noon
`` He had a narrow escape from hydrophobia , did n't he ? '' mused Clint . The first two periods of the Chambers game aroused little interest . Both teams played listlessly , much , as Amy put it , as if they were waiting for the noon whistle . There was a good deal of punting and both sides handled the ball cleanly . Neither team was able to make consistent gains at rushing and the two periods passed without an exciting incident . Amy was frankly bored and offered to play Chase a couple of sets of tennis .