Obstruction situation

[zm1283]

This happened several weeks ago, but it got me thinking, as I have heard differing opinions on it.

Fed rules, and it is what most would call a Junior Legion game. (13-14 year olds) R1, batter hits a single to right center. After R1 rounds second, F6 clearly obstructs him (No doubter, everyone in the park knew it). R1 stops running because he was obstructed and realizes he won't make it to third and then returns toward second base. As that happens, the ball has been thrown back in and the B/R gets in a run down between first and second. As the run down starts, R1, who had gone back to second, takes off for third and is thrown out there. The B/R ends up on second.

We awarded R1 third because of the obstruction. We felt that he would have reached third if not for being obstructed by F6. I've heard other opinions that because R1 returned to second base, he left himself open to be put out, especially since the B/R got into a run down.

Did we screw it up or not?