Yes – and the Cubs also wore road grays at home for at least one (maybe 2 – I will have to check) of the later 1906 WS games vs the White Sox. The intent was to change their luck.

There are photos of this at the Chicago Daily News web site. Search for SDN-052236 and SDN-052235.

At http://baseball-feve... , look at #588 for an great photo of Joe Tinker in a 1907 WS uni.

Since I was now looking for games at Chicago I went back to see what the Post had for those games. They ran an Oct. 8th AP story about the handkerchiefs:

“It was an extremely good-natured crowd, remarkable for its spirit of fair play and courtesy, and the half hundred police had no trouble at all in keeping it within bounds. When play started, those spectators in the field seats were unable to see over the hats of the persons in front, whereupon men and women alike removed their hats and tied handkerchiefs about the ears, sitting with this slight covering through two and half hours of baseball and in a breeze that was at times chilly.” (Confirms Mark’s finding)

But another AP story caught my eye:

“Chairman Herrmann called the attention of the other members of the commission to the fact that it was difficult to distinguish the players of the two teams, and an order was issued that the Cubs must wear their white uniforms to-morrow, while the Tigers will have to wear theirs in Detroit.”

The next day the AP story from Chicago says:

“The local team discarded the new gray uniforms in which they appeared yesterday, appearing in their soiled and worn white home uniforms.”

It seems both teams wore their road grays for the first game of the Series, which ended in a 12-inning tie by the way. So, we had color vs. color, albeit gray, in the World Series.

Half the crowd…sat or stood through the entire game with bared heads….men and women..removing their hats in order to give those behind them a sight of the players….recalled their childhood days by making knotted caps of their handkerchiefs…

Newspaper articles on the following day describe cold and windy conditions. However due to the big crowd, the men’s common bowler hats messed up the sight lines, so those polite folks in the crowd with cold head made use of their handkerchiefs.

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From Associated Press (printed in Oct. 12, 1907 Washington Post):

Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11–

“It was anything but baseball weather this afternoon. The temperature ranged between 46 and 50 degrees during the game, with a cold 12-mile wind blowing across the diamond. Several times there were showers of rain, one, while Chicago was at bat in the fifth inning, being so heavy that it was necessary to interrupt play for fifteen minutes. Again, in the seventh inning, there was a sharp shower for a few moments, but it did not last long enough to interrupt the game.”

I suspect the fans were seeking protection from the rain, perhaps using handkerchiefs? The conditions would also warrant the wearing of a sweater. The 1907 Tigers played in Bennett Park, and the buildings in the background line up with pictures of that site.

From the Washington Post of April 27, 1909 –

Philadelphia

“The funeral of Dr. Maurice R. Powers, the star catcher of the Athletics, who died yesterday at the Northwestern General Hospital will be held on Thursday morning from the home of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Flood, 2035 North Twenty-second street.

“Six of his former team mates will act as pallbearers. The other two pallbearers will be selected from the local lodge of the Artisans to which Dr. Powers belonged.

“It has been arranged to postpone the game scheduled at the capital between the Athletics and the Washington teams on Thursday afternoon, and the players of both clubs, Connie Mack, manager of the local nine will come to this city tomorrow evening in time to view the body of their friend as it lies in states (sic) at the home of the Floods, between 9 and 10:30 o’clock.

“The Athletics will wear knots of black ribbon on the bosom of their shirts for 30 days and the flags at Shibe Park will be kept at half mast for the same length of time.”

(Note – According to another story in the Post that morning, this was the first time a team attended the funeral of a member of another team. “ ’Doc’ Powers was a most popular man with the ball players all over the country, and his death has caused general regret among them.”.)

The 49er logo in that pennant was used in the 1960s – you can see a better example at Chris Creamer’s site:

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(check out
“1967-1975 SF and football inside a gold and red 49 shield” and
“1967-1975 SF and football inside a gold and red 49 shield”

They also used that shield as inspiration for the 50th anniversary logo:

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