Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.

His plan to invade Canada started with the Battle of Frenchman's Creek but was then abandoned because of problems due to poor organization. After arguing with Brigadier General Peter B. Porter, he challenged him to a duel, but both men went unscathed. The historian John R. Elting wrote of the duel, stating ''Unfortunately, both missed.'' In the wake of _his_ failure, Smyth's name was removed from the U.S. Army rolls. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: John R. Elting <sep>, B: Smyth
B