Max might have been better able to compete if his emotional state was not already in a downward spiral; on October 20, 1926, his wife Sarah died.
Max ອາດຈະສາມາດແຂ່ງຂັນໄດ້ດີກວ່າຖ້າສະພາບອາລົມຂອງລາວບໍ່ຢູ່ໃນສະພາບຜູກມັດແລ້ວ; ໃນວັນທີ 20 ເດືອນຕຸລາປີ 1926, ພັນລະຍາຂອງລາວ Sarah ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດ.