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Show .".laiiiiii I.oi-k the Fight. San Fkanctsco. July i9. Danny Xeedham, of St. Paul, and Billy 2dahan. of San Francisco, met in a fight to a finish for a $1500 purse, at tlie Occidental Occi-dental club to-night. This was their second meeting. Xeedham having before defeated Mahan in fortv-thiee rounds, at Seattle last" fall. Mahan weighed 1:55, Xeeciham l."8, Xeedham caught a corker on his nose in the tirst, but stopped a rush in the second wilh a right that nearly floored Malum. Mahan punished Xeedham with both hands in succeeding rounds. Xeedham lauded two hard rights in the ninth, bringing blood from Mahan's nose. Mahan continued to lead and the li st good exchange come in the 18th. Mahan was then bleeding at the ear and was exasperated at Xeedham s coolness. The l'Jth was a hot round. In the -Oth Xeedham met him with a left and right swelling his left eye and bringing blood from his mouth. Mahan was apparently groggy when the round closed, while Xeedham was as fresh as at the beginning. Xeedham refrained from Pushing matters. Mahan freshened, fresh-ened, but his left hand jolts did less damage than Xeedham s occasional counters, which seldom faded to raise a lump or draw blood. Mahan several times dropped, apparently to save punishment, pun-ishment, and at the close of the L'iitii he came into the center of the ring and said he had a terrible pain under h's heart and it was impossible for him I to stand the punishment longer, and ho 1 would give up the light. lie was! ! cheered by many of the spectators on I j leaving the ring for the gamencss he j I had show n. His face bore traces of I j considerable punishment, while Xeed- i j ham, save for a swelling on his left! i cheek, ami slight pulliness of the rib j llesli, was apparently unmarked. i |