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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan, 27.—(AP) ~The orange and white head with its tremendous spread of horns, and the orange and white hide, both mounted on the walls of Athletic Director L. Theo Bellmont's office are memorials to and reminders of a unique Texas University mascot of 10 years ago. “Bevo” was the name of the big steer from the plains of West Texas that was giv en to the Longhorn football eleven of 1916 on the Thanksgiving day the Longhorns triumphed over the Texas Aggies 21-7. Steve Pinckney, a Texas Univer sity graduate, now secretary of Will Hogg, Houston oil millionaire, was most largely responsible for the gift. Pinckney searched long be fore he found a steer that wore an orange and white coat—the colors of Pinckney's beloved alma mater. The steer, Wild and wool ly, was brought on Clark Field during the intermission between halves of the 1916 game, and so affrighted was he by the yells of the football fans, that the services of three cowboys were required to keep him from starting back to the plains whence he came. Although that Thanksgiving Day ‘Was the big one of “Bevo's career, he was to know other adventures. He was turned over to the care of Mr. Bellmont and led a prosaic existence, until a group of Texas A. M. College cadets visited him one dark night. Hearing the report that Texas University students intended brand ing “Bevo” with “21-7, the score of the 1916 game, a group of cadets came to Austin, crept to the stock yards where “Bevo was confined without attracting attention, and burned into the side of the Texas University mascot, 13-0, the score by which the cadets had triumphed over Texas University in 1915. It has been rather well established that “Big Jim” Crow, now line coach at Baylor University and a former star Aggie tackle, was one of the midnight party. The visit and deed of the Aggie students created a furore at Texas University. There was much talk of retaliation among Texas Univer sity students, and more than one letter was exchanged by persons high in authority at the two schools. Shortly after his orange and white hide had been marred by the branding iron of the adherents of the red and white, “Bevo” went to his reward. Feeding of him had become an expensive undertaking, and since his value as a mascot had been depreciated by the Aggie stu dents, he was killed. In death, however, “Bevo” is triumphant. From his horns are suspended two footballs. Both were used in games in which the Longhorns trounced the Aggies. One is marked Texas G. A. M. D. 1923, and the other Texas 7, A. M. 0, 1924;
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Abilene Daily Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 27, 1926
Page 12
Full Page
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