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 at "Channel Four News", Morgan spent three years covering the conflict in the Former Yugoslavia, working closely with the late Gaby Rado. Morgan was also part of the reporting team which won 1994 BAFTA and Amnesty International Awards for their coverage of the siege of Srebrenica. During these years, Morgan also wrote regularly for The Guardian, the "Times Literary Supplement", the "New Statesman, Index on Censorship" and the "New Welsh Review". Between 2000 and 2005, Morgan worked simultaneously for ITN and for BBC Current Affairs, writing TV scripts and producing several drama documentaries. His teen drama "Spit Game" was nominated