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Aggie hilled on sideline
1926 Baylor game marred by figli
By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
This week marks the 71st meeting
between A&M and the Baylor
Bears. However, at one time the
chances that the two would meet
again were very slim.
In November of 1926, the Aggies
coached by Dana X. Bible were
preparing to play the Bears after a
disheartening 9-7 loss to SMU the
previous week. The Farmers had
won their four non-conference
games and at the time were defend
ing Southwest Conference champs.
The Aggies, led by Captain “Ox”
Dieterich, Jules “Siki” Sikes and
Joel Hunt were expected to trounce
the Baptists by three or four touch
downs. But the Farmers met with a
hardnosed Baylor defense and had
problems getting their offense un
tracked and were forced to suffer
their second straight conference
loss before the Waco crowd, 20-9.
The big news coming from Waco
that day was not the game but the
riot that occurred during the half
time. Fighting broke out between
the students of the two schools re
sulting in the death of a senior
cadet, Charles M. Sessums of Dal
las.
The following Monday some
2,000 A&M students stood in the
rain in front of the YMCA Building
with bowed heads to pay a final tri
bute to their fallen comrade while
the Aggie Band played “Taps” and
“Nearer My God To Thee.”
Later that week, a petition was
circulated and signed by over 500
Baylor students demanding the
severence of athletic relations with
Morton
traded
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas
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Giants of the National Football
League 1 uesday for a first round
draft choice in 1975.
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Texas A&M. The petition stated
“that those students of A&M who
initiated, joined in and condoned
their action of Saturday have viol
ated every principle of a
sportsman’s code.”
In reply the senior class of A&M
issued a statement to the then Bryan
Stfjletic
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By TONY GALLUCCI
Various people have been seen lately around campus
posing as alumni. A couple of those people, present for the
Texas Tech game, were sports .legend Joe Arciniega and the
person who wrote more about the legend than anyone else,
Kevin Coffey.
Joe was here to watch the game and enjoy the festivities.
Kevin was in town to do a locker room story for the Dallas
Times Herald.
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Grant Teaff, head coach at Baylor, said after the
A&M-TCU game, “The manner in which Texas A&M defeated
TCU was awesome. I don’t remember when a major college
football team was held to a minus yardage rushing the way
TCU was.”
The Aggies set a new school record with the -58 yard
figure. The previous record was -23 against Bryan Air Field in
1948 when the Ags won 48-6.
The Ags have had their share of negative yardage games
but the biggest and most memorable game was in 1970 in
Baton Rouge. The LSU Tigers held the Ags to -46 yards but the
Ags won 20-18. The winning play was a 79 yard Lex James to
Hugh McElroy pass with 13 seconds remaining.
The S WC record for fewest yards in a game is -72 by S M U
against Texas in 1952. Second place is held by SMU also with
68 against Texas in 1950. In 1950 Texas barely escaped 23-20.
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“I don’t ever remember having an extra point or field goal
blocked during my coaching career,” said Emory Bellard after
the TCU game. The Frog’s Chester Young blocked two Aggie
field goals in the game to bring his season total to four. At his
weekly press conference on Tuesday, Bellard said that the
timing was off. “We were just kicking the ball too slow,” said
Bellard.
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Healthwise, the Ags might be hurting a little this week.
Glen Bujnoch with a sprained ankle is “questionable. He is a
long ways from full speed,” said Bellard.
Skip Walker has been working out some but is still
bothered by his ankle.
Jimmy Dean’s knee was in bad shape Sunday but had
shown great improvement by Tuesday. He is still questiona
ble.
Paul Hulin who injured his knee in the LSU game is out
this week. Bellard would like to see the senior heal well and
play a few good games.
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On the all-time list, Bubba Bean has moved into the third
position in rushing with his 93 yards against TCU. Bean now
has 1,547 yards and is behind Bob Smith (2,415) and Larry
Stegent (1,736).
Richard Osborne has moved into the No. 5 spot in A&M
career receiving yards. He has 70 receptions for 956 yards.
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This season the Ags have sacked opposing quarterbacks 36
times. 13 sacks came against TCU.
The defense this season has made 74 tackles for losses
totaling 345 yards. Garth Ten Napel has made 16 of those
tackles for 125 yards in losses. Warren Trahan has 18 tackles for
65 yards. Ed Simonini has tackled seven times for 41 yards in
losses.
Daily Eagle of the events that led to
the death of Sessums. This “true
and unbiased statement” was based
on the “sworn affidavits” of many of
the A&M students present that day.
Two years previously, a Ford,
driven by Baylor students contain
ing an oil drum representing the
Aggies and being ridden by the
Baylor Cowboy, got a little too
close, in the opinions of the cadets,
to the Aggie football team while
they were on the sideline. This,
along with jeers made at A&M
military drills and uniforms, en
raged the cadets.
On the fateful day in 1926 another
Ford was spotted which ired the
cadets once again. Some of the
cadets jumped from the stands to
turn off the ignition and while doing
so, caused a girl hanging from the
side of the car to fall off. Sessums
attempted to carry the girl off the
field and received a blow to the head
from Baylor students.
They justified their action by say
ing they were defending the girl
from the cadets. However, the
Waco police department stated that
before the game several Baylor stu
dents were armed with sticks and
clubs indicating that
may have been pre-medihul
Over 300 of the 400
cut stayed in the stands *3
fracas which was termiij
playing of The Star SpJ
ner by the A&M band 1
As a result of the incidents
tic relations eventually were!
pended and were not resuj
1931 when A&M clobbered
boys from Waco 33-7. It see J
poetic justice since the studj
sponsible for Sessum s deaJ
never brought to trial.
One legend that has arisen!
that day in 1926 is quite swa
ing but has never been proved
factual. Supposedly, seiJ
hundred A&M cadets hijadj
Waco bound train and loadeditj
field artillery and cavalry in ai]
tempt to wipe the town offtberl
The Texas Rangers then were]
posed to have intervenedanddr
the Aggies destructive plans
halt.
This tale of yesteryear isjustj
of the exploits concerning H
students and those of rival sc
Hopefully, for safety’s sake, L,
will not repeat itself Saturday]
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Three Greyhound charter buses
will furnish transportation for those
going to the Baylor game this Satur
day.
The buses will leave 4 p.m.
Saturday from behind Duncan din
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after the game to College Station.
The cost is $7. The price doeil
include a ticket, food or set upil
There are supposedly some|
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and for students. The capacit\|
the three buses is 129.
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Hank Wahrmund at Dorm|
Room 421 or call 845-4049.
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