The United States Baseball League was a short-lived prospective third major professional baseball league that was established in New York City in 1912 and lasted only one partial season.
Baseball League subsequently organized teams in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York, Reading, Pennsylvania; Richmond, Virginia; and Washington, D.C.[2] The league president was William Witmann.
[2] Despite these lofty ambitions, the league quickly incurred the scorn and hostility of the baseball establishment.
[2] Additionally burdened with weak leadership, limited financing, poor attendance, and a lack of skillful players, the U.S.
[2] The Richmond Times Dispatch released the intended 126-game USL schedule, to have run from April 8 through September 22.