Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — FLOOD RUINS BALL PARK [ARTICLE]

FLOOD RUINS BALL PARK

Kansas City Federals Lose Clubhouse and Equipment. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 8. —The Federal league ball park was 4 flooded when Brush creek overran its banks as a result of the recent rains. The fences were washed away, tha clubhouse was demolished and the bails, bats, uniforms and other equipment of the team ruined. Manager Stovall said the club would go to Chicago, according to schedule. He wired ahead for new uniforms. Turkey creek also overflowed and inundated Rosedale, a suburb. Two men lost theiy lives when they came in contact with a wire knocked to the ground by the washing pway of a pole. Tw > hundred residents of the suburb were forced to take refuge In other parts of the city. The water was five feet deep in many places.