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Show COLONEL MILLER OUT WITH $300,000 OFFER T::- Universal Service. 1 N EA' ' OfiK. Dec. 17. $P,00.0v! Do we 1'oar another hid for the Dempsey-Car-nentier fight ' if not, Colonel J. C. IUil-Ir, IUil-Ir, oil mstgna te a:;d ranchman of Oklahoma, Okla-homa, will get if and the colonel, accord -in? to iurrst reports from thr- front, is willing to dig down in his Jeans and rait-e the ante a few notches. Colonel Miller has sent a cablegram to Carpentier asking if he Is tied up with C. B. Cochrane, and whether his arrangements with Cochrane will prevent the staging of the bout in this country. The cablegram makes the offer of ?u00,-OOrt ?u00,-OOrt for the bout. Colonel Miller has been a follower of the ring for many years. A few years ago he tried to tempt Jess Willard into a match with his backing, but failed. |