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`` Served 'em right . Spoiling 'em on the ground was next thing to stealing . '' `` Come on , boys , '' said Ford . `` It 's after five o'clock . '' They were all glad to escape from the crowd , especially Dick Lee ; and it was not until they were across the street that the tall form of Dr. Brandegee came slowly down past the ball-players . He seemed particularly interested in that game . It was currently reported , indeed , that he had been a first-class athlete in his younger days , and that he took a quiet half-hour in the morning with his dumb-bells now , before doing any thing at all with his Greek and Latin .