1957 United States Men's Curling Championship

1957 United States Men's
Curling Championship
Host cityChicago, Illinois
ArenaChicago Stadium
DatesMarch 27–30
Winner Minnesota
Curling clubHibbing CC, Hibbing
SkipHarold Lauber
ThirdLouis Lauber
SecondPeter Beasy
LeadMatt Berklich
AlternateIrwin Akin
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The 1957 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from 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.

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

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Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Alvin Johnson Clarence Renkoski Joseph Jackovich Gene Williams Alaska Fairbanks Curling Club, Alaska Territory
Bob Fletcher Charlie Hill Bob Swinney Bob Soutar Chicago Curling Club, Illinois
Howard Eteson J. Paul Sheeran Keith Fulton Robert Ingersoll Massachusetts Winchester Country Club, Massachusetts
J. Nelson Brown Douglas Fisk George Specht Rudy Speerschneider Michigan Detroit Curling Club, Michigan
Harold Lauber Louis Lauber Peter Beasy Matt Berklich Hibbing Curling Club, Minnesota
Karl Hines Jr. Harry Coronis Jason Bickford Robert Maxwell New Hampshire Nashua Country Club, New Hampshire
W. J. W. Reid W. Haight Donald Dunn Junius Cooper Saint Andrew's Golf Club, New York
Clarence Johnson Wayne Smith Kenneth Smith Harry Mowbray North Dakota Minot Curling Club, North Dakota
Alex St. Pierre Kenneth Sherwood Charles Geis Richard Horswill Seattle Curling Club, Washington
Bruce Rogers J. Robert Curtis Harold Sommers Howard Winkler Portage Curling Club, Wisconsin

Round robin standings

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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

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Draw 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Curling Reviving All Over Alaska; Nationals Eyed". The Spokesman-Review. November 18, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Curling Teams Open National Meet". Lubbock Evening Journal. March 27, 1957. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Local Curlers May Compete in Nationals". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. September 13, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Page, Eleanor (February 20, 1957). "Bagpipes Will Skirl at Curling Tourney". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Men's Curling Tourney on TV Wednesday". Chicago Tribune. March 24, 1957. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Watson, Ken (January 8, 1958). "Curling Crescendo in Chicago". The Chilliwack Progress. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. ^ Cromie, Robert (March 27, 1957). "Curlers Open Title Meet Tonight". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Hibbing Rink Curling King of the U.S." Herald Statesman. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Hibbing Team U.S. Curling Champions". Journal Times. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Hibbing Wins Curling Title". Star Tribune. March 31, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  11. ^ "Chicago Rink Wins Opener in U.S. Meet". Chicago Tribune. March 28, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Chicago Wins Fourth Match in Extra End". Chicago Tribune. March 29, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c "Hibbing Rink Sets Pace in Curling Meet". Chicago Tribune. March 30, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Hibbing Wins Curling Meet; Fairbanks Places Eighth". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Hibbing Curlers Win U.S. 'Spiel". Edmonton Journal. April 1, 1957. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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