I went to Shelby Park one day to meet with Nick. He was there watching George umpire softball. When I walked up to the bleacher where he was sitting the first thing he said to me was had I heard what Fritz Von Erich had done to Joe Blanchard? I said no, what? He said I can't tell you, but it's horrible. Fritz is going to lose his business and his family over this. And, no matter how I pressed him until the day he died he wouldn't talk about. But every time one of Fritz' sons would die the next time I would see Nick he would say Rice I told you Fritz would lose it all. To this day I haven't been able find out about what went on between Joe and Fritz.
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