Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-03
QUEER YARN OF IECRIDIRON
Big Guiberson Plays Football in Tra6a', but
is on Guard from the Very Kickoff.


San Francisco Chronicle Soldiers
have been known to sleep on the
march and riders to doze and dream
in the saddle, but it has remained for
university of California freshman to
take an active part In "A game of foot
BAH while he was as unconscious as n
dead man.
Nat G. Guiberson. the biggest member
of the baby class of the state nstitu-
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 ball 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 a
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
IA 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
rendered him unconcious, but beyond
causing him to forget the carefully
practced signals, it had no effect that
outsiders could perceive. In the brill
liancy of some of his plays his forget
fitness was forgiven, and in the joy
of victory all was forgotten until his
own strange question recalled num-
Der of his actions.
The team in which Guiberson played
returned to Burnley on Sunday full
.Nf Hot. q L..
cited over Guiberson's wonderful ex-
perience.
Jack Collier,who captained the team,
said yesterday that no one had an ink
ling of Gulberson'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 intermission 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 Tor his difficulty, over the signals,
played first-class game.
After the game was over Gulberson
took his tub" and then dined with the
rest of the team. After dinner a ball
was given in honor of the Californians,
and II was while dressing for this that
Guihcrson came out of his trance
throughout the game, taken n bath and
then his dinner.all in unconscousness
he sat dawn in n dazed condition for
several minutes trying to figure II all
out. II was 100 great n problem even
for phenomenon like Gulberson. He
gave II uu. went to the ball. danced
himself Into n natural drowsness and
then slept over his strange experience.
THE only thing ] remember" said
Guiberson yesterday afternoon, sis the
Kickoff 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
l feel all right. The men say l asked
where to go 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 mishap Is the talk OF the
campus at Berkeley and has COM
pletely swept away the memory of the
fateful IS 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.