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April Dates
Mobile Milestone On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood on a New York City street corner and made the first cellular phone call to a colleague at Bell Labs in New Jersey. Unlike the first telegraph mes- sage (“ What hath God wrought? ”) or the first telephone conversation (“ Watson, come here. I want to see you. ”), Cooper ’ s words have been forgotten. His device, however, is now everywhere, thanks to a purchase price far below the original price tag of $3,995. Let the Good Times Roll All April long, opponents will be throwing their knuckles down. Don ’ t worry, this isn ’ t anything sinister. “ Knuckles down ” is the position you assume before shooting in a classic game of marbles. So, this April, Knuckles Down Month, you too can play for keeps. The classic game of marbles is called ringer. Two parallel lines, lag lines, are drawn 10 feet away from each other. A large 10 - foot circle is drawn between the lag lines. In the middle of the circle is a
Major League Debut
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Bos- ton Braves in front of a crowd of 25,000 spectators at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. This marked the first moment that an African American athlete played a sport in any of the major leagues . Robinson did not get a hit that day, but was awarded the first ever Rookie of the Year title that year. In 1949, he was named the National League ’ s Most Valuable Player. In 1955, he led the Dodgers to a World Series victory over the Yankees. A perennial All - Star and Hall of Famer, Robinson ’ s num- ber 42 was retired
cross made of 13 target marbles, or mibs. Play starts by knuckling down along the edge of the ring and using your thumb to cast your shooter at the mibs inside.
by all of baseball on April 15, 1997.
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