Originally Posted by
russhill
Sorry to hear of the passing of one of the good boys. He gave a lot to the sport of boat racing. His first claim to fame was, as Ron noted above, was to raised the A Hydro record from 52 to 61. I think it was '54, not '52. He did it with, of all things, a Mercury.
He worked for quite a few years as the OMC Racing Director. He was plenty sharp. He was a real "hands-on" guy. He always was crotch deep in the water helping one of his "Boys." I told Charlie Strang, CEO of OMC and Jack's boss, that I never made a smart decision in my life with a wet crotch. From that day on, Jack wore leather shoes and I never saw him with wet feet. Probably just a coincidence.
At the 1965 APBA Annual Meeting, early one morning Jack a I had a meeting inthe Hospitality suite, and I offered Jack a drink. It was about 7 AM and I was having an orange juice. Jack looked at his watch and concentrated and then said, "Sure, I'll have a whatever (alcoholic), it's 5 O’clock in Singapore.” I learned a lot from Jack.
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