In the high jump, such a tie is broken by counting up the competitors' misses. Whoever had the least misses at previous heights wins.

But none of the four had missed any of his earlier jumps. So the tie could not be broken, and the fourth, fifth and sixth place points were combined (for a total of seven points) and divided equally among the four tied for fourth.

Out of the ordinary, but pretty trivial.

Usually, that is.

Because as the meet drew to a close, Cornell and Princeton were close. Real close. And this was no ordinary meet. This was Heps--the indoor track championship meet.

When meet officials huddled and announced the scores at the end of the the competition, the Tigers had edged out Cornell 96.75 to 96.

But no one knew where Princeton's .75 had come from. Until they looked back to the first event of the meet--Saturday's high jump. And until they looked all the way down to fourth place.

There they found four jumpers, all tied and each given 1.75 points. And one was from Princeton.

Charles Forlidas.

The Harvard men's squad began competing in the New England Championships at MIT yesterday. Many who qualified for the meet aren't running, saving themselves for next weekend's IC4A championships at Princeton.

Those who've decided to make the trip down Mass Ave. are James Rusell (weights), James Umlas (800 meters), Doug Boyd and Chris Sullivan (both high jump). The Crimson is also sending distance medley-and two-mile relay teams.