1957 United States Men's Curling Championship | |
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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 |
1958 » |
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]
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
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Alvin Johnson | Clarence Renkoski | Joseph Jackovich | Gene Williams | 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 | Winchester Country Club, Massachusetts |
J. Nelson Brown | Douglas Fisk | George Specht | Rudy Speerschneider | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Final round robin standings [10]
Key | |
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Champion |
Team (Locale) | Skip | W | L |
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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 |
Wednesday, March 27, 8:00 pm [11]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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