four o'clock
It was a dull and cold afternoon . The last recitation was over and half the school stood shivering about the gridiron or played leapfrog to keep warm . Stephen Remsen , in the grimiest of moleskins , stood talking to the captain , and , in obedience to the command of the latter , some fifteen youths , clad for the coming fray , were trotting down the field , while eight others , backs and substitute backs on the two teams , passed and dropped on the pigskin in an endeavor to keep warm . The first and second elevens were to play their first real game of the season at four o'clock , and meanwhile the players were down for a stiff thirty minutes of practice . Joel March shivered with the rest of the backs and waited for the coach and the captain to finish their consultation . Presently Blair trotted off down the field and Remsen turned to the backs . `` Browne , Meach , and Turner , go down to about the middle of the field and return the balls .