four o'clock
After their second ice all around they strolled over to where the manager of the college athletics association was marshaling the candidates for the try out . Grace and Miriam hurried off to the training quarters at one end of the field to put on their gymnasium suits . The girls who wished to play were formed into teams and tried out against one another and the most promising of the players ordered to step off to one side after having lined up for play three times . It was after four o'clock when Grace and Miriam were called to the field . The long wait had made Grace rather nervous . Miriam , however , was cool and self-possessed , and played with snap and vigor . `` I do n't know what ails me , '' said Grace despairingly , as she and Miriam stood waiting for the next line up .