Morris James “Farmer” Steelman
Morris James “Farmer” Steelman
MORRIS JAMES “FARMER” STEELMAN was born June 29, 1874 in Millville, New Jersey to Samuel B. and his wife, the former Elizabeth “Lizzie” G. Sheppard. His father worked as a carpenter. The Steelman family, which included older siblings Walter and Eva, were still living in Millville when the census was taken in 1880. They soon moved to Camden and by 1900 were living at 570 Mickle Street. Three more children had joined the family, twins Raymond and Emma and another sister, Lorella.
Morris Steelman became one of the best sandlot baseball players in South Jersey in the 1890s. He went on to have a long career as a professional baseball player, then became a policeman in Camden, New Jersey. He primarily played as a catcher, although he did play some games in the outfield. He appeared in one game as pitcher in 1904, and in one game each at first base and third base in 1899. He was never that great as a hitter, but was certainly proficient enough as a ballplayer to the extent of having a 15 year career as a professional.
Morris Steelman turned professional in 1895 when at the age of 20 with the Millville team of the South New Jersey League. He stepped up the following year, playing with the York White Roses of the Pennsylvania State League. 1897 saw him splitting time between the Richmond Giants and Philadelphia Athletics of the Atlantic League. In 1898 he played for the Charleston Seagulls in the Southern Association, then back to the Atlantic League, for the renamed Richmond Bluebirds. He split time in 1899 between the Richmond team and the Syracuse Stars of the Eastern League.
Morris Steelman’s major league debut came on September 15, 1899 with the Louisville Colonels of the National League. He appeared in 4 games at catcher and hit .067. He spent the next year in the Eastern League with the Hartford Indians. In 1901 he began the season in the National League with the Brooklyn Superbas (later known as the Dodgers). After appearing in 1 game with the Superbas, he was released on May 6, 1901. Morris Steelman then caught on with the Hartford team in the Eastern League. In August of 1901 he left the Hartford team to join the Philadelphia Athletics of the then-new American League, where he appeared in 27 games. He returned to the Athletics in 1902. After appearing in five games Morris Steelman’s major league career came to an end on May 22, 1902. He returned to the minor leagues, finishing the year with the Worcester Hustlers of the Eastern League. Morris Steelman married around this time.
Morris Steelman spent 1903 in the Eastern League with the Worcester team, known that year as the Riddlers, the Montreal Royals, and the Rochester Bronchos. He went to the West Coast and played for the Portland Browns of the Pacific Coast League in 1904. 1905 and 1906 were spent with the Rochester Bronchos, and 1907 and 1908 with the Utica Pent-ups of the New York State League. His final season was 1909 as a member of the Altoona Mountaineers of the Tri-State League. During his minor league career he also appeared in numerous exhibition games and played semi-pro ball in and around Camden when not connected with a professional team.
When he was not playing baseball, Morris Steelman worked as a housepainter. He married Bessie Rowbotham of 24 North 4th Street, Camden in 1902. The 1906 City Directory lists Morris Steelman “baseball player” at 326 Stevens Street. The 1910 Census shows him and Bessie living at 305 Clinton Street in South Camden. After his baseball career had ended, Morris Steelman made his home in Camden, New Jersey. He was appointed to the Camden Police Department on November 23, 1910. The 1914 City Directory has him living at 506 South 3rd Street. By September of 1918 the Steelmans had moved to 320 Warren Avenue. They were still at that address when the 1929 City Directory was compiled. The 1930 Census shows that he was still employed by the Camden Police Department. At that time he was working as one of the Department’s switchboard operators. He and wife Bessie were living at 239 South 27th Street in East Camden.
Bessie I. Steelman died on June 13, 1937 and was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken. By the end of 1939 Morris Steelman had moved to Merchantville, New Jersey. He passed away there on September 16, 1944 and was buried near his wife.
Morris Steelman’s Major League Hitting Statistics
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 24 | LOU | NL | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .067 | .176 | .200 | .376 |
| 1900 | 25 | BRO | NL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1901 | 26 | TOT | MLB | 28 | 91 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | .264 | .350 | .286 | .635 |
| 1901 | 26 | PHA | AL | 27 | 88 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | .261 | .350 | .284 | .634 |
| 1901 | 26 | BRO | NL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| 1902 | 27 | PHA | AL | 10 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .188 | .235 | .219 | .454 |
| 4 Seasons | 43 | 163 | 142 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 21 | .297 | .254 | .551 | 51 | 36 | ||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 614 | 535 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 23 | 53 | 79 | .297 | .254 | .551 | 51 | 136 |
Morris Steelman’s Major League Fielding Statistics
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | LOU | NL | 24 | C | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29% |
| 1900 | BRO | NL | 25 | C | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 1901 | TOT | MLB | 26 | C | 15 | 84 | 56 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 52% |
| 1901 | PHA | AL | 26 | C | 14 | 76 | 52 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 51% |
| 1901 | PHA | AL | 26 | OF | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | ||||
| 1901 | BRO | NL | 26 | C | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| 1902 | PHA | AL | 27 | C | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 38% |
| 1902 | PHA | AL | 27 | OF | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .889 | ||||
| 1897 | 22 | 2 Teams | 1 Lg | B | PHI | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 22 | Philadelphia | ATLL | B | PHI | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 22 | Philadelphia | ATLL | B | PHI | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 22 | Richmond | ATLL | B | |||||||||||
| 1898 | 23 | Charleston | SOUA | B | |||||||||||
| 1898 | 23 | Charleston | SOUA | B | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Richmond | ATLL | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Richmond | ATLL | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Syracuse | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Syracuse | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Syracuse | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Syracuse | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1899 | 24 | Syracuse | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1900 | 25 | Hartford | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1900 | 25 | Hartford | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1901 | 26 | Hartford | EL | A | 415 | 285 | 110 | 20 | .952 | ||||||
| 1902 | 27 | Worcester | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1903 | 28 | 2 Teams | 1 Lg | A | 538 | 386 | 127 | 25 | .954 | ||||||
| 1903 | 28 | montreal/worcester, Rochester | EL | A | 538 | 386 | 127 | 25 | .954 | ||||||
| 1904 | 29 | Portland | PCL | A | |||||||||||
| 1905 | 30 | Rochester | EL | A | |||||||||||
| 1906 | 31 | Rochester | EL | A | 535 | 379 | 145 | 11 | .979 | ||||||
| 1907 | 32 | Utica | NYSL | B | |||||||||||
| 1908 | 33 | Utica | NYSL | B | 472 | 362 | 97 | 13 | .972 | ||||||
| 1909 | 34 | Altoona | TRIS | B | |||||||||||
| 13 Seasons | 605 | 479 | 69 | .965 | 3.13 | ||||||||||
| 1B (1 season) | 1B | 1 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 3B (1 season) | 3B | 1 | 0.00 |
Morris Steelman’s Minor League Statistics
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 21 | York | PASL | B | 12 | 47 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .340 | |||
| 1897 | 22 | Richmond | ATLL | B | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | 22 | Philadelphia | ATLL | B | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1898 | 23 | Charleston | SOUA | B | 22 | 81 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .333 | |||
| 1899 | 24 | Richmond | ATLL | A | 52 | 179 | 24 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .263 | .352 | |||
| 1899 | 24 | Syracuse | EL | A | 29 | 100 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .300 | .360 | |||
| 1900 | 25 | Hartford | EL | A | 113 | 384 | 44 | 99 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .258 | .313 | |||
| 1901 | 26 | Hartford | EL | A | 90 | 298 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .292 | .336 | |||||
| 1902 | 27 | Worcester | EL | A | 69 | 246 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .244 | .280 | |||||
| 1903 | 28 | montreal/worcester, Rochester | EL | A | 100 | 326 | 21 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .221 | .267 | |||
| 1904 | 29 | Portland | PCL | A | 141 | 471 | 103 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .219 | .268 | |||||
| 1905 | 30 | Rochester | EL | A | 89 | 274 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .223 | .263 | |||||
| 1906 | 31 | Rochester | EL | A | 84 | 257 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .202 | |||||
| 1907 | 32 | Utica | NYSL | B | 105 | 302 | 68 | .225 | |||||||||
| 1908 | 33 | Utica | NYSL | B | 82 | 222 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .212 | .261 | |||||
| 1909 | 34 | Altoona | TRIS | B | 34 | 96 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .198 | |||||
| 14 Seasons | 1106 | 3438 | 801 | 87 | 24 | 6 | 26 | .233 | .258 | 886 |
Morris Steelman Signs With Millville
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Morris Steelman has signed with the Millville Base Ball Club.
A Tie of Twelve Innings
Philadelphia Inquirer —
A Great Game Between the Camden and Stockton Teams.
There was lots of excitement at the ball park in Stockton, just outside of Camden, yesterday when the town’s representative team and the Camden nine met in the second game of a series for a bet of $200 made by two politicians. The teams have met once before—when Camden lost because the players thought Stockton was easy game. Yesterday Stockton was determined to win, and hired several South Jersey League and other professional players to help them out. The game developed into a pretty battle between Stecker and Black, of Clayton, and the Camden man had the best of it when darkness stopped the game in the twelfth inning. The features were Matthews’ terrific drive for a home run and three great running catches by Nield. The score: [see image]
Athletics Down Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
A Hot Game Across the Delaware, Which Is Won in the Tenth Inning.
About 1000 persons assembled at the opening game of Camden’s base ball season yesterday, when the Camden South Jersey League team met and were defeated by Sharsig’s Athletics. The game was exciting throughout, and the “cranks” who expected to see the local team badly beaten were greatly pleased with the material of which the Camden team is composed. The game was lost in the ninth inning, when, with two out and the score 5 to 4 in Camden’s favor, Conroy dropped a little pop fly, letting in a run and tieing the score. The winning run was made in the tenth with two men out.
Camden and A. A. C. To-day
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden’s base ball cranks have a rare base ball treat on the tapis for this afternoon. The Camden and A. A. C. teams are to play two games for one admission at City Hall Park, beginning at 2.30 o’clock. The series arranged is to decide the championship of Camden. The teams will be made up as follows:
Camden—Maguire, p.; Thatcher, p.; Summers, c.; Nellins, 1b.; Loftus, 2b.; Sweeney, ss.; Moore, 3b.; Winters, lf.; Matthews, cf.; Nield, rf.
A. A. C.—Black, p.; G. Bergen, p.; Steelman, c.; Earley, 1b.; Hayden, 2b.; Wallace, ss.; Rutherford, 3b.; Lemons, lf.; Avis, cf.; Wescott, rf.
Championship Ball Across the Delaware
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Athletic Association Team Gets Away With the Camden Club by a Single Run.
Wallace’s Hit Does It
A hot game of “nip and tuck” and a 3 inning game stopped by a wind storm commenced the four-game series between Camden and the Athletic Association of Camden yesterday to decide the championship of that city. Both players were on their best times, and the fielders were worked throughout the whole game. It looked like Camden’s game up to the seventh, and George Nellins started to “jolly” the kids, as he termed the uptown boys. Black’s grounder, however, changed matters, tieing the score and putting his side one run ahead.
Early dropped a thrown ball when two were out in the next inning, and two of Nellins’ men crossed the plate, tieing the score again. Wallace, who has developed into a hitter since his trip up the State, knocked one over in the next inning and turned the score one run in A. C.’s favor again, winning the game for his team.
Camden started in to bat in the second game and scored one run. Then the wind began to blow, and after trying an inning longer, Umpire “Ike” Toy called the game. In the second game Nellins were in Camden’s favor when the wind stopped. A. C. was last up. They had two men on bases and it looked like their game, but McFetridge was equal to the emergency and struck the third man out. Sweeney’s two-bagger brought in two runs and won Camden the game.
Two Hot Ball Games Over the Delaware
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden Defeats the A. A. C. in the First Game and Ties the Second.
M’Fetridge’s Fine Work
Camden and A. A. C. got together again yesterday to decide which should be called champions of that city. Two games were to be played, but darkness ended the second in the fifth inning. Thatcher started in to pitch for Camden, but he was far from being in form, and A. A. C. made eight runs in the first inning. He was replaced by Jack McFetridge, and that changed the tenor of the game, and by hard fighting Camden tied the score in the fifth inning. Then McFetridge hit a two-bagger, Sweeney got a base and Montgomery’s hit sent “Jack” home, putting Camden in the lead.
George Bergen pitched fine ball, and had he “kept them over,” it would have been harder for Camden. A. A. C. started to bat in the second game and made two runs in the first two innings. Camden had made two in the fourth, and with the score tie, Umpire Ike Toy called the game on account of darkness. In the first game the fielding honors were carried off by Rutherford, Sweeney, Avis and Summers. The great work of “Jack” McFetridge was the special feature of both games. In the first he struck out 15 men in the seven innings he pitched, while seven men fanned the air in the second; he also did the best batting for Camden, having two doubles and three singles. The games to-day close the season in Camden, and the championship is undecided, each club having won a game.
Camden’s New Ball Team
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The Camden Base Ball team opens the season across the river on Saturday next with a game with Sharsig’s Athletics. The club’s new grounds are at Second and Line streets. The team is as follows: Steelman, catcher; Campbell, pitcher; Perkins, first base and captain; Hewitt, second base; Conroy, shortstop; Verga, third base; Black, right field; Nield, centre field; Sheehan, left field; Allan, sub.
Steelman Leaves for His Camden Home
Worcester Daily Spy —
Morry Steelman, catcher of the Worcester Baseball team the past season left Worcester yesterday for his home in Camden, N. J. While he has been doing backstop duty for the local team Steelman has the utmost satisfaction and he has earned the title of premier catcher of the league.
Steelman to Play for ‘Frisco
Bridgeton Evening News —
Morris Steelman, the Camden player who was on Connie Mack’s staff of catchers two years ago, and formerly played with the Millville nine, will in all probability, cast his lot with the San Francisco team of the Pacific Coast League. Last year Steelman played with the Rochester team of the Eastern League, and is wanted there again this year, but the terms are not satisfactory to him. Recently the San Francisco team made a bid for his services. He sent his terms and yesterday received a letter accepting them.
Camden to Play Benefit Game
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden will wind up its season next Saturday with a benefit game, the receipts of which are to go toward a fund being raised for Ike Toy, one of Camden’s most popular ball players of the early ‘90’s, who is at present very sick and must seek another climate.
Benefit Game for Ike Toy in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Weather permitting, another large crowd will overflow the Camden grounds tomorrow when the benefit game for Ike Toy will be played. The regular Camden team will line up against a picked team of all the “prides of Camden” who are now playing ball in the big leagues. Conroy, the Gleasons, Green, Lennox, Steelman, Verga, Fischman, Bob Black, and possibly Harry Davis and Rube Waddell.
Athletics vs. Phila. Giants
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Annual Game to Be Played on the Camden Grounds
The last game for Connie Mack’s Athletics this season will be their annual contest with the Philadelphia Giants Saturday a week, on the Twelfth Street Ball Park in Camden. It will be the third meeting between these two clubs, and the colored champions have still to make a run against the American Leaguers. In the first game, in 1906, “Rube” Waddell pitched phenomenal ball and struck out eighteen of the duskies, winning by 4 to 0. Last season “Rube” Vickers did the slab work and a score of 2-0 resulted. Interest in this year’s game is chiefly in whether the Giants will be able to score.
On Saturday, October 17, the Philadelphia Giants are to play the Camden Stars, composed of Rementer, catcher; Coveleski or Hartley, pitcher; “Farmer” Steelman, first base; Harry Gleason, second; “Eggie” Lennox, third; “Billy” Fischman, shortstop; “Wid” Conroy, left field; “Cy” Perkins, centre field, and probably “Vine” Tydeman, right field. These games will close the season in Camden.
Camden News Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer —
For years a professional baseball player and at one time on Connie Mack’s staff of catchers, Morris J. Steelman was yesterday appointed a policeman by Mayor Ellis. He takes the place made vacant by the retirement of Robert Colkett.
Camden County to Start on April 22
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Newly Formed League Will Tear Open Baseball Season With 8 Club Circuit
GLOUCESTER CITY, March 29.—At a meeting of the Camden County Baseball League held tonight the playing schedule for the season was adopted. There will be 28 games played by each team on Saturdays and holidays and the schedule was so satisfactory that not a change was asked for after it had been gone over. The season will open on Saturday, April 22 and close on September 23.
President William Wells announced that he had selected as four of the five umpires: A. J. Wallace, F. A. Merrion, Morris J. Steelman and John Hathaway. The other will be named later and they will alternate, skipping a Saturday every five weeks.
Camden Severe With Speeding Autoists
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Several Are Arrested After Falling Into Police Trap Set at the Ferry
Continuing their crusade against automobilists who violate the law, Camden’s police and State Inspectors Pedigree and Campbell yesterday arrested several for breaking the speed law. Stationed at Elm, where they have their “traps,” they saw two machines pass.
It was 7:20 when Policeman Garrison and Motorcycle Policeman Pedigree received word to look out for the speed fiends at the Federal-street ferry and at 7:50 the two machines hove in sight. They had gone the thirty miles in that time. Sent to the City Hall they gave the names of Herman Pressman, of 1639 Broadway, New York, and James A. Callahan, of 250 North Twenty-first street, Philadelphia. They put up $55 security for hearings before Recorder Stackhouse today.
For speeding along Third street, Robert Young, a negro, of 700 South Eighth street, was arrested by Policeman Steelman and fined $10.
This same officer arrested Samuel Camarato, of 435 North Eighth street, Philadelphia, for persisting in running his auto between a trolley car on which passengers were trying to board and the curb. This arrest was made because of many complaints being received. On the way to jail Camarato tried to bribe the officer to get away, so Steelman asserted. Recorder Stackhouse imposed a fine of $10.
Seven Arrested in a Free-for-All Go
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Arch street above Front was in a ferment of excitement on Saturday evening by a club-banging, fist-thumping scrap between half a dozen men and women in front of 126 Arch street, in which blood spurted from the heads and faces of two of the male brawlers.
Policeman Wright Cox and Constable Huntzinger of the Sixth ward, arrived on the scene of the scrimmage just in time to rescue the two men from being run over by a trolley car as they rolled around in a clinch on the street, the motorman stopping as the fender almost touched their bodies.
Policeman Steelman then arrested the following on charges of disorderly conduct: Maggie O’Neil, Thomas Barker, Harry Speese, Emma Speese, Rosie Minger, Emma Barker, Elsie Stevenson.
Recorder Stackhouse today at the bedlam like hearing of the accused, admonished them to have a care in the future as from what the police said the house was a nuisance and would be cleaned out if there were any further outbreaks.
Third Ward Club Holds Fine Ball
Camden Post-Telegram —
Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Way Lead the Grand March of Republican Club
Third Ward Club Holds Fine Ball
Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Way Lead the Grand March of Republican Club
Latest Dances on Program
Despite the stormy weather Turner Hall was crowded last night, when the Third Ward Republican Club held its first annual dress ball. The affair was a complete success and the grand march was one of the prettiest ever held in the Verein auditorium.
It was after 10 o’clock when the grand march took place. It was led by Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Way. The second couple were Councilman and Mrs. A. Benjamin Sparks. Following them were Councilman and Mrs. William H. Hall and Freeholder and Mrs. John T. Rodan. The marchers formed the figure “three” and the letter “W.” The march concluded with the couples sixteen to each file.
The hall was handsomely decorated in the national and municipal colors. There were thirty-one numbers to the program. Rushton’s orchestra furnished an excellent program. Among the numbers were the fox trot, one-step, caprice, two-step, hesitation, waltz, lancers and redowa.
The grand conductor was J. Edward Way and Councilman Sparks was assistant grand conductor. The members of the various committees to whose efforts the success of the ball was due were as follows:
Floor—Wm. H. Hall, Harry Hertline, Walter J. Stanton, John T. Rodan, Jesse Hillman, Lemuel J. Toy.
Door—Jesse Smith, chairman; Robert Whitley, Morris Steelman, Wm. Elberson, Samuel S. Bacon; officers, Albert Keaser, Harry Miller, Frank Smith.
Reception—John S. Roberts, chairman; William M. Fithian, W. J. A. Stanton, Julius R. Schaaf, George Cox, Edward Delacroix, Robert J. Garrison, Horace Hewlings, Frank Knitter, Sr., George Murray, Harry Selby, Harry C. Sharp, Robert Schroeder, James Vickers, Edwin D. Steen, William Horay, Clarence H. Thorn, Joseph H. Thorn, Joseph Croasdale, Wright Cox, Frank S. Fithian, George F. Hammond, Howard T. Harris, Frank Knitter, Jr., Albert J. Meyer, Harry Stowe, William Selby, Harry Vliet, H. P. Toy; printing and press committee, Wesley J. Stanton, Jesse Hillman.
Refreshments—Walter Madden, chairman; Moore B. Garrison, C. L. Wendell, William H. Dill, Charles Errickson, George Bowman, Edwin Fields, William Hartman, Ephraim Husted, Frank S. Ireton, Thomas Madden, Harry Pearce, Charles Smith, John Reid B. Borowakey, Charles Weaver, James Monohan, C. S. Woodward, George Madura, C. Allen Lloyd, Edward Livermore, William G. Finley, Henry Gercke, Benjamin C. Horan, Augustus Jans, Clarence Madden, James J. McDermott, George Schu, John McCarry, Edward Carey, James Millman, Thomas Dickinson, M. J. Riley, James Tivers.
The officers of the club are are [sic] as follows: President, A. B. Sparks; vice president, Wm. M. Fithian; second vice president, Elwin D. Steen; recording secretary, W. J. A. Stanton; financial secretary, John T. Rodan; treasurer, John S. Roberts; trustees, Julius R. Schaaf, Morris Steelman, Clarence R. Thorn.
Thief Caught With Bread
Philadelphia Inquirer —
After being chased several squares, Harry Fredericks, aged 21 years, of 205 Washington street, was arrested early yesterday by Policemen Steelman and Stanton. The fugitive had two loaves of bread beneath his coat, which he asserted he had found. Recorder Stackhouse refused to believe him and sentenced him to a month in jail.
Draft Evader Arrested
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Arrested at the Pennsylvania Terminal in Camden early yesterday morning by Policeman Steelman, Daniel Young, colored, aged 25 years, admitted that he is a draft evader. His home is in Essex county, Virginia. Young said he had never registered and that he had been traveling about the country to evade the selective service laws. He was turned over to the Department of Justice.
World War I Draft Card
REGISTRATION CARD
Serial No. 493 / Order No. 3440
Name: Morris Steelman Permanent address: 320 Warren Ave, Camden, N.J. Age in Years: 42 / Date of Birth: June 29, 1876 Race: White U.S. Citizen: Native Born Present Occupation: Police officer Employer’s Name: City of Camden Nearest Relative: Bessie Steelman, 320 Warren Ave
Signature of Registrant: Morris Steelman Date of Registration: Sep 12, 1918
REGISTRAR’S REPORT
Description of Registrant: Height: Medium (5’11“) Build: Medium Color of Eyes: Blue Color of Hair: Gray
Question 29: Fractured Wrist & Hand, Right Hand
Signature of Registrar: Joseph A. Hurley Date of Registration: Sep 12, 1918
Local Board for Division No. __ of Camden, State of New Jersey Board of Education, Room 212, City Hall, Camden, New Jersey
Camden to Improve 2 City Departments
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Surgeon Lippincott’s Recommendations for Police and Fire Approved
In connection with the plan of the Police and Fire Committees of Camden City Council to make departments under their supervision modern in every particular, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, surgeon to both departments, has submitted recommendations, which have received the approbation of the Councilmen.
Among the suggestions are schools for firemen and policemen, complete medical survey for both departments, intensive physical culture training, first aid training, instructions in the use of firearms by the police, annual athletic meets for both departments, and intelligence and educational tests. He also recommends three assistant police and fire surgeons.
“I will say that the Camden policemen and firemen on an average are in fine physical condition,” he said, “but there probably are many men whose physical ailments can be corrected and the efficiency of both departments bettered by medical examinations.”
In addition to the seven men to retire on pension because they have reached the age limit of 65 years, nine others probably will retire because of disability. They are Detective Harry Brothers, Sergeant Harry Stowe, Traffic Officers Norris Steelman and Raymond Stark, and Policemen Adrian Bateman, Samuel Bakley, John Schuman, Camillus Appley and Frank Carle.