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The original post sounded like the base was touched before or concurrent with the contact ("just as the runner and the 1st baseman tangle"), so it apparently too late to be obstruction. The only question is whether the "1st baseman who is running along side" affected the runner's path or speed. If so, it could be obstruction and that is where you really HTBT.
I have to disagree with "even if I thought F4 would have beat the B/R to the bag". Contact before the out, yes call obstruction, but award the BR nothing. By definition, if the umpire thought the fielder would have beaten the runner, then the judgement is that the BR would not have reached even without the obstruction and therefore can not be awarded first.
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