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...When I read the story of Pele, the "criminal" donkey [Nov. 15], I was reminded of a similar story of a persecuted donkey by the German author Christolph Martin Wieland. In Geschichte der Abderiten, he intended to point out absurdities of small-town government and life. A Grecian dentist named Struthion and a donkey driver nearly came to blows over whether or not Struthion might stand in the shadow of his rented donkey since he had not rented the shadow as well. Struthion felt that the donkey came with the shadow...
...Himself. Last week, 150.000 screaming fans jammed Rio de Janeiro's cavernous Maracana Stadium to watch Pele's team, the Santos Futebol Clube champions of Brazil, defend their national title against Rio's hard-running Botafogo club. It was no contest. The lithe, handsome Pelé had the day to himself, stealing the ball, caroming pinpoint passes off the top of his head, foot-dribbling around Botafogo defenders as if they were rooted in concrete. Santos ran up a quick three-goal lead. Then, while delirious fans shouted "Pay-lay! Pay-lay!". Pelé personally administered...
...married to my country." he says. For fun. he wanders down to Santos' beaches, or joins a get-up soccer game with the local kids -much as baseball's Willie Mays loved to play in New York stickball games. "I live for soccer, only for soccer." says Pele. "I have no time for anything else...
...Pele vaults John Murray of Cornell has cleared the unheard-of (among the Ivies) height of 14 ft., 6 in., and can do it again...
Gian Carlo Mcnefft's Christmas open. "Amahi and the Night Visiters," produced by the Longy School of Music, will make its Boston debut at Agassis Theatre December 18 and 19. Mcnofft's "The Pele phone" is also on the program...