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POOR ATTENDANCE Vancouver By THE CANADIAN PRESS To more or not to more may be the question haunting Barcnd an Gerbig ll today although both he and Clarence Campbell 13 id at oi the National Hockey League protut the idea Van Gerbig malorlty either of Oakland Susi of the NHL is having trouble getting fans to watch his fledgling teamper mm and reports are AWifilng around him that he is consider in moving the franchiseposh bly to Vancouver Oakland attendance problems were reportedly discussed at meeting at the NHL governors last week in New York and Monday van Gerhig was in Van couver here he toured the city and visited the neo Pociiic Coli scum in aa hounlong talk with Jim Kearney columnist with The Sun he suggested that unless attendance picked up in Oak land then franchise transier possibly to Vancouver would be considered NEED CAPITAL Saturday in New York Camp bell said alter the governors meeting that one at the irou bios other than attendance was that they were suileriag lack of liquid working capita Curt Simmons Ends Career PHILADELPHIA Veteran loithander Curt Sim monsone oi baseballs iirst big bonus babiesannounced his ro tiroment Tuesday from 20 year major league baseball oa reer Simmons 33 broke in with the Philadelphia Phillies and bowed out with the LosAngelcs Angels Now he will become manager at suburban goti course owned by group includ ing bimsell and ionher Phillies teammate and next door neigh bor Robin Rubens Set Dates For Moscow Tour WINNIPEG Moscow Selects only one of several in ternntional hockey squads tour ing Canada this year will play series oi to games across the umW The Canadian Amateur Hoekv 6y Association announced tha schedule Tuesday Dates eluder Den to against Canadas eastern national team in Hull Qu Dec 22 Vletorla 13 Vancouver vs western na tionals Dec 28 Kitdtencr Dee Sudbury Dec 31 Erodaville Final three opponents are yet to be named Hockey Blues To Deiend Crown MONTREAL CI Th 960 college centennial hock tour nament initiated here lostJanJ nary will berheldJan at the Montreal Ford llh teams and the hive ty To ronios Varsity Blues taking Part The tournament Is sponsored by Loyola Collegeoi Montreal and the Canadian Arena owners of Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey league This years entries ude Loyola and Sir George Wt ams University ot the Dita St rgnce Athletic Association and McGill University Redmen and the Blues at theronfisrio Quebec AthleticAssociation Torontos Varsity Blues won the first tournament last Janu cry High Singles Abbott Morris 310 High Triple Legear 184 9E 18 Ste Fox Plumbi Examiner Gerry Tonstiess Allandalc Hardware co lands Drillers up on ih Dairylz IIiil Refrigeration it Sarjeanil Storey Heating Drillerltl Hammers Well Sewn lIigh snha Abhott gt we The problem he suggested was that while van Gerhig and his partners had plenty of money to run the club it was tied up and not readily avail able ior emergency use Reports irom Vancouver hlon day and again nrcsday indi cated that while van Gerolg was not oillcially scouting new site ior his club he wasnt missing the opportunity aiiorded by an invitation from Vancouver busi nessmaa Frank hlolllahon to look the situation over The Sun report indicates that van Gerhig is distressed on two counts 1bout mainthining the Scals iranchise in Oakland ovcrsaiuration of the San ham elsco Bay area with major league competition and aladr oi inn response lie said there was no immedi ate concern with club financing but that there was no way the club could be financed or los ing proposition ior as long as five years NIIL ATTITUDE or the New York meeting he was reported as saying Historically the NHL always helps teams in trouble Were not in financial trou ble in fact were one oi the bet ter iinanccd teams But we can not go on this way for say live years The NHL governors are tough men but they look kindly on the idea oi iranchlso trans Iel Alter the rap art was published both you Geroig from Oakland and Campbell from Montreal denied that transfer was inthe wind even though Oakland has the worst attendance record in the league 3a Ill OAKLAND In Picture After 12 gama the Seals1e gistered as San Francisco Seals Ltd know as California Seals and later as Oakland Sealsbad drown only 59133 fanr nom parcd with 127115 in II games of Minnesota North Stars the best draw at the six upansioo teams in their last two games the Scots have pulled iewcr than 7000 fans with only 2425 out last Wednesday to see Pbda delphia Flycrs then leaders at the Western Division WE WILL FINISII Tuesday night vsn Gerhifl said no permission had been sought from the league to move the irnncbiscsdding We defi nitely will finish the season hers and plan to stay many more years gt Campbell said that tran chise shift would require approv al oi threequarters oi the mem her clubs oi the league and that no permission oi any kind has ever been given to any club to negotiate for change in site oi its franchise or operation by the league governors But in Vancouver he outlined in detail the steps that would be necessary in moving the tran chlse He also said that ii Colcy llall owner oi the Vancouver ir he his in the Western League were willing then would anticipate no problem whatever in coming to Vancou ver llall is already on record as saying that it an NHL iranchlss should be available to Vancou ver he would not stand In the way or its development Van Gerhig told Kearney he had visited no other prospective site and would not do so he entailing Gifts Swami shuns swarms 176 SWEATERS umw MI rims stilts TARTANKILTS sitELLs aunts nun 719 cause oi the high regard in which managercoach Bert Dirn stead held Vancouver as po tential NlIL ritea rmall Tolt ronto that will be every bit as good as Toronto in three years Falls Flyers Bow To Gens Dy THE CANADIAN PRESS Niagara Falls Flyerr ars losv lng games and players with equal abandon in the Ontario Hockey Afindaiion Junior re r15 Tuesday night they lost their second consecutive game and fifth player as Oshawa Generals downed them 52 beiore 1065 ians Charles Charlong went out lnthe second period with knee tmury In the nights other game St Catharines Black Hawks edged London Nationals 32 to move into sole possession of sixth place in the toteam re rles Fred DDonael scored three goals to lead the Oshawa attack and Bryan Flywehuk got two Ron Dussinum got the other Don Tanaahill and Doug Bria dley scored for Niagara Falls lenders oi the series ivith 32 points Glen Sherwoods goal at 4131 of the third period was the win ner ior St Catharines Pete More and Skeeter Teal got the other Black ltawk goals and lilac Vestgale and Guy Allen shared the London scoring Canucks Stall ll THE BAR EXAMINER WEDNESDAY INT Phila Hoopsters Amerk Advance Win ByOne Point ran CANADIAN rams Rochester Americans missed golden opportunity to move into serious contention in the Western Division ol the Ameri can Hockey Dengue lead night Playing an interlocking reriel in the Western tune the Clip pers dropped decision to Vancouver Canucks and re mained tour points behind lead ing Cleveland Barons To make matters worse they play seeoad gameagainst Portland Buckaroosln the Will tonight with Cleveland sthl idle Victories in the two games would have pulled them even with the Blrons in the only other game Tuesa day Hershey Bears come back irom 31 secondperiod deficit for 44 tie with Quebec Aces Milan Marcella scored his tom and 17th goals oi the year for Rochester while Bronco llor vath contributed the other but it wasnt enough against the varied fire power of the Con He Vancouver goals went to Dallas Ends Losing Streak DAlJbAS Tex AP Dallas Black Hawks snapped two game losing streak mesdny night by beating Memphis South Stars 52 in the Central Hockey League George Standing and Ted hlcCaskill scored the Memphis goals Doug Shelton Paul Shmyr Jlm Graham Osenr Gaudet and Cecil Powis scored tor Dallas auLKY eAnoicAus shah Dresses mu Dresses obuacaKN 1s BRONCO IIDRVATI Still Scoring Danny Bollsle Bob Lemieux Phil tlaloney Gord Velprnva and Bruce Carmichael the Canueks exploded ior tour sec ondperiod goals after the Americans had taken 10 lead in the first Don hlnrcolle scored the tying lcoal ior Hershey with less than five minutes remaining otter Bud DeHrndy Jeannot Gilbert and Mike Nyitoluk had scored earlier The Quebec goals wont to Simon Nolct Rosairc Pairment Jim Morrison and Larry Mc Killop By TIIE CANADIAN FRI$5 Within lttrs moved into first place in the Eastern Division at the National Basket ball Association Tuuday night with uom win over Seattle Supersonics Ital Greer scored as points ior Philadelphia in the doublehead or action in New York In the night game St louis Hawks edged New York Knickerbock ers IRSI42 in other NBA action San Diego Rockets detected Gringo Bulls blot and Baltimore But lets trounced Detroit Pistons room hilly Cunningham added It points for Philadelphia against Seattle Al Tucker led the Su personics with 27 to the other game Anny Vilkens scored 11 points ior St Louis Rookie Bill Bradley scored 23 poinu or New York At San Diego John hic Gloeklln Doa Koiis and Johnny Green combined for 76 points to the Rockets Keith Erickson scored It points in the lirst halt to lead the Bulls at DYCKS rooo manner l50 COLLIER 7285339 ummunnumnummuum