three o'clock
And every minute the numbers were increasing . Truly Sunrise had never before known such an auspicious day , such record-breaking gate receipts , nor such sure promise of success . The game was called for half-past two . It was three o'clock now and the line-up had not been formed . Even the gentle wrangle over details and eligibility could hardly have spun out so much time as seemed to the waiting throng to be uselessly wasted now . Evidently , something was wrong . The crowd grew impatient and demanded the cause .