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October 18, 1925

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PENN CONQUERS YALE FOR 1ST TIME, 16-13; Charges Rivals' Ramparts at Opening of Battle and Avenges String of Eleven Defeats. KREUZ WINS HARD CONTEST His Placement Kick Gives Invaders the Margin of Victory -- 70,000 in Bowl See Game. BLUE'S RALLY IS IN VAIN Crippled Stars Rush Into Fray, but Remarshaled Forces Push Over Only Two Touchdowns. PENN DEFEATS YALE FOR THE FIRST TIME

By William D. Richardson.special To the New York Times.by William D. Richardson

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 17. -- Two powerful football machines met on a championship one-way street here this afternoon and one of them was wrecked.

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HARVARD HUMBLED BY HOLY CROSS, 7-6; Placement Kick After Touchdown Wins for Worcester Eleven at Cambridge. 1ST VICTORY OVER CRIMSON Cheek's Failure to Make Goal Is Margin of Defeat -- 47,000 See Battle. HARVARD HUMBLED BY HOLY CROSS, 7-6

By Allison Danzig.special To the New York Times.by Allison Danzig

CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 17. -- The revived football hopes of Harvard, starting the first year under the joint regime of Coaches Bob Fisher and Major Charles Daly, received a severe jolt today, when Cleo O'Donnell's fighting eleven from Holy Cross defeated the Crimson on Soldiers Field before a crowd of 47,000 spectators.

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Notable Births

Ramiz Alia

1925Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (died 2011)[†]

Ramiz Alia was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was also the country's head of state from 1982 to 1992. He had been seen as a successor by Enver Hoxha and took power after Hoxha died.