NEW YORK, NY. January 13, 1914 - After a week of meetings between the two leagues officials, the United League and Columbia League have announced a "merging" of sorts.
The two leagues will remain as two separate legal entities. W.A. Willman will remain the president of the United League, and James A. Gilmore will remain the president of the Columbia League. However, the two leagues will be known collectively as the United Baseball Association.
At the end of each season, the winner of the United League will play in the Presidents Cup Series, a nine-game series against the winner of the Columbia League.
The United Baseball Association will have it's own office and commissioner that will be a mediator between the two leagues. No commissioner has been named as of today.
The owners of the six Columbia League teams have also been named: Nat Waldren, Baltimore; Robert B. Ward, Brooklyn; Charles Weeghman, Chicago; C.B. Comstock, Kansas City; Harry Sinclair, Newark; and Phil Ball, St. Louis.
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