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Radio Nord is only the latest radio pirate to steal onto the airways. The Swiss-owned Radio Mercur began broadcasting to Danish listeners from a freighter off Copenhagen three years ago, now takes in some $700,000 annually, boasts some 300,000 listeners, recently expanded to a bigger, better ship. A year ago, Radio Veronika began pirate broadcasts into Holland from an old German lightship, is still going strong, even tried an abortive beaming into England (they stopped because Dutch listeners complained, wanted all the programs in Dutch...
...Fortnight ago, Sweden issued an edict that it would confiscate Radio Nord's transmitting equipment if it came into Swedish waters. But authorities did not revoke the export permit that allows Nord to ferry its tapes out to the ship. Though Danish officials rail in print against Radio Mercur. the government's official newspaper, Aktuelt, sells the pirates its news service...
After Doeg and Tilden the ground becomes increasingly treacherous. TIME OUT has made the following list: no. 3, Shields; no. 4, Sidney Wood; no. 5, Allison; no. 6, Sutter; no. 7, Mangin; no. 8, Lott; no. 9, Vines; and no. 10, Van Ryn. This list omits Mercur, Bell, Hunter, and Coen of last year's elite. Of these Mercur finished up a bad season by being declared a professional, while the other three merely failed to keep pace with the rising tide of youthful stars which made the past season such a significant one in the development of American tennis...
...William T. Tilden 2d, Philadelphia. 2) Francis T. Hunter, New Rochelle, N. Y. 3) John Doeg, Santa Monica, Calif. 4) George M. Lott Jr., Chicago. 5) John Van Ryn, Orange, N. J. 6) Frederick Mercur, Harrisburg, Pa. 7) Wilmer Allison, Austin, Tex. 8) Wilbur F. Coen, Kansas City. 9) Berkeley Bell, Dallas, Tex. 10) Gregory Mangin, Newark...
...first ten, as released by the U. S. L. T. A. after its recent St. Louis meeting, and that compiled by Time Out earlier in the fall shows certain strange similarities. The official list reads: 1. Tilden; 2. Hunter; 3. Doeg; 4. Lott; 5. Van Ryn; 6. Mercur; 7. Allison; 8. S. Coen; 9. Bell. 10. Margin. Time Out's rating was as follows: 1. Tilden; 2. Hunter; 3. Lott; 4. Doeg; 5. Van Ryn; 6. Mercur; 7. Allison; 8. Shields; 9. Coen; 10. Bell. Mangin was mentioned as a deserving player who would probably gain official rating. Time...