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That same play was question #24 on the 2006 ASA test.
The answer was that yes, tagging 1B with an empty glove with the ball in the other hand is indeed a "force play."
Incidentally, since ASA has clarified that the "force" is reinstated when the BR retreats toward home plate, I can't think of any difference whatsoever between the out 1B and a force play at another base. If that is true, then ASA (unlike, in particular, OBR) can legitimately call the out at 1B a force play.
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