noon
The round trip by rail would cost each of these more than a dollar , with another fifty cents to pay for a seat on the grand stand at Tottenville . Hence , despite the fine representation of High School young folks at the railway station , not all of them were so fortunate as to look forward to going to the game . In addition to those of the young people who could go , there were more than three hundred grown-ups who had bought tickets . The railroad company , having been notified by the local agent , had added a second section to the noon express . And now they waited , enthusiasm finding vent in volleys of cheers and the school war-whoop . Dick Prescott and his chums stood at one end of the platform . Nor were they alone .