The Senators had trouble filling the huge Zembo Mosque during the 1950–51 season, and visiting teams complained that the basketball floor at the mosque was often waxed for dance halls, and that the Senators applied rosin on their shoes to countermand the slippery surface.
Due to low attendance at the Zembo Mosque during the 1950-51 season, visiting basketball teams found the floor often waxed for dances, making it slippery. The Senators countered this by applying rosin to their shoes.