> On the subject of Jack Hines,can there be a more obnoxious,more despised human being on the planet that doesn't wear a diaper on his head? The very first time I saw him,he was playing one of the local Akron boys,and the match was hill-hill,he had ball in hand and dropped the cue ball and fouled the 5. Of course,it was called. Jack made such a big stink about how he was being cheated that Akron PD led him away. That may have been the LAST time dear old Dottie banned him. Man I miss the tournaments there,and all the newspaper and magazine clippings all over the place. I also saw him led out of The Rack in Memphis in cuffs,and was said to have been pepper-sprayed once he got outside. You really have to watch him,he is a master of disguise,or at least he used to be. I saw him come in one of the bars here in town wearing borrowed or stolen glasses,how he wound up in the most action-barren town in America I'll never know. A few days later,the people he was running around with had him arrested in Missouri for stealing everything they had in the motel room,including the tv. Tommy D.
Great player but definitely an a$$hole. If Danny H. would like to chime in, he and Jack had a funny confrontation at a McDermott tourney in Paducah, Ky many years ago. I'd like to hear his version of what transpired. FWIW. Those McDermott events were some great regional tourneys. I really miss miss John and Randy's old tour.
