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...American Hot Rod Association meet in St. Louis two months ago, he thundered down the quarter-mile strip in 8.97 sec., an all-time record. Ten days later in Epping, N.H., he clocked 8.93 sec. He only placed second last week at the N.H.R.A. world-championship meet in Amarillo, Texas, but Jenkins is still on his way to another winning season...
...Amarillo's great strength at the poker table is his ability to stay loose and observe his opponents keenly. No matter what the stakes, he keeps up an amiable chatter with other players. "Some of these guys play the games real uptight," he says; "it's so quiet you could hear an ant pee on cotton. But Ah like to shake 'em up, put a rattlesnake in their pocket and ask 'em for a match...
...Amarillo's winnings have brought him, his wife and three children the good life. He owns a comfortable brick house in Amarillo, 25 custom-tailored Western-style suits with a pair of boots to match each one, horses, cattle and three new cars, including a 1973 Mark IV Continental with license plates reading A SLIM...
...card cheats and thieves are constant problems. But Amarillo Slim claims to have surmounted them all. He files his tax return as a professional billiard player and lists his income under sundry commissions. He knows the top cheats by sight and keeps abreast of the latest developments in their techniques and hardware. He has been robbed on occasion-recently he and his bodyguard were stripped naked by three gunmen-but usually the money is returned when the thieves realize that they have hit a man with some acquaintances in the underworld...
...Amarillo is happy with his life. "Ah play because Ah like the competition, and because with good players it's a game of wits. Ah'm sparring with 'em," he says. "Ah like it, but Ah don't have to play, financially or psychologically...