Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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(continues from page 28) Bevo was the easiest of all; all they did was go out to that pig-farm and load him into the truck. No guards, no trouble, no nothin ' . The big problem was in deciding which group of Ags that showed up that night was to get the honor of stealing him. Then the Sips had to send the Texas Rangers, an arrest warrant for cattle rustling and a bunch of scrawny ' Silver Spurs ' to get him back. Ridiculous—we would have given him back sooner or later. Yeah, barbecued! Coach Hank Foldberg is carried off field by jubilant team after Rice victory. Team seemed to be sparked during second half by half-time brawl which re¬ sulted from the poor attitude and conduct of cer¬ tain Rice students. Mike Marlow leads traditional yell practice at T.W.U. on Friday night before Corps Trip game with T.C.U. Among other things that night, a dance was held.—the Ags tied T.C.U. the next day, 14-14. Freshmen from A-2 hold a Rain Dance, on Saturday afternoon, before the Baylor game. The rain, which was needed to slow Don Trull ' s passing, didn ' t come until a half-hour after the game. ,

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Tififi ' ofr FbotbcJM; Vet students thoughtfully care for Peruna, while waiting for SMU cheerleaders to come claim her. Bevo looks up in apprehension as kidnapers approach. Weil, we ' ve had a pretty good season, I reckon. Yep, a 5-0 record. Five attempts and no misfires. It seems to me that we actually did Texas Tech a pretty good service by helping out that horse of theirs the way we did, probably the first excitement she ' s had in years. That ' s true, of course, and by this time next year, Tech ought to have two mascots instead of just one. Mighty generous of us, all right. How about TCU? Up there the dean of students, or somebody like that was supposed to have helped those Ags walk off with the Horney Toads, and even provided a police escort.—Thought they were members of the Vigilantes Committee. A similar case to the Rice Owl, where some Aggie dates kept the guard occupied, while the Ags calmly walked off with Rice ' s prized paper- mache Owl. And there was all that commotion at the Vet hospital when Peruna was kept there. Yeah, but it was nothing compared to the time Bevo showed up. (continued on page 29) Fighters from F-2 proudly display horned frogs that TCU officials gave them. Andrew Salge brings Rev over to meet Aggie Sweetheart Nanette Gabriel at T.C.U. game. Where is Bevo? Texas Ranger O. L. Luther pumps Aggies for in¬ formation as to whereabouts of elusive cow. Orig¬ inal Bevo-nappers, coerced by warrant for their arrest, brought him to nearby farm, only to find that the animal had been sub-kidnaped by another group.

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. . . by Turkey-Day Aggies 13 f T.U. 9 Referees 6 This is the greatest injustice to a group of young fellows I ' ve ever seen! hot teh 39 -HANK FOLDBERG November 28, 1964 There was a lot of complaining about the T.U. game this year, ironically, some of it came from T.U. Yeah, one of the Board of Regents up there called Kyle Field a Quagmire, and a disgrace. He failed to mention or apologize for the fact that the muddy con¬ dition of the field was due in large part to the grass killer that T.U. students had poured on it the previous Saturday, when the Aggie student body was in Houston for the Rice game. They didn ' t complain about us being penalized eighty-two yards, compared to their fifteen, though. Most controversial catch of the season—Jim Willenborg intercepts a T.D. pass in the end zone. The officials ruled it incomplete, but game films later showed Willenborg catch the ball, juggle it—as he is doing here— grab it, drop to his knees about two feet inside the stripe, fall forward, and slide out of the end zone with a firm grip on the ball. The marks made by Jim ' s knees were clear in the wet grass, but the official still ruled it incomplete. This was the same official who had previously called a T.U. pass good when the receiver appeared to have one foot out of bounds, failed to see a T-sip strike an Aggie player in front of him, and flashed a Hook ' em Horns sign after the game. It was not the same official who appeared on the field carrying an orange flag. Aggie fish chows down on a Bevo-Burger, while the team gets in shape to make mince¬ meat of the National Cham¬ pions. Know how Bevo got his name? The Ags stole him one year, a while back, after having knocked off the conference lead¬ ing Sips, 1 3-0. Just for Good Bull, they branded the score on his scrawny flanks. When the Tea-sips got him back, they decided they had to do something about this disgrace to their ego, so they made a B out of the 13, an E out of the dash, and inserted a V before the O. Hence: Bevo. Mark Jackson and a crew of former fish drill team members pose beside Ol ' Sarge, the 105mm howitzer that boomed out each Aggie score, and filled Kyle Field with smoke. 30