Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-03
QUEER YARN OF THE CRIDIRON


San Francisco Chronicle: Soldiers
have been known to sleep on the
march and riders to doze and dream
in the saddle, but 1t has remained for a
university of California freshman to
take an active part in "A game of foot
bail while he was as unconscious as
dead man.
Nat G. Guiberson. the biggest member
of the baby class of the state institu-
ton, is the hero, and the occasion was
the game played last Saturday at Reno
between Berkeley's second eleven and
the Nevada University team.
Guiberson fell asleep, so to say, as
the bah was kicked Off, ana did not
awake until three hours after the game
was over. when he astounded every
body by asking: What was the score?'
He did not and does not recall
single incident of the game except the
"kick-ofr,' although he worked like a
Trojan all the time, taking his full
share of knocks and falls and making
number of effective plays.
Guiberson's condition Is accounted for
in curious manner. A blow recelv-
ed on the head at the outset of thegame
| ItnueTtu MIN uHtOnNlouS, nut DeyOnu
causing him to forget the carefully
practiced signals, 1t had no effect that
| outsiders could perceive. In the bril-
liancy of some of his plays his forget
| fulness was forgiven, and in the Joy
of victory all was forgotten until his
own strange question recalled a num-
Der of his actions.
The team in which Guiberson played
returned to Burnley on Sunday full
! of victory, at 20 to G, but still more ex-
cited over Guiberson's wonderful ex-
perience.
Jack Collier,who captained the team,
said yesterday that no one had an ink
ling of Guiberson's condition. 1t was
supposed that he had forgotten the sig
nails and friendly hands put the sleep
ing athlete in his place for each new
play
During the intermisson between the
halves he was 'reinstruced as to he
signals, but the second half was
repetition of the first. All through the
game he stuck to 1t manfully, and. ex-
cept for his difficulty, over the signals,
played a first-class game.
After the game was over Guiberson
took his tub" and then dined with the
rest of the team. After dinner a ball
was given in honor of the Californians,
and 1t was while dressing for this that
Guiberson came out of his trance.
After finding that he had played
tnroupnput tine game, taken n bath and
then his dinner,all in unconsciousness,
he sat dawn in daZed condition for
several minutes trying to figure II all
out. II was 100 great n problem even
for phenomenon like Gulberson. He
gave 1t uu. went to the bali, danced
himself Into n natural drowsiness and
then slept over his strange experience
THE only thing ] remember" said
Guiberson yesterday afternoon sis the
kick-off.' 1 picked out my man and
started for him, but cannot recall an
other incident of the game, not even
the blow that laid me out. The only
indication left of that is sore spot
on the side of my head, but otherwise
/ feel all right. The men say | asked
where to so in the plays and had to
be placed for the guards back forma-
ton. but l do not remember anything
about it at ALL"
Guiberson's mshap is the talk OF the
campus Mt Berkeley and has COM
pletely swept away the memory of the
fateful 2S to of Thanksgiving day
Guiberson is none the worse for his
experience, and has begun training for
the spring field day with Stanford.
Following is the team that lined up
on the memorable occasion: Dunbar,
center; Guiberson and Hooper, guards:
Dickson ond Castlehun, tackles; Allen
and Collier. ends Bender quarter;
Harrisburg, Newhall and Ellis, backs.