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    Clara Gregory Baer (August 27, 1863 – January 19, 1938) was an American physical education instructor and women's sports pioneer. Baer introduced the first...
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    throwball may be a possible relative. Newcomb ball was invented in 1895 by Clara Baer, a physical education instructor at Sophie Newcomb College, Tulane University...
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  • Baer (1929–2007), American politician Carl Baer (1918–1996), American basketball player Clara Gregory Baer (1863–1938), American inventor of netball,...
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    year women of Mount Holyoke and Sophie Newcomb College (coached by Clara Gregory Baer), began playing basketball. By 1895, the game had spread to colleges...
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  • number of steps. Newcomb (or Newcomb Ball) was invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer, a physical education instructor at Newcomb College in Louisiana....
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    Also in 1893, Mount Holyoke and Sophie Newcomb College, coached by Clara Gregory Baer (the inventor of Newcomb ball) women began playing basketball. By...
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  • the University of California, Berkeley and Miss Head's School. 1893 Clara Gregory Baer introduces basket-ball (as it was written at the time) to Sophie Newcomb...
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    written by Clara Gregory Baer, who was working as a physical education instructor at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans during the 1890s. Baer introduced...
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    sports teacher Clara Gregory Baer's misinterpretation of the basketball rule book in 1895. The book had lines of patrol drawn on it and Clara interpreted...
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  • Holyoke, and Vassar. In 1895, Newcomb's physical education instructor Clara Gregory Baer published the handbook Basketball Rules for Women and Girls. The book...
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