(President of Preston North End Baseball Club) were all in attendance, Morton Betts was in the chair. A National League schedule was confirmed for the four clubs, with Aston Villa hosting Stoke on the 21 June on opening day. A 42-game season is agreed upon, Francis Ley will supply the pennants and badges for the winning club. 14 June - Newton Crane, President of the National League and Morton Betts, Secretary and all elected officers from the league committee reiterate their commitment to expanding the league across the United Kingdom following the first season. 14 July - Aston Villa issue a formal apology to Francis Ley for unsporting behaviour of their players at Derby Baseball Club and accept the fines given to them by the National League. 4 August - Secretary Alexander Langland of Derby Baseball Club officially ‘retires’ the club from the National League, with immediate effect, citing financial losses and low attendances 4 August - In a meeting at the Athenaeum, Derby, a new baseball club for the town of Derby was formed. It was noted that Francis Ley was to be elected as Chairman of the new club, given that his old club had been dissolved. Ley agreed to the new Derby Baseball Club being tenants of the Ley’s Recreation Centre (known later as the Baseball Ground) rent free until the club was making a profit. It was reported that “for all practical purposes it (the dissolved club) was Ley’s Recreation Club” and the new club would be the real Derby Baseball club. Ley also maintained his claim that his dissolved works club had actually won the 1890 National League pennant and not Aston Villa. 5 August - Francis Ley writes to the Derby Daily Telegraph to propose that the ‘retired’ Derby Baseball Club take on other local baseball clubs for a local challenge cup, he donates £52 10s. towards a cup for the winning club. 8 August - The Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal state that “owing to the decision of the National League requiring the Derby club to not pitch Reidenbach, the American pitcher, in remaining championship matches, the Derby club have withdrawn from the league.” Francis Ley confirmed that he intended to cease the activities of the club, and had refused A. G. Spalding’s request for Derby Baseball Club to finish their National League fixtures. It is confirmed that Reidenbach and Bullas, American professionals at