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Darren Carroll
For a moment Toms looked as though he didn't know what to do. His playing partner, Shingo Katayama of Japan, with the toy rodeo hat and the infectious enthusiasm, was smiling more than Toms was at the ace. Then Toms, a lifelong Louisianan, started whooping as if he were at one of his beloved LSU football games.

--from "The Tortoise Wins" by Michael Bamberger, Sports Illustrated, Aug. 27, 2001

 


 
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