Japan's Yoshaiki Unetani was a slight favorite in yesterday's 73rd annual Boston Marathon; but he ran away from the other competitors to win in the record time of 2:13.49, beating the runner-up by almost four minutes.

Due to Unetani's lopsided victory, attention shifted to the competition between the Crimson and the YALE DAILY NEWS, Which like all such contests, resulted in an overwhelming win for the journalists from Cambridge. The CRIMSON'S Bennett Beach and Jim Fallows both finished within 3 1/2 hours, while the Yalies were never fortunate enough to see the Prudential without vehicular assistance.

Beach plodded to the Pru in 3:02.00 to cop 169th place, and Fallows, appearing in his first Marathon, turned in a 3:15.18 performance. His finished position was known at presstime only by the unapproachable Jock Semple.

Fallows, president of the CRIMSON, said that the race was "very good stuff," but both he and Beach agreed that they would never run again. They added, however, that they might reconsider, especially if the News is foolish enough to issue a challenge next year.

Yale's Neil Wilkof and Tom Warren left town without communicating information about their performances or the well-deserved congratulations. Somewhere along the 26-mile route, Fallows saw Warren clutch his leg in agony and yell, "My God, my God, it's my leg." Warren took to the sidewalk, reclined, and was never seen again.

Wellesley Smells Yale

The CRIMSON Helicopter spied Wilkof. Wilkof apparently gave up the chase in Wellesley where he fell into the arms of Jane Field, a student at Wellesley College. Miss field disentangled herself from the sweaty Yalie and left the scene. The girl said later, "He smelled bad, and besides, who wants to be associated with a loser?"

One of the race highlights was at the start in Hopkinton. The Bermans, a husband and wife team, were lined up, and just as the gun sounded a promiscuous runner pinched Mrs. Berman in the right buttock. Her husband responded, in the name of valor, with a right hook to the man's jaw but missed and decided to start running.

Two Mexicans finished second and third, followed by the first American finisher, Ron Daws. Lastyear's winner, Amby Burfoot, was 17th. The top female performer was Mrs. Berman, who was running in her first Marathon. She finished ten minutes after Fallows.