Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a text and a pronoun. You should write the name that the pronoun refers to. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.

However he was never able to get close to two of the best, Dai Vernon or Sam Horowitz. So McGuire got close to a magician both men admired, Max Malini, and through clever use of his association with Malini got to Horowitz. With _his_ knowledge of Scott, McGuire had leverage and a worth to the top cardmen. <sep>, Pronoun: his
McGuire