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Also elected: Jack E. Leonard, of Dunster House, chemistry; Donald G. Marshall, of Leverett House, English, Mark D. Menchik, of Kirkland House, anthropology; Carl R. Sherman, of Dudley House English; Philip G. Stanley, of Leverett House, English; John M. Stevens, of Dunster House, history; John E. Veblen, of Winthrop House, government; and James D. Wilkinson, of Lowell House, history and literature...
...Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club, were most interested in two equally famed players neither of whom did as well as might have been expected. José Raoul Capablanca, onetime champion of the world, lost two games and finished fourth, a point behind the winners. Fat, solemn Vera Menchik, world's woman champion, was born in Czechoslovakia, brought up in Moscow, now lives in Hastings. She dismayed her neighbors by winning only one game, finishing just ahead of the two Englishmen who tied for last place...
Miss Vera Menchik of Russia is a resident of England but listed as a Russian entrant. She was born in Czechoslovakia, raised in Moscow, has lived in Hastings for the last five years. She was a chess pupil of Geza Maroczy, brilliant Hungarian Master, who is also playing in the Carlsbad tournament. Miss Menchik has been acknowledged best woman player since 1927. She played in an English-Russian tournament in England this spring and finished in a tie for second place. Miss Menchik lost her first two games in the Carlsbad tournament. It is safe to say that whatever victories...