Word: also-rans
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...from the Bushes. Raised on a farm outside of Tulsa, Sellers quit school at 16 to learn to handle thoroughbreds in Ken tucky, won his first race a year later at Florida's Sunshine Park. But after a fast start as an apprentice, Sellers became an also-ran who found mounts as best he could on the bush league rings of the Midwest. Then, three years ago, he married Janice Lyons, a trainer's daughter, and the two sat down to figure out what he was doing wrong...
...barely even with 1959's record totals. The big test is in the sales that are made in the gift-buying stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas-usually 16% of the year's total. For most retailers, Christmas sales make the difference between a record year and an also-ran...
...self-styled experts made early book on the P.G.A. Championships at Akron, Ohio last week, the man most everyone overlooked was Junius Joseph Hebert (pronounced: Eh-bear), 37, brother of 1957 P.G.A. winner Lionel Hebert. A handsome, black-haired playboy, he had a record as a perennial also-ran with only a scattering of victories in his 12-year career...
Other picture magazines play variations on the Nannen themes, but the differences are usually imperceptible. This makes it hard to explain why Stern is first in the Illustrierte sweepstakes, a mystery one also-ran has solved with the invidious remark that "Nannen has the sort of hysterical temperament it takes to run an illustrated." Some German journalists argue that that is also what it takes to read...
...first three games of the season, Rookie Chamberlain scored 43 points against New York, 36 against Detroit, and 41 against Syracuse. His presence had converted the Philadelphia Warriors from a listless also-ran into a major power headed for championship contention. With his 41 points, he picked off 40 rebounds against Syracuse, and when his opponents left the floor they were full of strange praise: "He has a lot to learn. He plays a stupid game, but what can you do?" "He's lousy on some things, but I guess he'll turn into the greatest...