Word: watchful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will be sent there. To Alcatraz will probably go Kidnappers Harvey J. Bailey and George ("Machine Gun") Kelly to view Golden Gate sunsets for the rest of their natural lives. Alphonse ("Scorface Al") Capone may be transferred there from Atlanta Penitentiary.* The Army keeps only two guards armed to watch over the 38 military prisoners now incarcerated on Alcatraz. Since 1858, when Alcatraz first became a military prison, only one convict has escaped. He dressed himself in mourning garments which he stole from the widow of a prison officer and, pulling a black veil over his face, got himself ferried...
Number 33--Francis J. Lane '36, right halfback, most promising of the Sophomores; watch him round the ends and through the tackles...
Number 24--Harry K. Wells '34, quarterback, Crimson number 1 forward pass man; watch him envelop the ball with a single hand...
Number 50--Charles Harvey '35, tackle, watch this 220-pound steamroller go into action...
...team and a more complete Varsity schedule would be a fait accompli. In any case the H.A.A. should look to the waning popularity of their most publicized, most remunerative sport, and give a thought to the future of a game that is admittedly "more fun to play than to watch...