Rifle, Skeet Man Lose in 3 Matches

Both varsity and freshman rifle teams dropped close matches to MIT Saturday at Tech. The scores were 1389 to 1310 (out of 1500), and 876 to 842 (out of 1000).

At the same time, the skeet club team, composed of Dave Browne, Ed Eyre, Ray Suttle, Mike Safe, and Howard Reed, lost to West Point, 470 to 447 (out of 500). Babson Institute was third with 405 in the match, which was held at the Dedham Country and Polo Club.

Rifle team summery:

Harvard (1310)--Shea, 266, Elfast, 266, Heller, 260; Seaga, 260; Reem, 258.

MIT (1389)--Robertson, 286; Tanner, 281; Pasieka, 277; MacDonald, 275; Corwin, 274.

Harvard freshmen (842)--Williamson, 172; Skan, 165; Smith, 160; Petschek, 162; Guttentag, 163.

MIT Freshmen (876)--Dyer, 178; Wolfson, 176; McCoy, 176; Manderson, 175; Messer, 171.