Dave Winfield and George Steinbrenner will allow...

Dave Winfield and George Steinbrenner will allow an arbitrator to rule on their fight over the Winfield Foundation, rather than proceed with federal lawsuits.

At the instigation of Mike Lupica, a columnist for the New York Daily News, Steinbrenner and Winfield agreed to let Michael Armstrong, a New York lawyer, decide the issues.

Earlier this month, Winfield sued Steinbrenner and the Yankees, claiming that they had not made $450,000 in payments to the foundation. Three days later, Steinbrenner countersued, charging that Winfield had failed to make at least $380,000 in payments and alleging that Winfield had used the foundation to pay expenses for himself and friends.