In the Field House bangs a complicated chart which looks like a series of baseball diamonds strung together. But it has nothing to do with baseball; rather it shows the scores of Harvard-Yale track meets for many years back--a fluctuating red line for the Crimson and a blue one for the Elis. And although for the last two years the lines have been nearly parallel, with the Blue on top, this year the Crimson indicator may well take a sharp turn upward if Jaakko Mikkola's track team fulfills the extraordinary promise it shows at this early date.

Already the mile and two mile relay teams have established themselves as among the best in the East. In New York last Saturday the former captured the Big Three championship in 3.26, while the two mile quartet outstretched Columbia, Dartmouth, and Yale, losing only to N.Y.U.--by, only a few inches.

First Real Test Tonight

But Jaakko's team will face its first real test tonight, whon 15 men will compete in the B.A.A. games at the Garden. Jim Lightbody, who will anchor the mile relay team, is already well known to Boston track fans; for last year it was he who won the John J. Hallahan Memorial Trophy for the outstanding performance of the meet. Joe Donnelly, Franny King, and Don Donahue complete the mile quartet. Donahue, normally a hurdler, replaced Hobart Lerner in a surprise move this week. All Hanlon, Jack McCluse, Joe Bradley, and Ros Brayton will pass the baton in the two mile event.

Individual entrants will probably include Charley Smith and Bob Gammons, who did 5.5 in the 60 yard dash at the Millrose Games; Mason Fernald, veteran hurdler; Steve Madey, dark-horse pole-vaulter and erstwhile softball pitching wizard, who should top 13 feet; Charley Oldfather, lanky Sophomore who will run the 1000; Gene Clark, who last year covered the mile stretch in 4.25; Pen Tuttle, whose entrance in the two mile run is doubtful after an illness earlier this week; and Bob Partlow, Sophomore broad and high jump flash, who does around 22 feet, 6 inches in the former event, and should top 6 feet, 2 inches in the latter tonight.

Team Well-Balanced

These men are only the nucleus of an exceptionally well-rounded aggregation. Fernald will get much competition this year from Don Donahue in the hurdles, and both Bill Laverack and Roger Schafer have shown considerable stuff.

Besides Partlow, high jumpers in the six-foot bracket include Captain Bob Haydock, Gil Aertsen, and Irving Michelman. And on an approximately even par with the Sophomore kangaroo are Rock Hollands and Paul Morgan. The shotput and discus trio of George Downing, Howie Mendel, and Nat Heard is perhaps the strongest unit on the team, while Bill Shallow, Arnie Gale, and Bob Sears will bear the brunt of the hammer-throwing.

Distance Events Strong

Beside the middle-distance and distance men who will run tonight, Jaakko can draw from a vast reserveir of strength which includes half-milers Rolla Campbell, Bob Russell, George Olive, and Eddy Childs; milers Langdon Burwell, Dick Story and Baker; and two-milers Dave Simbolf, Bob Nichols, Dick Wing, and Joe McLoughlin.