1957 United States Men's Curling Championship

August 2023 1957 United States Men's Curling Championship Chicago, Illinois Chicago Stadium March 27–30 Minnesota 1957 Hibbing CC, Hibbing Harold Lauber Louis Lauber Peter Beasy Matt Berklich 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.November 18, 1956 Curling Reviving All Over Alaska; Nationals Eyed The Spokesman-Review https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59022502/curling-revival-in-alaska-ahead-of/ September 10, 2020 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.March 27, 1957 Curling Teams Open National Meet Lubbock Evening Journal https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-27-1957-1960352/ September 10, 2020September 13, 1956 Local Curlers May Compete in Nationals Fairbanks Daily News Miner https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-sep-13-1956-1960355/ September 10, 2020 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.Page Eleanor February 20, 1957 Bagpipes Will Skirl at Curling Tourney Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59022400/scottish-highlanders-band-from-u-of/ September 10, 2020March 24, 1957 Men's Curling Tourney on TV Wednesday Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59022016/tv-plans-for-first-usmcc/ September 10, 2020 Ken Watson, three-time Canadian champion, was hired as the commissioner of play and tasked with overseeing the umpires.Watson Ken January 8, 1958 Curling Crescendo in Chicago The Chilliwack Progress https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59023166/ken-watson-column-about-first-usmcc/ September 10, 2020Cromie Robert March 27, 1957 Curlers Open Title Meet Tonight Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59024266/article-ahead-of-opening-night-of-first/ September 10, 2020 There were 2,500 spectators in attendance for the first draw.April 1, 1957 Hibbing Rink Curling King of the U.S. Herald Statesman https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78605563/the-herald-statesman/ May 30, 2021 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.April 1, 1957 Hibbing Team U.S. Curling Champions Journal Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78600413/the-journal-times/ May 30, 2021 Teams Skip Third Second Lead Locale Alvin Johnson Clarence Renkoski Joseph Jackovich Gene Williams AK Fairbanks Curling Club, Alaska Territory Bob Fletcher Charlie Hill Bob Swinney Bob Soutar 22px Chicago Curling Club, Illinois Howard Eteson J. Paul Sheeran Keith Fulton Robert Ingersoll MA Winchester Country Club, Massachusetts J. Nelson Brown Douglas Fisk George Specht Rudy Speerschneider MI Detroit Curling Club, Michigan Harold Lauber Louis Lauber Peter Beasy Matt Berklich 22px Hibbing Curling Club, Minnesota Karl Hines Jr. Harry Coronis Jason Bickford Robert Maxwell NH Nashua Country Club, New Hampshire W. J. W. Reid W. Haight Donald Dunn Junius Cooper 22px Saint Andrew's Golf Club, New York Clarence Johnson Wayne Smith Kenneth Smith Harry Mowbray ND Minot Curling Club, North Dakota Alex St. Pierre Kenneth Sherwood Charles Geis Richard Horswill 22px Seattle Curling Club, Washington Bruce Rogers J. Robert Curtis Harold Sommers Howard Winkler 22px Portage Curling Club, Wisconsin Round robin standings Final round robin standingsMarch 31, 1957 Hibbing Wins Curling Title Star Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78604944/star-tribune/ May 30, 2021 KeyChampion Team (Locale)SkipWL Minnesota 1957 (Hibbing) Harold Lauber 8 1 Illinois 1915 (Chicago) Bob Fletcher 7 2 North Dakota (Minot) Clarence Johnson 6 3 Wisconsin 1913 (Portage) Bruce Rogers 6 3 Michigan (Detroit) J. Nelson Brown 6 3 Washington 1923 (Seattle) Alex St. Pierre 4 5 New Hampshire (Nashua) Karl Hines Jr. 3 6 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (Fairbanks) Alvin Johnson 2 7 Massachusetts (Winchester) Howard Eteson 2 7 New York 1909 (St. Andrew's) W. J. W. Reid 1 8 Round Robin results Draw 1 Wednesday, March 27, 8:00 pmMarch 28, 1957 Chicago Rink Wins Opener in U.S. Meet Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78603738/chicago-tribune/ May 30, 2021 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 4 17 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Massachusetts (Eteson) 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 12 New York 1909 (Reid) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 Illinois 1915 (Fletcher) 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 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 Minnesota 1957 (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 amMarch 29, 1957 Chicago Wins Fourth Match in Extra End Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78603461/chicago-tribune/ May 30, 2021 Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 14 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 Wisconsin 1913 (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 Illinois 1915 (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 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 New York 1909 (Reid) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 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 North Dakota (C. Johnson) 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 11 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 Minnesota 1957 (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 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 16 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 Illinois 1915 (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 New York 1909 (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 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 North Dakota (C. Johnson) 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 1 1 13 New York 1909 (Reid) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 12 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 Wisconsin 1913 (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 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 0 0 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 12 Illinois 1915 (Fletcher) 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 1 3 15 Draw 5 Friday, March 29, 9:30 amMarch 30, 1957 Hibbing Rink Sets Pace in Curling Meet Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78603960/chicago-tribune/ May 30, 2021 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 New York 1909 (Reid) 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 6 Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 Illinois 1915 (Fletcher) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 8 Massachusetts (Eteson) 2 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 14 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 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 Washington 1923 (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 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 Illinois 1915 (Fletcher) 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 North Dakota (C. Johnson) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 9 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 2 15 New York 1909 (Reid) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 Michigan (Brown) 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 7 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 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 Washington 1923 (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 Illinois 1915 (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 Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 11 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 1 3 0 3 0 3 4 1 0 1 16 New York 1909 (Reid) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 Draw 8 Saturday, March 30, 12:30 pmApril 1, 1957 Hibbing Wins Curling Meet; Fairbanks Places Eighth Fairbanks Daily News-Miner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78606814/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ May 30, 2021April 1, 1957 Hibbing Curlers Win U.S. 'Spiel Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78606565/edmonton-journal/ May 30, 2021 Michigan (Brown) 12 Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 11 North Dakota (C. Johnson) 11 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 9 Illinois 1915 (Fletcher) 13 New York 1909 (Reid) 7 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 7 Massachusetts (Eteson) 6 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) W New Hampshire (Hines) L Draw 9 Saturday, March 30, 8:00 pm Minnesota 1957 (Lauber) 12 North Dakota (C. Johnson) 6 Wisconsin 1913 (Rogers) 11 Washington 1923 (St. Pierre) 7 Michigan (Brown) 10 New York 1909 (Reid) 8 Illinois 1915 (Fletcher) W Massachusetts (Eteson) L New Hampshire (Hines) 10 Alaska 1927 Alaska Territory (A. Johnson) 9 References Category:United States National Curling Championships Category:Curling in Illinois Category:Sports competitions in Chicago Category:1957 in Chicago United States Men's Curling Curling