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sports Battalion/Page 14 October 14, 1982 4 1926 death remembered in A&M-Baylor rivalry by Tracey Taylor Battalion Reporter layed between Texas A&M and The games Baylor have a history of' being very competitive. But never has the feeling been as intense as it was in 1926, when the rivlary resulted in the death of an Texas A&M cadet. Lt. Charles M. Sessums, a senior at Texas A&M in 1926, died as a result of injuries received dur- •ing a fight that broke out between halves of the Texas A&M-Baylor game in 1926. The exact cause of the fight is still unknown. The game was played on Oct. 31 at the Cotton Palace Exposition in Waco. There is no dispute about that. The score at the final gun was 20-9 Baylor. That can be looked up in the record books. But the picture becomes foggy when you try to discover exactly what happened at halftime that autumn day. According to page one of the Waco News- Tribune on Oct. 31, the scuf fle was caused by two Texas A&M cadets who ran out on the field and leaped into a car being driven by six Baylor coeds. One of the girls was said to be slightly injured when she was knocked from the car. The paper said a group of Baylor boys then rallied to the girls rescue and charged the cadets, grabbing empty band chairs on the way. The News-Tribune states that “the boys, swinging these chairs, met full force of the Aggie delega tion...(and) succeeded in beating the Aggies back.” Besides chairs, the paper said, soda water bottles and pieces of lumber were used as weapons by both sides. The Dallas Morning news said in a front page article that the Baylor coeds were staging a de monstration in front of the Aggie rooting section and actually provoked the Aggies tojump on their car. For whatever reasons, chaos broke out. The gig 'El 1 * WITH A BUCK OFF! 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In an attempt to prevent further squabbles and quiet the restless Baylor fans, the Aggie yell lead ers went across the field to the Baylor stands and made a formal apology for the Aggies’ behavior. When the game was over, the Baylor students were asked to leave and, according to the Waco paper, “the Ags were forced by their officers to remain in their seats for 30 minutes to prevent another clash. They were then marched off the field in squad formation.” Sessums never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead the next morning at 9:00 a.m. The of ficial cause of death was listed as blood clot resulting from a fracture to the base of the skull. That same Sunday morning, a meeting took place between Baylor and Texas A&M former students in which it was decided that the whole incident should be forgotten and no further con troversy should be raised or encouraged, since Sessums’ parents did not wish to file charges. All football games between Texas A&M and Baylor were suspended until 1931. The 1926-27 Longhorn (the Texas A&M yearbook until the name was changed in 1949) described the fight as “a pitched battle between a handf ul of cadets and the large part of the Baylor student body.” T horpe’s daughter, Char lot te Thorpe, 63, who has fought most of her adult life for return of the medals, was overjoyed when she learned Wednesday the executive board of the IOC had voted to restore Thorpe’s medals. 9-7 Hon.-Sat. Culpeppc,. Pla*a <»93-3o<I2 Boo!! Masks Candles Creepy! kcaryj Ca*' Party Plates itouts Crepe paper Streak 10-9 Mon.-Siit Manor East Ma 822-2092 “You just don’t know how I feel, you can’t know' possibly how IS1,” Miss Thorpe said. Thorpe, a Sac-Fox Indian, won gold medals in the pentath lon and decathlon at the Stock holm Games in 1912, but they were taken from him after it was learned he had played minor- league baseball for $2 a game, for expenses, before competing in the Olympics. Thorpe died of cancer in 1953, at the age of 65. The IOC announcement, made in Lausanne, Switzerland, said Thorpe’s amateur status would be restored and the med als presented to Miss T horpe at a special ceremony in Los Angeles in January. “The name of James Thorpe will be added to the list of athletes who were crowned Olympic champions at the 1912 games,” the IOC said. “However, the offi cial report for these games will not be modified.” Miss Thorpe said she felt when the gold medals are re turned, trophies presented to her f ather by the king of Sweden and czar of Russia also will be returned. She said the trophies were in crates in the Olympic museum in Lausanne. She saief the gold medals will go to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Miss Thorpe had said in ear lier interviews that her father never got over the humiliation of being denied the medals. One group 14K chains, earrings, bracelets, rings. 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