Both schools contacted police to report a foreign substance found in Wesleyan water. The home team, Bethany in this case, usually provides water to the away team. Police did not say how he connected the minors to the contaminated water. “This incident caused a great deal of media interest following initial comments on social media claiming that a college baseball program deliberately contaminated an opponent’s water cooler,” a police statement said. “The Lindsborg Police Department has taken this incident seriously and has conducted more than 60 interviews so far, gathered a lot of information, photographed the scene and followed various facts. “Although the investigation is active and ongoing, it has been established that no one affiliated with either college is responsible for the water cooler breach.” The substance mixed with the water was paint used to lay lines on the pitch, police said. Police have not said if anyone drank the contaminated water or if anyone became ill and declined to comment further. Lindsborg is a city of 3,000 in downtown Kansas. The Kansas Wesleyan and Bethany campuses are 18 miles apart and the schools are longtime sports rivals. The teams broke away from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference on Sunday, with Kansas Wesleyan setting a school run record by winning the second game 33-2. The alleged water cooler breach was first revealed on KWU Barstool’s Twitter account.
