Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 2/15/02 10:44:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, tedgrant@shaw.ca writes: > Seth old chap, > If I should be so bold as to correct your comment. The "Montreal Allouettes" > were the football team of Montreal, or were at the time. ;-) And Patek was > an old-time Czech-Ukrainian Leica using hockey player of the Montreal > Maroons! ;-) > > It was always quite a scene when he sat in the penalty box after head > clobbering unfortunate Boston Bruin or Detroit Red Wing hockey players, > hanging over the boards and shooting Leica fashioned prized action pictures! > ;-) > > As I recall he couldn't play hockey worth a damn, but he sure was one hell > of a good Leica photographer. ;-) > ted Ted, dear friend: I've been watching NHL hockey since 1947 when a kookie high school buddy and hockey nut lured me to skip school for a day and steal into New York to watch my first Ranger game. Thereafter, I rooted for the NY Rangers through the next 47 of their 54 years of futility, until they foinally won the Cup in 1994. In fact, I was at the first Ranger game at the "new" Madison Square Garden - 1966 I think - with my Leica IIIf and a 127mm Leitz/NY Wollensak with which I photographed the first face-off. Only once got to the Forum to see one of the most graceful joueuers ever I ever saw, Jean Beliveau, play pour les Habitants. Also recall watching the Allouettes in a Grey Cup match a good many years ago. All in good fun. Czech it out! Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html