. "Newcomb ball (also known simply as Newcomb, and sometimes spelled Newcombe (ball)) is a ball game played in a gymnasium or court using two opposing teams and a net. Newcomb ball and the sport of volleyball were both created in 1895 and are similar in their design. The sport rivaled volleyball in popularity and participation by the 1920s. The sport of 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 in New Orleans. The sport is one of a rare number of sports which have been created by women and is of historical significance in American sport, not only for having been invented by a woman, but also for becoming the second team sport to be played there by women after basketball. In 1996, an article in the Journal of Sport History written by speculated that Newcomb ball may have preceded the creation of volleyball and may have influenced its development."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Up to 20 per team"@en . . . . . . . . "*Rules first published by Clara Gregory Baer in 1910"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Newcomb ball (also known simply as Newcomb, and sometimes spelled Newcombe (ball)) is a ball game played in a gymnasium or court using two opposing teams and a net. Newcomb ball and the sport of volleyball were both created in 1895 and are similar in their design. The sport rivaled volleyball in popularity and participation by the 1920s. The sport of throwball may be a possible relative."@en . . . . . . . "No"@en . . "18248"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "No"@en . . . . "Similar to volleyball"@en . . . . . . . "No"@en . . . . . "Newcomb ball"@en . . . . . . . . "Game of Newcomb ball in action, 2015"@en . . . "9028638"^^ . . . . . . . "200"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Team"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Newcomb ball"@en . . . "Nuke 'em"@en . . . "male and female"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1121238246"^^ . . . . .