On an evening in which jokes were told and coaches talked about the struggles their teams were having going into the season, Buck Hall struck a serious tone at the Camden Shrine Club’s jamboree kickoff dinner at Lake Shamokin. “Whatever you do,” he said while looking first at the coaches and then at a group of officials seated at a table, “if you see a child in distress, please stop the game. Don’t worry about time outs; they can have as many as they need.