ten o'clock
So they parted , with a wave of the hand ; and at least Big Bob did have a more contented look on his face than when he first called out to Jack across the main street of Chester , to ask for a little of his time . Of course there was no attempt made to restrain the members of the team from eating any reasonable amount of food . They did not go in training for days and weeks before a gridiron battle , as is done in all colleges , their diet restricted to certain lines of food best calculated to add to their vigor , without making them loggy . But Joe Hooker had impressed it on their minds that it would be well for them to avoid certain things that might upset their stomachs ; and all had bound themselves not to attend any parties , or stay out of bed later than ten o'clock on any night . Small things like this often have a tremendous influence in deciding a fiercely contested battle on the gridiron . If one man has been indulging in too rich food , so that his digestion is impaired in the least , he has weakened his system ; and in case the crisis of the fight chances to fall upon his shoulders , he will possibly be unable to bear the strain as he might had he been in perfect physical shape . So far as he knew , every fellow was in the pink of condition , Jack was telling himself as lie worked at something up in his den that morning .