The 1957 United States Men's Curling Championship was held March 27 to 30, 1957 at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.[1] It was the first edition of the United States Men's Curling Championship.
| 1957 United States Men's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Chicago, Illinois |
| Arena | Chicago Stadium |
| Dates | March 27–30 |
| Winner |  Minnesota |
| Curling club | Hibbing CC, Hibbing |
| Skip | Harold Lauber |
| Third | Louis Lauber |
| Second | Peter Beasy |
| Lead | Matt Berklich |
| Alternate | Irwin Akin |
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The Marshall Field and Company was inspired to host an American equivalent to the popular Macdonald Brier in Canada.[2][3] Opening night of the championship included a performance by the Scotch Highlander band of University of Iowa, an all female bagpipe and drum band, and were televised by the local television channel WGN-TV.[4][5] Ken Watson, three-time Canadian champion, was hired as the commissioner of play and tasked with overseeing the umpires.[6][7] There were 2,500 spectators in attendance for the first draw.[8]
The tournament consisted of ten teams representing nine states, plus a team representing the then-territory of Alaska. Teams had to win their state playdowns to qualify.
The team from Minnesota, representing the Hibbing Curling Club won the event, as the team with the best round-robin record of 8-1.[9]
Teams edit
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Johnson | Clarence Renkoski | Joseph Jackovich | Gene Williams |  Fairbanks Curling Club, Alaska Territory
|
| Bob Fletcher | Charlie Hill | Bob Swinney | Bob Soutar | .svg){kind=small} Chicago Curling Club, Illinois
|
| Howard Eteson | J. Paul Sheeran | Keith Fulton | Robert Ingersoll |  Winchester Country Club, Massachusetts
|
| J. Nelson Brown | Douglas Fisk | George Specht | Rudy Speerschneider |  Detroit Curling Club, Michigan
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| Harold Lauber | Louis Lauber | Peter Beasy | Matt Berklich | .svg){kind=small} Hibbing Curling Club, Minnesota
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| Karl Hines Jr. | Harry Coronis | Jason Bickford | Robert Maxwell |  Nashua Country Club, New Hampshire
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| W. J. W. Reid | W. Haight | Donald Dunn | Junius Cooper | .svg){kind=small} Saint Andrew's Golf Club, New York
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| Clarence Johnson | Wayne Smith | Kenneth Smith | Harry Mowbray |  Minot Curling Club, North Dakota
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| Alex St. Pierre | Kenneth Sherwood | Charles Geis | Richard Horswill | .svg){kind=small} Seattle Curling Club, Washington
|
| Bruce Rogers | J. Robert Curtis | Harold Sommers | Howard Winkler | .svg){kind=small} Portage Curling Club, Wisconsin
|
Round robin standings edit
Final round robin standings[10]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Champion | |
| Team (Locale) | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Hibbing) |
Harold Lauber | 8 | 1 |
 Illinois (Chicago) |
Bob Fletcher | 7 | 2 |
| North Dakota (Minot) |
Clarence Johnson | 6 | 3 |
 Wisconsin (Portage) |
Bruce Rogers | 6 | 3 |
| Michigan (Detroit) |
J. Nelson Brown | 6 | 3 |
 Washington (Seattle) |
Alex St. Pierre | 4 | 5 |
| New Hampshire (Nashua) |
Karl Hines Jr. | 3 | 6 |
| Alaska Territory (Fairbanks) |
Alvin Johnson | 2 | 7 |
| Massachusetts (Winchester) |
Howard Eteson | 2 | 7 |
 New York (St. Andrew's) |
W. J. W. Reid | 1 | 8 |
Round Robin results edit
Draw 1 edit
Wednesday, March 27, 8:00 pm[11]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| New York (Reid)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan (Brown)
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Draw 2 edit
Thursday, March 28, 9:30 am[12]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Michigan (Brown)
|
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New York (Reid)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Draw 3 edit
Thursday, March 28, 2:00 pm[12]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Michigan (Brown)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (Reid)
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Draw 4 edit
Thursday, March 28, 8:00 pm[12]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan (Brown)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| New York (Reid)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
Draw 5 edit
Friday, March 29, 9:30 am[13]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| New York (Reid)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Michigan (Brown)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 6 edit
Friday, March 29, 2:00 pm[13]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| New York (Reid)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan (Brown)
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Draw 7 edit
Friday, March 29, 8:00 pm[13]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan (Brown)
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| New York (Reid)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 8 edit
Saturday, March 30, 12:30 pm[14][15][8]
| Team | Final |
| Michigan (Brown)
|
12 |
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
11 |
| Team | Final |
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
11 |
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
9 |
| Team | Final |
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
13 |
| New York (Reid)
|
7 |
| Team | Final |
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
7 |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
6 |
| Team | Final |
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
W |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
L |
Draw 9 edit
Saturday, March 30, 8:00 pm[15][8][14]
| Team | Final |
| Minnesota (Lauber)
|
12 |
| North Dakota (C. Johnson)
|
6 |
| Team | Final |
| Wisconsin (Rogers)
|
11 |
| Washington (St. Pierre)
|
7 |
| Team | Final |
| Michigan (Brown)
|
10 |
| New York (Reid)
|
8 |
| Team | Final |
| Illinois (Fletcher)
|
W |
| Massachusetts (Eteson)
|
L |
| Team | Final |
| New Hampshire (Hines)
|
10 |
| Alaska Territory (A. Johnson)
|
9 |
References edit
- ^ "Curling Reviving All Over Alaska; Nationals Eyed". The Spokesman-Review. November 18, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "Curling Teams Open National Meet". Lubbock Evening Journal. March 27, 1957. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "Local Curlers May Compete in Nationals". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. September 13, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Page, Eleanor (February 20, 1957). "Bagpipes Will Skirl at Curling Tourney". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "Men's Curling Tourney on TV Wednesday". Chicago Tribune. March 24, 1957. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Watson, Ken (January 8, 1958). "Curling Crescendo in Chicago". The Chilliwack Progress. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Cromie, Robert (March 27, 1957). "Curlers Open Title Meet Tonight". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hibbing Rink Curling King of the U.S." Herald Statesman. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Hibbing Team U.S. Curling Champions". Journal Times. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Hibbing Wins Curling Title". Star Tribune. March 31, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Chicago Rink Wins Opener in U.S. Meet". Chicago Tribune. March 28, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Chicago Wins Fourth Match in Extra End". Chicago Tribune. March 29, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Hibbing Rink Sets Pace in Curling Meet". Chicago Tribune. March 30, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Hibbing Wins Curling Meet; Fairbanks Places Eighth". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Hibbing Curlers Win U.S. 'Spiel". Edmonton Journal. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.