Harvard Tops Tigers For Ivy Rifle Crown

The Harvard Rifle Team upset a strong Princeton squad to capture the Ivy rifle crown in the League tournament Saturday at New Haven. The Crimson compiled an impressive score of 1403 points, as Yale took second with 1388. Dartmouth, Princeton, and Cornell finished third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

Dick Murphy was Harvard's high scorer with a total of 285 points, placing second to Yale's Mac Blair, who tallied 291, the highest individual score in the history of the tournament. John Phelps, Ron Simon, Bill Granik, and Will Garrison also qualified. The Crimson's three runners-up were Jim Brown, John North and Shaun Scanlon.