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Hetling, age 45, born in Missouri. Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 720; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0041; Image: 43.0; FHL microfilm: 2340455. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census
239:. His father, Henry Hetling, was born in Missouri in 1856, and his mother, Bertha Hetling, was also a Missouri native born in 1865. At the time of the 1900 U.S. Census, the family lived in St. Louis, and Hetling's father was employed as a day laborer.
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300:(1910). In 1906, he had 30 doubles, 12 triples and three home runs in 140 games for Wichita. In 1908, he hit .318 in 140 games for Wichita. His .318 batting average was second best in the
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