Clara Gregory Baer described the basic elements of the game, consisting of a court divided at the midpoint, with lines marking where the players could move, and outlining the object of the game, to "make the ball touch the opposite ground, beyond the base—when it counts a point for the side sending the ball". This game would eventually become Newcomb ball, and has many similarities to the game of volleyball. The letter by Baer appeared in the January, 1895 edition of the journal, while the first game of volleyball, invented by William G. Morgan was reported to be first played in February 1895.
P. G. Morgan on "Diagnosis", an eight part Netflix documentary series being produced in association with Scott Rudin, the "New York Times" and Lightbox. Morgan has written several feature film scripts and a TV pilot for Anonymous Content. His feature script "Dear Norman Mailer" was performed at the Hay Festival in 2015 by Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen. Morgan is married to the American documentary director Marina Zenovich, daughter of former California State Senator George Zenovich. The couple have a 13-year-old son and live in Venice, California. P. G. Morgan Peter Gwynne Morgan is a television and film writer/producer living in Los Angeles,