Tom,
"Tilly obviously promoted the idea of being the dean of American born architects. The image just posted appeared with an article he wrote."
That is correct in that the IMAGE did appear on the page FOLLOWING the article. The real questions though are WHY did that image appear there, WHO is responsible for placing it there in the journal, WHAT is it depicting, WHO was responsible for creating it and WHO is it that titled it "The Dean of American Born Architects."
You are clearly trying to infer something from title, drawing and article and yet you obviously don't seem to know the answers to the above questions because if you did you wouldn't have written what you did.
Secondly, you responded to Jeff, "Do you understand how they are using the term Dean is this case? He is claiming to be the oldest/longest practicing golf architect. Either you are or you aren't, it has nothing to do with volume of work."
That is absurd and completely incorrect. He is NOT claiming that because he both wasn't and he also knew it! His FIRST design in his own mind and in ACTUALITY was Shawnee. You again show that you have no understanding whatsoever as to what the "RUDIMENTARY" course that he laid out in a Frankford park in 1898 was and what it was for and HOW LONG IT LASTED! You don't even appreciate WHY Tilly did it. You have my biography, go back and READ what Tilly actually wrote and the word "INVITED" might jump out at you this time! Why did Tilly say that?
Who "INVITED" Tilly to Frankford to lay out this rudimentary course and why? When you know the answer to those questions, and the ones above, you'll understand why your supposition is completely wrong.
"There is also an interview in 1928 where again he is referred to as the Dean, and also 'the pioneer of American golf architects." His first course in the 90s being the justification given in that article. Don't you think that claim is misleading? CBM, Emmet, George O'Neil (to name a few) all designed legitimate golf courses around or before the turn of the century and were still active well into the 1920s."
Tom, how about not PARAPHRASING the article but instead POST it. Let everyone see what it actually says so that little things such as CONTEXT and, as Jeff himself has already noted above, WHO it was that actually called him that. I will no longer comment on "facts" that you present unless you actually present them, though the real bottom line in this is what does how someone praised Tilly have anything at all to do with whether or not he designed Shawnee?
You are trying to show a level of expertise on a subject for which you have both admitted and clearly demonstarted you have very litlle. This is simply an attempt at obfuscation.
"You wrote in your biography the two men (Worthington and Tilly) discussed building a golf course as early as 1907. What is the source for that?"
I've answered that several times already. Tilly stated it and so did others. What is your problem with the date that DISCUSSIONS about a possible golf course began? Again, what was happening in 1907 with Worthington and Tilly that also prove this to be true?
Tom, you should quit trying to make something out of nothing.