just found out we destroy trees too.

Im the first Aggie as well and I knew this story. Its easy to find if you google Southwest Conference history.

Nice

Didn't we also kill the Tech horse by painting it? And almost shoot a cannon at Baylor?

Seems like Old Army had a lot of pent up aggression...

The biggest conflict in the war between the schools was in 1926, when an A&M cadet, Charles M. Sessums, died from injuries incurred in a fight at halftime of the A&M-Baylor game in Waco. Members of the A&M Corps of Cadets were so upset, they returned to College Station, mounted a cannon on a flatbed rail car, commandeered an engine and were going to attack the Baylor campus.

It was the first Run-and-Shoot offense in SWC history.

However, the Texas Rangers caught wind of the event and sent a Ranger to confiscate the cannon just outside of College Station.

Stories on how the melee started are many. However, the one written in "The Centennial History of Texas A&M University, 1876-1976" by Henry C. Dethloff is considered the most accurate, says Baylor archivist Tommy Turner Sr., a longtime aide to former Baylor president Abner McCall.

During the halftime show at the 1926 game, Baylor homecoming floats were circling the playing field at the Cotton Palace, where the Bears played football at the time. One float was a Model A or Model T that pulled a flatbed trailer carrying two homecoming queen candidates.

When the car neared the section where the Corps of Cadets was sitting, one cadet raced from the stands and attempted to steer the car away from the space in front of the corps.

"I read the halfway-secret report from A&M after the incident," Turner said. "The cadet said he was trying to steer the truck from the sanctity of space in front of the cadets."

When that happened, the motion caused the women - described by some Aggies as men dressed as women - to fall off the truck.

Then, all hell broke loose.

"The two sides started fighting. They used folding metal chairs as well as 2-by-4s and 1-by-4s that were used as yard markers," Turner said. "Some Aggies suggested there were a lot of 1-by-4s that just happened to be there. They thought the Bears were expecting trouble."

Sessums is believed to have been hit over the head with a chair. He appeared to have recovered but died immediately after the game.

"The Aggies had problems with Baylor the year before, when Baylor was making fun of the A&M yells," Turner said.
"They thought the Model A or T was bucking, appearing to make fun of the A&M yells again."

All athletic events between the schools were suspended for four years following the incident. An investigation followed, but no one was able to determine exactly who was responsible for the death, Turner said.

I had heard of the story but it was explained in a greater exaggerated style.

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They used folding metal chairs

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