two o'clock
Then the adherents of one eleven eat crow . Gridley 's great game of the year was scheduled to begin at three o'clock . However , a large part of the fun , at a really `` big '' game consists in being on hand an hour ahead of time and hearing and seeing all the fun that goes on . Promptly at the tick of two o'clock the Gridley Band blew its first blast , to the tune of `` Hail , Columbia ! '' The band was stationed close to the ground , in the center of the stand reserved for the High School student body . Off the right of the band rose four tiers of bright-faced , wholesome-looking High School girls . To the left of the band sat the boys .