Black Baseball’s “Funmakers”: Taking the Miami Ethiopian Clowns Seriously
This undated publicity photo (circa 1944–49) of the Clowns includes Edward “King Tut” King and in the lower right inset, “baseball clown” Ed Hamman in full clownface. Hamman would eventually become sole owner of the Clowns. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) Found almost exclusively in black newspapers, box scores for Miami Ethiopian Clowns […]