Show CAUSE DECLARING G OFF BIG TEN GAMES Twenty Out of Thirty Scheduled Sched Are re Canceled on OIl Account Ac l count of Sickness a I Chicago Oct 1 11 Staggering under th the tho military regulations middle western west west- cnn ern football lJ was dealt another blow tonight when a a. score ot colleges cs nn and 11 n os ca cancelled gridiron contests con con- tests teats scheduled ul ll for or tomorrow because of 01 tho the epidemic of ot Spanish Influenza Neatly Nearly t tWenty o of the thirty odd games schO scheduled wore oro called ort oft Reports r received In Chicago Indicated o ed that some of or the games had hind been beon cancelled because members of ot teams were wert slightly indisposed with colds coltIs others be of ot probable poor at attendance at- at duo to the epidemic and still others for tor the plain reason that it is feared crowds crow cause a spread of or tho the disease aBe despite the fresh air Six of ot the ten teams in the tho western con conference however will go so Into ac ac thou lion Illinois will f face c tho the Great t Lakes naval nl training station ele eleven elen n In themo the tho mo most t Important contest of ot the day while while- Chicago o. o Minnesota l Ohio State Pur Purdue llo and Wisconsin ln will engage Jc minor mi ml- nor teams In games to put tho the elevens ens elevenson on or ed edge e tOt for the 1110 big ten champIOn champIOn- shin te session slon Chicago o will pIn play a team from the lie Ko School of or l nl ns while WIs Islon Is ton lon ln will face faco college as us Its opponent Ohio State will Vm play Denison Deni- Deni son at Columbus Columbu i and anil will w clash a at t I Lafay Lafayette and Minnesota Minne lInno- sota w will III hook up with an nn star all alre agg aggregation ag al- ag- ag g re ga atlon t 0 n. n Tho Custer game me as nt aswell well as ns the thc Camp Nebraska Funston I Contest on test was called off because e of ot InI In- In Among Anong other contests cancelled cancelled can can- I celled for tor the same r re reeson son were I n d tart a Wa aWa a bas bash hi I Iowa lowa-Coe o ira Coo Cas Case Case- e Ohio Wesleyan n. n Kansas rl Ag- Ag ales Ies Western tern Reserve Akron Butler Butler- 10 Port Fort I t Benjamin Harrison Penn Drake Cornell Ames and see a others |