[1] One article from 1918 lists Baer as a notable graduate of the Field Artillery Officers' Training School in Camp Zachary Taylor.
[1] One of his famous jokes involved Gavvy Cravath, a Phillies player who, on June 23, 1919, was caught attempting to steal second base.
"[5] –a joke that amused William Randolph Hearst so much that he hired Baer to work for the New York American.
[6] His second wife, Louise Andrews, mother of his son, was a Ziegfeld Follies girl who became one of the first fund-raisers for heart disease research.
Baer's daughter, Atra Cavataro, was a reporter for the Journal American newspaper for several years, based in New York City.