Punching poor battered Cockell while he was down was another foul — in the old Dempsey over-exuberant tradition — but, as Rocky tried to explain next afternoon, he had already started his swing and it isn't easy to suspend a punch in mid-air. (si.com)
So I reported next afternoon, got a uniform, and Pat Page, the freshman coach, put me in scrimmage. (si.com)