. I thought it was an honor to go to store and buy him his Garcia Vega cigars. When he asked me to go I felt like I won something. He was a great guy.

For me these three guys were my mentors as I was growing up. Providing me with guidance on and off field. There was always one of them at playground to talk to or get things going so we could play an organized game. I learned about fairness, being stern and about taking edge off in a seriousness situation from them. Felice Barone, William Drexel and Bucky Harris will always be in my hall of fame. They meant a lot to me.