eight o'clock
`` We 'll start from the gym after last lectures , hit the turnpike for Aldenhurst , cross the river at Weldon , circle up the hill through Marsden , and come back along the river road . You can go in bunches , or singly as you choose , but you must all make those towns , and there 'll be checkers at each one to see that you do n't skip . It 's only fifteen miles , and you ought to do it in four hours without turning a hair . There 'll be a five-hour time limit , and those who do n't make all the checking points , and report back by eight o'clock will be scratched off the active football list . That 's all . '' A silence followed the announcement of the coach , and then came several murmurs of disapproval . `` Fifteen miles ! ''