Eleven o'clock
Baseball was so much of a craze among them that these girls did n't have to ask about the points of the game . They knew the diamond and most of its rules . Incense was sweet to the boy to whom it had so long been denied , but of course it turned `` Rip 's '' head . Eleven o'clock pealed out from the steeple of the nearest church . The night was dark . Rain or snow was in the air . In a shadow across the street hung Tip Scammon .