noon
`` Too bad your star is out of the game ! '' Hamilton lamented . `` You 'll be using that for an alibi -- but we 'd have beaten you either way ! '' At noon , Coach Brock sent word by second team member , Kinky Doyle , that Speed Bartlett was to report to him at once . The Varsity had just left training table , having had an early lunch . In two hours they would be dressing for the game . `` Hey , Coach ! ''