nine o'clock
`` So the eleven was to cruise across the bay in the Greased Lightnin ' , Peter 's little motor launch , and the rooters was to go by train later on . 'T was Parker 's idee , goin ' in the launch . ` Twould be more quiet , less strain on the nerves of his men , and they could talk over plays and signals on the v ` yage . `` So at nine o'clock in the forenoon they was ready , the whole team -- three waiters , two fishermen , one carpenter from up to Wellmouth Center , a stable hand , and Parker and three reg ` lar boarders . These last three was friends of Parker 's that he 'd had come down some time afore . He knew they could play football , he said , and they 'd come to oblige him . `` The eleven gathered on the front porch , all in togs and sweaters , principally provided and paid for by Sterzer .