Major league baseball player in 1919. Played third base for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Arthur L. Ewoldt, 83, a former pitcher and infielder with the Des Moines Demons of the old Western League, died Thursday night after a long illness.
Ewoldt, who played 25 seasons in the minor leagues, was born on a farm in Cherokee County. He played high school baseball at Paullina and pitched semipro ball at Aurelia.
He was signed by Des Moines in 1913, but was farmed out – partly because he couldn't replace the late Urban (Red) Faber in the starting rotation.
After that, Ewoldt switched to shortstop. He then was recalled by the Demons and also played for St. Joseph, Mo. of the Western League, Shreveport of the Texas League and New Orleans of the Southern Association. His last season was with Springfield, Ill., in 1928. Ewoldt also managed at Bartlesville, Okla. and Topeka, Kan., of the Western League.
After giving up managing in the minor leagues, Ewoldt played and managed the
Spencer semipro team. He then worked for the Post Office in Des Moines for 25 years before retiring in1960.
He resided at 932 Twenty-Ninth St. in Des Moines.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Jack; a daughter, Mary Murray; a sister, Ella Wolken of Rialto, Calif., and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Monday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be at Glendale.
Arthur L. Ewoldt, 83, a former pitcher and infielder with the Des Moines Demons of the old Western League, died Thursday night after a long illness.
Ewoldt, who played 25 seasons in the minor leagues, was born on a farm in Cherokee County. He played high school baseball at Paullina and pitched semipro ball at Aurelia.
He was signed by Des Moines in 1913, but was farmed out – partly because he couldn't replace the late Urban (Red) Faber in the starting rotation.
After that, Ewoldt switched to shortstop. He then was recalled by the Demons and also played for St. Joseph, Mo. of the Western League, Shreveport of the Texas League and New Orleans of the Southern Association. His last season was with Springfield, Ill., in 1928. Ewoldt also managed at Bartlesville, Okla. and Topeka, Kan., of the Western League.
After giving up managing in the minor leagues, Ewoldt played and managed the
Spencer semipro team. He then worked for the Post Office in Des Moines for 25 years before retiring in1960.
He resided at 932 Twenty-Ninth St. in Des Moines.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Jack; a daughter, Mary Murray; a sister, Ella Wolken of Rialto, Calif., and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Monday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be at Glendale.
Major league baseball player in 1919. Played third base for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Arthur L. Ewoldt, 83, a former pitcher and infielder with the Des Moines Demons of the old Western League, died Thursday night after a long illness.
Ewoldt, who played 25 seasons in the minor leagues, was born on a farm in Cherokee County. He played high school baseball at Paullina and pitched semipro ball at Aurelia.
He was signed by Des Moines in 1913, but was farmed out – partly because he couldn't replace the late Urban (Red) Faber in the starting rotation.
After that, Ewoldt switched to shortstop. He then was recalled by the Demons and also played for St. Joseph, Mo. of the Western League, Shreveport of the Texas League and New Orleans of the Southern Association. His last season was with Springfield, Ill., in 1928. Ewoldt also managed at Bartlesville, Okla. and Topeka, Kan., of the Western League.
After giving up managing in the minor leagues, Ewoldt played and managed the
Spencer semipro team. He then worked for the Post Office in Des Moines for 25 years before retiring in1960.
He resided at 932 Twenty-Ninth St. in Des Moines.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Jack; a daughter, Mary Murray; a sister, Ella Wolken of Rialto, Calif., and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Monday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be at Glendale.
Arthur L. Ewoldt, 83, a former pitcher and infielder with the Des Moines Demons of the old Western League, died Thursday night after a long illness.
Ewoldt, who played 25 seasons in the minor leagues, was born on a farm in Cherokee County. He played high school baseball at Paullina and pitched semipro ball at Aurelia.
He was signed by Des Moines in 1913, but was farmed out – partly because he couldn't replace the late Urban (Red) Faber in the starting rotation.
After that, Ewoldt switched to shortstop. He then was recalled by the Demons and also played for St. Joseph, Mo. of the Western League, Shreveport of the Texas League and New Orleans of the Southern Association. His last season was with Springfield, Ill., in 1928. Ewoldt also managed at Bartlesville, Okla. and Topeka, Kan., of the Western League.
After giving up managing in the minor leagues, Ewoldt played and managed the
Spencer semipro team. He then worked for the Post Office in Des Moines for 25 years before retiring in1960.
He resided at 932 Twenty-Ninth St. in Des Moines.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Jack; a daughter, Mary Murray; a sister, Ella Wolken of Rialto, Calif., and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Monday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be at Glendale.
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