one o'clock
If the game 's off , I 've got tickets to a theatre , and you and mother and I can go . Which one of the boys shall I ask to go with us ? '' `` If you do n't mind , '' replied Betty Tabor steadily , `` ask Mr. Williams . '' The rain came down steadily and before one o'clock the contest was called off . The postponement was believed to lessen slightly the chances of the Bears to win the pennant , and they lounged dismally around the hotel , watching the bulletin board record the fact that the Panthers were winning easily , giving them the lead in the race by a small fraction in percentage . Manager Clancy , his wife and Betty Tabor , with Williams rode away in a taxicab to the theatre . McCarthy declined Swanson 's proposal to play billiards , and , going to their rooms , he commenced to read .