2 o'clock
It was no unusual thing for him to fine them . On practice days and off the field they implicitly obeyed him . During actual play , however , they had evinced a tendency to jump over the traces . It had been his order for them not to report at the field Tuesday until 2 o'clock . He found it extremely difficult to curb his own inclination to start before the set time . And only the stern duty of a man to be an example to his players kept Daddy at home . He lived near the ball grounds , yet on this day , as he hobbled along on his crutch , he thought the distance interminably long , and for the first time in weeks the old sickening resentment at his useless leg knocked at his heart .