1957 United States Men's Curling Championship

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 cityChicago, Illinois
ArenaChicago Stadium
DatesMarch 27–30
Winner Minnesota
Curling clubHibbing CC, Hibbing
SkipHarold Lauber
ThirdLouis Lauber
SecondPeter Beasy
LeadMatt Berklich
AlternateIrwin Akin
1958 »

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

SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Alvin JohnsonClarence RenkoskiJoseph JackovichGene WilliamsAlaska Fairbanks Curling Club, Alaska Territory
Bob FletcherCharlie HillBob SwinneyBob Soutar Chicago Curling Club, Illinois
Howard EtesonJ. Paul SheeranKeith FultonRobert IngersollMassachusetts Winchester Country Club, Massachusetts
J. Nelson BrownDouglas FiskGeorge SpechtRudy SpeerschneiderMichigan Detroit Curling Club, Michigan
Harold LauberLouis LauberPeter BeasyMatt Berklich Hibbing Curling Club, Minnesota
Karl Hines Jr.Harry CoronisJason BickfordRobert MaxwellNew Hampshire Nashua Country Club, New Hampshire
W. J. W. ReidW. HaightDonald DunnJunius Cooper Saint Andrew's Golf Club, New York
Clarence JohnsonWayne SmithKenneth SmithHarry MowbrayNorth Dakota Minot Curling Club, North Dakota
Alex St. PierreKenneth SherwoodCharles GeisRichard Horswill Seattle Curling Club, Washington
Bruce RogersJ. Robert CurtisHarold SommersHoward Winkler Portage Curling Club, Wisconsin

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings[10]

Key
Champion
Team (Locale) Skip W L
 Minnesota (Hibbing)Harold Lauber81
 Illinois (Chicago)Bob Fletcher72
 North Dakota (Minot)Clarence Johnson63
 Wisconsin (Portage)Bruce Rogers63
 Michigan (Detroit)J. Nelson Brown63
 Washington (Seattle)Alex St. Pierre45
 New Hampshire (Nashua)Karl Hines Jr.36
 Alaska Territory (Fairbanks)Alvin Johnson27
 Massachusetts (Winchester)Howard Eteson27
 New York (St. Andrew's)W. J. W. Reid18

Round Robin results

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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