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Show Colorado Abandons Football . h m m m m m m Game With Mine3 Is Canceled DENVK1 Oct. 1. Major James W. Merrltt, commanding officer of th at ud ants' army training corps at the Cntverslty of Colorado, haa laaued an order thnl football la tn be abandoned for the present. Thai reason assigned for tha restriction la tha dsnger of the apraad of ', Influenza among tha hundreds nf young men at the HmiMer arhol It to i understood that a)f conditions .jm prove aufflrlcntly the bun will be lifted. j The news of the cancellation "f football aninea at the university cams as a big surprlsa to tha School of Mlnoa. The ore,l)lpgera, after five weeks of J good practice, hoped to hava "easy pick Inn" with the Hllver and Gold trlhe . Haturday. but now their hopes hava faded. This will leave the Miners without a gama. Conditions at Colorado college are stilt unsettled AH puhllo amusement amuse-ment e have baen closed and the football candldatea ara Indulging In little practice, as Coach Kothgeb in confined to hla bed with an attack of the "flu." Conch Hughes of the Colorado Agricultural college aays evsry thing la sitting pretty In hla locality and ha hopes tu win this year. Tha Denver Ministers ara rounding Into shape fast, and Coach Flka experts to have a wmnlnfc combination In a few weeks. |